Perseverance of the Saints

In this final sermon of our TULIP series, we confront one of the most misunderstood doctrines in the church today: the Perseverance of the Saints. Scripture does not teach the casual idea of “once saved, always saved,” where a person may pray a prayer, live in rebellion, and still claim eternal security. Instead, the Bible teaches that all who have truly been born again will be preserved by God and will persevere in faith, holiness, obedience, repentance, and love for Christ until the end.

Drawing from Romans 6, Hebrews 3:14, 1 John 2:19, John 10, and several other key texts, this sermon clarifies that perseverance is not human willpower—it is the supernatural result of God’s saving grace. The Father decrees salvation, the Son secures it by His blood, and the Spirit sustains it by His power. A believer may stumble, but he cannot remain in sin. He may wander, but he will return. He may struggle deeply, but he will never finally fall away.

We also confront the cultural distortions of this doctrine—antinomianism, cheap grace, false assurance, and the epidemic of nominal Christianity. Perseverance proves the reality of salvation, protects the purity of the church, and guards the gospel from being reduced to a mere decision.

This sermon calls believers to worship the God who keeps His people and challenges false professions with the truth that you will know them by their fruit. In the end, perseverance is not about our grip on Christ—but His grip on us.