Sam Storms - Kept for Jesus: What the New Testament Really Teaches about Assurance of Salvation and Eternal Security

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I have wrestled with the issue of assurance of salvation not just as a pastor counseling timid souls but as a sinner trusting in God. What a great help is Kept for Jesus! Handling the relevant biblical texts with clarity and precision, Sam Storms has crafted real ministry with this book, working by the Spirit to plant the security of union with Christ in the believers heart.

Jared C. Wilson, Pastor, Middletown Springs Community Church, Middletown Springs, Vermont; author, Gospel Wakefulness and The Pastors Justification

With care and compassion, Sam Storms engages in a wide-ranging discussion of the love of God, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, spurious faith versus saving faith, human dignity and human depravity, the nature of eternal security, Gods preserving power in faithful Christians, the problem of apostasy, and much more. Not shying away from the controversial nature of his topic and tackling head-on dozens of difficult passages, Storms offers an engaging book that deals biblically, theologically, and practically with the all-important matter of assurance of salvation.

Gregg R. Allison, Professor of Christian Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Is your errant friend unsaved or simply backslidden? This book contains a great overview of what the Bible teaches about eternal security, the perseverance of the saints, Gods sovereignty, and free will. Clear, readable, and compelling, this is a must for anyone who wants to understand the Reformed view on the assurance of salvation.

Mary A. Kassian, Professor of Womens Studies, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; author, Girls Gone Wise in a World Gone Wild

Too often the gospel is reduced to only wiping away sins debt. Storms shows us a more wonderful gospel of love and direct relationship with God in which Christ is inseparable from us, keeping us, and holding us as family. Storms is a pastor of pastors, walking us through the thorny issuessuch as the warning passagesand into green pastures of communion with our Savior. He calls us into the beautiful tension and transformation of Gods forever grace.

Daniel Montgomery, Pastor, Sojourn Community Church, Louisville, Kentucky; Founder, Sojourn Network; author, Faithmapping and Proof

Do you worry that you will lose your salvation? Do you feel confident in Gods love for you? This book will help you feel secure in Gods promises over you. Jesus said of his people: I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand (John 10:28). Sam Storms once again demonstrates his pastoral wisdom as he lovingly lays the foundation for eternal security.

Adrian Warnock, author, Hope Reborn and Raised with Christ

This is classic Sam Storms: warm, thoughtful, clear, and wise. Not all readers will agree on every detail, but all will be well served by working through the issues with such an insightful guide. Throughout the book, Gods protection of his people shines throughand so do the joy and security that this brings to all who trust him.

Andrew Wilson, Pastor, Kings Church Eastbourne, East Sussex; author, If God, Then What? and Unbreakable

Sam Storms has given us a book that is fair, humble, straightforward, and helpful. He consistently presents views that oppose his own and frequently admits he does not have all the answers. He argues biblically and passionately for the truth that God keeps true believers saved to the end and focuses on the Christian life and rejects errant views, including those that cut the biblical cord between Gods keeping us and our keeping on in faith, love, and holiness. This is a good book, and I am happy to recommend it.

Robert A. Peterson, Professor of Systematic Theology, Covenant Theological Seminary

Other Crossway books by Sam Storms

Chosen For Life: The Case for Divine Election, 2007

The Hope of Glory: 100 Daily Meditations on Colossians, 2008

More Precious Than Gold: 50 Daily Meditations on the Psalms, 2009

Signs of the Spirit: An Interpretation of Jonathan Edwardss Religious Affections, 2007

A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ: 100 Daily Meditations on 2 Corinthians 16, 2010

A Sincere and Pure Devotion to Christ: 100 Daily Meditations on 2 Corinthians 713, 2010

To the One Who Conquers: 50 Daily Meditations on the Seven Letters of Revelation 23, 2008

Tough Topics: Biblical Answers to 25 Challenging Questions, 2013

WHAT THE NEW TESTAMENT REALLY TEACHES ABOUT ASSURANCE OF SALVATION AND ETERNAL SECURITY

SAM STORMS

Kept for Jesus: What the New Testament Really Teaches about
Assurance of Salvation and Eternal Security

Copyright 2015 by Sam Storms

Published by Crossway
1300 Crescent Street
Wheaton, Illinois 60187

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.

Cover design: Jesse Owen, 10AM Design

First printing 2015

Printed in the United States of America

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the ESV Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 2011 Text Edition. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.

Scripture references marked NEB are from The New English Bible The Delegates of the Oxford University Press and The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, 1961, 1970.

Scripture references marked NIV are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

Scripture references marked RSV are from The Revised Standard Version. Copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the author.

Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-4202-2
ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-4205-3
PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-4203-9
Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-4204-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Storms, C. Samuel, 1951

Kept for Jesus : what the New Testament really teaches about assurance of salvation and eternal security / Sam Storms.

1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.