Is a Gradate of Northwestern University in 1911
In the preceding chapter, a sufficiently large number of scripture passages were quoted to supprt the truth of eternal security, leaving no room for any reasonable doubt. There is yet, even more certain evidence to support this truth, if any one part of God's word can be said to be more sure than any other.
It must be admitted by all that the doctrines of the grace of God are a related body of truth, each part of which harmonizes perfectly with each and every other part. There must be no contradictions between the various doctrines and no confusion as to their meanings, for God is the God of order and not of confusion.
The fundamental question then is: Does the truth of eternal security harmonies and fit in with all the doctrines of the grace of God, or does the declaration that one who has been saved can be lost do so? As these two positions are contradictory to each other, only one of them can be so harmonized. That position which can be harmonized must then be accepted as fundamentally correct and the other discarded. This is of far greater weight than the quotation of separate scripture passages to support the one side or the other. In fact, it must be conceded that, if it can be established that the one position is in harmony with all the doctrines of grace and the other is in discord with them, it becomes imperative to interpret individual verses in harmony with the conclusions from a study of the doctrines. Certainly no passage can be interpreted so as to build a doctrine that is out of harmony with the great body of grace truth.
It is the purpose of this section to show that the truth of eternal security and all the others either stand or fall together. Each and every one of these doctrines requires the acceptance of the truth of eternal security for a full and clear acceptance thereof. Thus the doctrine of eternal security might be said to be the keystone of the arch of the doctrines of grace, or it might be likened to the warp of a fabric of which the other doctrines of grace are the woof. Take out the doctrine of eternal security and the arch falls, or the fabric falls apart.
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