It's as if he knows full well

under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit

that people are going to come along and say,

no, you're not secure in Christ,

you could lose your salvation.

He knows that that's going to happen.

And so he reacts to that

by giving us further word in verses 31 to 39.

Thanks for joining us.

Here on Grace to You,

as John MacArthur kicks off a series

on the permanence of salvation.

It comes from Romans 8 and John's titled

it Guaranteed for Eternity.

John, when I was first converted,

I think the very first question I had

for the pastor who baptized me

was, is my salvation permanent

or do I need to fear losing it?

And I know a lot of people struggle with that question

and it also lends itself to doubts

that people have about their salvation

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