OUTLINE OF THE WESTMINSTER
CONFESSION OF FAITH
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
By Israel J. Contreras

I. Statement of Perseverance of the Saints

II. The agents at work in and the source certainty and infallibility
      of Perseverance of the Saints

        A. The immutable decree of election flowing from the love of God the Father

        B. The efficacy of the merit and intercessions of Jesus Christ

        C. The Abiding of the Spirit

        D. The Seed of God within them

        E. The Nature of the Covenant of Grace

III. The pitfalls and results of failing to guard against the pitfalls of
       the Christian

        A. The pitfalls

                1. The temptations of Satan and of the World

                2. The prevalency of corruption remaining in them

                3. The negligence of the Christian to use the means of their preservation

        B. The results of failing to guard against the pitfalls of the Christian

                1. God's displeasure is incurred on the Christian.

                2. God's Spirit is displeased.

                3. Christian is deprived of some measure of their graces and comforts

                4. The Christian's heart is hardened.

                5. The Christian's conscience is wounded.

                6. The Christian hurts and scandalizes others.

                7. The Christian brings temporal judgments upon themself.