Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones The Unbreakable Chain
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Dec 3, 2025 This discussion dives deep into the unbreakable chain of salvation, revealing how each link—foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification—works in harmony. Dr. Lloyd-Jones passionately argues against the notion of apostasy, showing the absurdity of losing one's salvation. He emphasizes that God's immutable purpose guarantees believers' perseverance, and that true justification and new birth assure enduring spiritual life. With a strong focus on believers' identity in Christ, the sermon provides profound encouragement on the certainty of salvation.
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The Unbreakable Chain
- Romans 8:28–30 presents an unbreakable chain linking God's purpose, foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification.
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones argues that each term necessarily secures the next, making final apostasy impossible.
God's Purpose Ensures Perseverance
- Being in God's purpose guarantees perseverance because God unfailingly carries out His purposes.
- Lloyd-Jones treats God's immutability as decisive evidence against eventual loss of genuine believers.
Foreknowledge Without Error Is Incompatible With Apostasy
- Interpreting foreknowledge merely as prescience still yields predestination to conformity with Christ.
- If a predestined person could finally fall, it would imply God erred in His decisive purpose.
