The Comfort of the Perseverance of the Saints

The perseverance of the saints is a source of rich comfort for God's children. They were brought into the state of grace and can never fall away from this state. This is because God causes them to persevere. They are purchased by Christ and will always remain His. God's people "are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation"

Will We Persevere?

In recent years we have been receiving statistics with alarming figures about the number of people leaving the church. The large church communities in the Netherlands experience a shocking decrease in membership. It is becoming ever clearer how rapidly the secularization proceeds. The development affects also the smaller, orthodox churches, although the figures are here not quite as bad. Against this background the disturbing question arises: Is there any certainty that we will remain faithful?