Thursday, January 18, 2018

Hebrews, God's Faithfulness, and the false doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints


[T]he Protestant position asserts that justification is a once-for-all action on the part of God. One who is justified cannot become “unjustified,” for all of the believer’s sins have been forgiven on the basis of the work of Christ. Yet the sins of the believer can bring him into a position of existing under the “fatherly displeasure” of God. (James R. White, The God Who Justifies: The Doctrine of Justification [Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House, 2001], 68)


I just came across a video posted by Apologia Church, headed by Jeff Durbin, of a sermon by James White on Hebrews 6, wherein he tries to subvert the force of the chapter against the doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints:

James White on God's Faithfulness


I have discussed the theology of Hebrews and how, contra White and others, shows that a truly justified person can lose their salvation: