Kept for Jesus: What the New Testament Really Teaches about Assurance of Salvation and Eternal Security
Overview
This question has perplexed—and distressed—believers for centuries. When faced with our sin and shortcomings, sometimes we’re tempted to conclude that we’ve strayed too far and that God no longer loves us. In Kept for Jesus, pastor Sam Storms addresses common concerns that Christians have related to their eternal security, offering hope and assurance from the Bible. Examining every New Testament passage that speaks to this important issue, this book charts a biblical course between those who say that Christians can lose their salvation and those who carelessly declare, “Once saved, always saved.”
Top Highlights
“Alternatively, says the Calvinist, Charley was never truly saved, and his failure to persevere” (Page 15)
“And, yes, it is loving because, though painful, it is designed to restore us to the vibrancy of fellowship with Christ and, if necessary, to preserve us eternally safe in our salvation.” (Page 98)
“It does confirm that there are patterns of sin which are finally incompatible with salvation. And God will take our lives rather than let us succumb to those patterns.’” (Page 97)
“deny eternal security means the possibility exists that some who come to the Son will in fact be cast out.” (Page 22)
“and will, by God’s grace and the convicting work of the Holy Spirit” (Page 14)
- Title: Kept for Jesus: What the New Testament Really Teaches about Assurance of Salvation and Eternal Security
- Author: Sam Storms
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Assurance (Theology) › Biblical teaching; Bible. N.T. › Theology
- ISBNs: 9781433542022, 9781433542053, 9781433542039, 9781433542046, 1433542021, 1433542056, 143354203X, 1433542048
- Resource ID: LLS:KEPTFORJESUS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:00:54Z
Sam Storms earned a ThM in historical theology from Dallas Theological Seminary and a PhD in intellectual history from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is the founder of Enjoying God Ministries, senior pastor of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a former visiting professor of theology at Wheaton College. He has authored over two dozen books and served as president of the Evangelical Theological Society.