This is a rough copy of a document in the making, but here goes:
PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
“They whom God hath accepted In His Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace; but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved.” – WCF
Isaiah 43:1-3 whom the Lord redeems he also keeps
Isaiah 54:10 the kindness of the Lord shall not depart from his
covenant people
Jeremiah 32:40 God will not depart from his people and will not permit
them to depart either
Matthew 18:14 Jesus seeks and restores the wandering sheep and it is
not the will of God that one should perish
John 3:16 believers will not perish
John 3:36 believers have life - unbelievers have wrath
John 5:24 He who hears and believes shall not come into
condemnation
John 6:35-40 no wise is the believer cast out
John 6:47 the believer has everlasting life
John 10:27-30 they (the sheep) shall never perish
John 17:11 Jesus' prayer for the Father to keep believers
John 17:12 none lost but the one Scripture said would be lost
John 17:15 Proper understand of "keep" is "keep from evil."
Romans 5:8-10 if justified, how much more shall we be saved.
Romans 8:1 There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ
Jesus
Romans 8:29-30 whom he foreknew ... he also glorified.
Romans 8:35-39 nothing can separate us from the love of God
1 Corinthians 1:7-9 Christ shall confirm you unto the end
1 Corinthians 10:13 God will not allow us to be tempted beyond our ability
to withstand
2 Corinthians 4:14-17 we do not henceforth live to ourselves but to Christ
Ephesians 1:5 predestined unto adoption, not just justification
Ephesians 1:13 sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise
Ephesians 1:14 earnest of our inheritance as purchased possession
Ephesians 4:30 we are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day
of redemption
Colossians 3:34 when Christ appears, we shall also appear
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 God will faithfully preserve us blameless unto the
coming of Christ
2 Timothy 4:18 God will preserve us to his heavenly kingdom -from
every evil work
Hebrews 9:12 Christ has obtained an eternal redemption for us
Hebrews 9:15 those who are called will receive the promise of the
inheritance
Hebrews 10:14 by his offering he has perfected the sanctified forever
Hebrews 12:28 we receive a kingdom which cannot be moved
[present active participle]
1 Peter 1:3-5 our inheritance is reserved for us, for we are
kept by the power of God unto salvation
1 John 2:19 If they had been of us, they would not have departed
from us
1 John 2:25 the promise of God is eternal life
1 John 5:4 whatever is born of God overcomes the world
1 John 5:11-13 those who have the Son may be certain of eternal life
Jude 1 those that are sanctified are also preserved
Jude 24,25 God is able to keep us from falling
2 Timothy 1:12 God keeps what is committed to him against that day
2 Timothy 2:21 we are prepared for good works
2 Timothy 4:7 Paul's history - he kept the faith.
Titus 3:8 those who believe should be careful to maintain good
works
Philemon 21 Paul's confidence in Philemon's obedience
Hebrews 2:10 Christ bring many sons to Glory (not merely
justification).
Hebrews 2:14-15 the devil destroyed as the one with power of death and
Thus God's children delivered
Hebrews 3:6 we are demonstrated to be of the household of
God only as we hold unto the end
Hebrews 3:14 See Hebrews 3:6
Hebrews 6:9-12 perseverance accompanies salvation
Hebrews 6:17-20 God's counsel, by which we are chosen is immutable
(see Ephesians 1:11)
Hebrews 7:25 Jesus saves us to the uttermost
Hebrews 10:22-23 we have assurance that we will hold fast to our
profession because God is faithful
Hebrews 10:39 we are not of those who draw back. i.e. those who draw
back are a different set
1 Peter 2:12 encouragement to good works that will glorify God
1 Peter 2:15 Such good works are God's will (see verse 12)
1 Samuel 12:22 God will not forsake his people
Article 16
Eternal Election
“We believe that, all the posterity of Adam being thus fallen into perdition and ruin by the sin of our first parents, God then did manifest Himself such as He is; that is to say, merciful and just: merciful, since He delivers and preserves from this perdition all whom He in His eternal and unchangeable counsel of mere goodness has elected in Christ Jesus our Lord, without any respect to their works; just, in leaving others in the fall and perdition wherein they have involved themselves” – Belgic Confession
