Let's just stay with the text for a minute then broaden out to the context because I just think

you're answering of this question is one of the most important things you'll get from this

seminar. If God is saying, if God through Peter is saying, I guard you if God is saying,

I guard you if and through your autonomous production of faith.

If you, without my causing it, produce it, I show up and guard you for your

inheritance. I don't think there's much left to guard because I've

already done the decisive work, right? I mean what is going to threaten what's going to keep me from having the

inheritance on belief right what will keep me from having the inheritance is if I throw it all away.

I don't believe you anymore, don't love you, don't trust you, it's all been a sham anyway.

I'm gone, I'm out of here, I don't have faith anymore, don't want faith anymore, never did have faith.

It was all just to show if that happens I'm in hell.

So if I can keep that from happening, then faith unites me to Jesus and faith

overcomes the world and faith is the means by which my sins are forgiven and

faith opens the door of heaven and what's left for my

my inheritance. I don't think there's anything left for him to do. Decisively, which

means I don't think that's what this means. I don't think that's what text means. I don't think this text means who by God's power

are protected after they autonomously produced the necessary faith.

Because there's nothing left to do.

The faith is the issue.

Will I have faith as I die?

And if God says, yeah, if you have it, I'll be there to guard you. Well, from what?

The faith is it.

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