Perseverance: Wesleyan/Arminian View

Question 1

Wesleyan/Arminian view of perseverance

Answer 1

Apostasy is a real possibility for a true believer.

Question 2

Col 1:22-23 (+note)

Answer 2

he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Note: Christian growth and sanctification are not an automatic process.

Question 3

Ro 11:22

Answer 3

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

Question 4

2 Tim 2:12

Answer 4

If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us.

Question 5

Heb 6:4-6

Answer 5

For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the H.S., and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.

Question 6

Verses supporting Wesleyan/Arminian view of perseverance

Answer 6

Verses supporting Wesleyan/Arminian view of perseverance:

1. Col 1:22-23
2. Ro 11:22
3. 2 Tim 2:12
4. Heb 6:4-6