The Scriptures assure us that God preserves and keeps His elect, ensuring they will not ultimately stray from Him.
According to the biblical teaching of perseverance, those who are truly united with Christ cannot ultimately turn away from Him. The sermon highlights Solomon's warning in Proverbs about the dangers of returning to falsehood, emphasizing that true believers may wander for a time but are ultimately kept and brought back by God. This perspective aligns with the Reformed understanding of God's sovereignty in salvation, where He guarantees the perseverance of the saints, as seen in passages like Philippians 1:6, 'Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.'
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