(5/27/2014) Tuesday’s study of Teachings of Christ is on Perseverance which is posted for everyone at Christian Kids of Kingman on Facebook, and my Facebook Home Page. Click either “Continue Reading / See More” to read it. READ the BIBLE in one year chronologically. TODAY: 1Chr 26-29; Ps 127 Or READ BIBLE in one year (AM New Testament; PM Old Testament) TODAY: Morning John 10:1-23; Evening 2Chr. 1, 2, 3 NKJV (Perseverance) Matt. 10:22 Matt 10:22 “And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. (Mickelsons Enhanced Strongs Greek and Hebrew Dictionaries, 2008) ENDURE / PERSEVERE G5278 ὑπομένω hupomeno (hoop-om-en-o) v. 1. to stay under (behind), i.e. remain 2. (figuratively) to undergo, i.e. bear (trials), have fortitude, persevere [from G5259 and G3306] KJV: abide, endure, (take) patient(-ly), suffer, tarry behind Root(s): G5259, G3306 (NKJV The MacArthur Study Bible © 1997 by John MacArthur, pg. 2029) MATTHEW “10:21-23 These verses clearly have an eschatological significance that goes beyond the disciples immediate mission. The persecutions He describes seem to belong to the tribulation period that precedes Christ’s second coming, alluded to in v. 23.” MATTHEW “10:22 he endures …end. See note on 24:13.” Here is the note. “24:13 endures to the end…be saved. Cf. 10:22. The ones who persevere are the same ones who are saved—not the ones whose love grows cold (v.12). This does not suggest that our perseverance secures our salvation. Scripture everywhere teaches precisely the opposite: God, as part of His saving work, secures our perseverance. True believers “are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation” (1 Pet. 1:5). The guarantee of our perseverance is built into the New Covenant promise. God says: “I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me” (Jer. 32:40). Those who do fall away from Christ give conclusive proof that they were never truly believers to begin with (1 John 2:19). To say that God secures our perseverance is not to say that we are passive in the process, however. He keeps us “through faith” (1 Pet. 1:5)—our faith. Scripture sometimes calls us to hold fast to our faith (Heb. 10:33; Rev. 3:11) or warns us against falling away (Heb. 10:26-29). Such admonitions do not negate the many promises that true believers will persevere (john 10:28, 29; Rom. 8:38, 39; 1 Cor. 1:8, 9; Phil. 1:6). Rather, the warnings and pleas are among the means God uses to secure our perseverance in faith. Notice that the warning and the promises often appear side by side. For example, when Jude urges believers, “keep yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 21), he immediately points them to God, “who is able to keep you from stumbling” (Jude 24).” If you would like to start developing a relationship with Jesus Christ click the Manzanita Baptist Church’s Web Page link bellow. manzanitabaptist.org/ John 3:16 Num. 6:24-26
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