External Security

We believe, because of the external purpose of God toward the objects of His love, because of His freedom to exercise grace toward the meritless, on the ground of propitiatory blood of Christ, because of the present and unending intercession and advocacy of Christ in heaven, because of the immutability of the unchangeable covenants of God, because of the regenerating, abiding presence of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of all who are saved, we and all true believers everywhere, once saved shall be deemed saved forever.  We believe, however, that God is a Holy and righteous Father that, since He cannot overlook the sin of His children, He will when they persistently sin, chasten them and correct them in infinite love; but having undertaken to save who cannot fail, will in the end present every one of them in the image of His Son (John 5:24, 10:28, 13:1, 14:16-17, 17:11; Romans 8:29; I Corinthians 6:19; Hebrews 7:25; I John 2:1-2, 5:13; Jude 24).