Required reading
All of grace by C. H. Spurgeon (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Read Chapter 18.
My summary
Chapter 18 encourages the reader to remember that God will confirm the Christian to the end.
What grabbed me
I liked how Spurgeon didn't just say that we will be kept safe to the end, but taught us from 1 Corinthians 1:8 that we will be blameless to the end: 'This blamelessness is a precious part of our keeping. To be kept holy is better than merely to be kept safe. It is a dreadful thing when you see religious people blundering out of one dishonor into another. They have not believed in the power of our Lord to make them blameless. The lives of some professing Christians are a series of stumbles. They are never quite down and yet they are seldom on their feet. This is not a fit thing for a believer.'
Sadly I'm often far more interested in being kept safe as a believer than being kept blameless.
Now it's your turn
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