1. Theological Context: The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints.
2. Does God cast away?
i. God will never totally or finally cast away His elect children. ii. God does and will permanently cast away hypocrites and false professors. iii. God does partially and temporarily cast His people from Himself in loving chastisement, until they return to their senses and seek after Him anew. iv. An earnest plea.
3. Does God remove His Spirit?
i. God will never remove His Spirit from those regenerated and renewed by the Him. ii. God does take away the Holy Spirit from hypocrites and false professors – not that they were regenerated, but as per WCF 10:4 “common operations”. iii. God does temporarily remove the comfort of Spirit's presence from true believers. iv. An earnest plea.
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Neil van der Wel studied at the Reformed Theological College in Geelong, Victoria, from 1997 to 2001. He was ordained into gospel ministry in 2012 and has been serving the Lord in Reformation Presbyterian Church, Rockhampton since September 2015. He is married and has eight...