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Perseverance.
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The New Topical Textbook
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Reuben Archer Torrey
• 1 min. read • grade level: 13
An evidence of reconciliation with God.
Col. 1:21-23
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And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
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In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; (Colossians 1:21‑23)
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An evidence of belonging to Christ.
John 8:31
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; (John 8:31)
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Heb. 3:16, 14
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For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. (Hebrews 3:16)
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For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; (Hebrews 3:14)
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A characteristic of saints.
Prov. 4:18
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But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (Proverbs 4:18)
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TO SE MANIFESTED IN
Seeking God.
1 Chron. 16:11
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Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually. (1 Chronicles 16:11)
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Waiting upon God.
Hos. 12:6
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Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. (Hosea 12:6)
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Prayer.
Rom. 12:12
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; (Romans 12:12)
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Eph. 6:18
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Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; (Ephesians 6:18)
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Well-doing.
Rom. 2:7
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To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: (Romans 2:7)
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2 Thess. 3:13
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But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. (2 Thessalonians 3:13)
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Continuing in the faith.
Acts 14:22
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Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)
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Col. 1:23
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If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; (Colossians 1:23)
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2 Tim. 4:7
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I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: (2 Timothy 4:7)
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Holding fast hope.
Heb. 3:6
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But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. (Hebrews 3:6)
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MAINTAINED THROUGH
The power of God.
Psa. 37:24
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Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. (Psalm 37:24)
. Phi. 1:6.
The power of Christ.
John 10:28
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And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28)
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The intercession of Christ.
Luke 22:31, 32
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And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
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But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. (Luke 22:31‑32)
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John 17:11
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And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. (John 17:11)
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The fear of God.
Jer. 32:40
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And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jeremiah 32:40)
. Faith.
1 Peter 1:5
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Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (1 Peter 1:5)
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Promised to saints.
Job 17:9
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The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. (Job 17:9)
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Leads to increase of knowledge.
John 8:31, 32
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
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And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:31‑32)
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IN WELL-DOING
Leads to assurance of hope.
Heb. 6:10, 11
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For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which ye have showed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: (Hebrews 6:10‑11)
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Is not in vain.
1 Cor. 15:58
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Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 15:58)
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Gal. 6:9
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (Galatians 6:9)
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Ministers should exhort to.
Acts 13:43
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Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. (Acts 13:43)
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Acts 14:22
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Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. (Acts 14:22)
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Encouragement to.
Heb. 12:2, 3
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Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (Hebrews 12:2‑3)
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Promises to.
Matt. 10:22
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And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. (Matthew 10:22)
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Matt. 24:13
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But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Matthew 24:13)
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Rev. 2:26-28
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And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:
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And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
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And I will give him the morning star. (Revelation 2:26‑28)
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Blessedness of. James. 1:25.
WANT OF.
Excludes from the benefits of the gospel.
Heb. 6:4-6
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For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
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And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
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If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (Hebrews 6:4‑6)
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Punished.
John 15:6
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If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. (John 15:6)
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Rom. 11:22
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Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. (Romans 11:22)
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Illustrated. Mar. 4:5, 17.
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