Of the perseverance of the saints, part 3

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Confession of Faith

Chapter 17: Of the Perseverance of the Saints

3. Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of the means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins;¹ and, for a time, continue therein:² whereby they incur God’s displeasure,³ and grieve his Holy Spirit,⁴ come to be deprived of some measure of their graces and comforts,⁵ have their hearts hardened,⁶ and their consciences wounded;⁷ hurt and scandalize others,⁸ and bring temporal judgments upon themselves.⁹

Exodus 32:21

And Moses said to Aaron, “What did this people do to you that you have brought such a great sin upon them?”

Jonah 1:3

But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.

Jonah 1:10

Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, “What is this that you have done!” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

Psalm 51:14

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

Matthew 26:70

But he denied it before them all, saying, “I do not know what you mean.”

Matthew 26:72

And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man.”

Matthew 26:74

Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed.

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2 Samuel 12:9

Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 12:13

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Galatians 2:11-14

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”

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Numbers 20:12

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls upon your name,
who rouses himself to take hold of you;
for you have hidden your face from us,
and have made us melt in the hand of our iniquities.

Isaiah 64:9

Be not so terribly angry, O Lord,
and remember not iniquity forever.
Behold, please look, we are all your people.

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Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (ESV)

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Psalm 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

Psalm 51:10

Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.

Psalm 51:12

Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

Matthew 26:75

And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

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Isaiah 63:17

O Lord, why do you make us wander from your ways
and harden our heart, so that we fear you not?
Return for the sake of your servants,
the tribes of your heritage.

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Psalm 32:3-4

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

Psalm 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice. (ESV)

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Genesis 12:10-20

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me, but they will let you live. Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.” When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. And when the princes of Pharaoh saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house. And for her sake he dealt well with Abram; and he had sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

But the Lord afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife. So Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her, and go.” And Pharaoh gave men orders concerning him, and they sent him away with his wife and all that he had.

2 Samuel 12:14

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child who is born to you shall die.”

Galatians 2:13

And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.

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Psalm 89:31-32

if they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments,
then I will punish their transgression with the rod
and their iniquity with stripes,

1 Corinthians 11:32

But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. (ESV)

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