THE DOCTRINE OF THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
The Church has known many great and noble souls, and the doctrine of “the final perseverance of the saints” has been the “sheet anchor” of those souls, writes D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones in his book THE FINAL PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS.
From the time I became a Christian I have believed in the doctrine of final perseverance, because I read in the Bible in First John 5:13:
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.”
That was in September 1958 and since that time I have known that I have eternal life. Praise the Lord!
Here are the names of some of the noble and great souls the Church has ever known and who believed the doctrine of the final perseverance.
St. Augustine believed the doctrine of the final perseverance. Martin Luther believed the doctrine and John Calvin as well. John Knox believed it and taught it.
Isaac Watts and Philip Doddridge, the great hymn-writers, believed the doctrine and so did George Whitefield, the greatest english evangelist and preacher.
The doctrine of “the final perseverance of the saints” has been the “sheet anchor” of Charles Haddon Spurgeon and D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones writes:
“He went as far as to say that he really doubted whether a man who did not believe the doctrine was a Christian at all!”
