SAVED AND SAFE IN CHRIST!
“They
shall Never Perish”
-JOHN
10:28 [KJV]
"Did
Jesus once upon thee shine?
Then Jesus is forever
thine."
-William
Hammond
There
is no need for believers to fear death or judgment. Our
advocate and Judge are one and the same (2 Timothy 4:1). We are,
therefore, saved and we are safe (1 John 2:1).
John
Newton, the writer of Amazing Grace says of the safety of the
believer,
“Rejoice,
believer, in the Lord
Who makes your cause His own;
The
hope that’s built upon His Word,
Can ne’er be
overthrown.
Though many foes beset your road,
And
feeble is your arm;
Your life is hidden with Christ in
God
Beyond the reach of harm.
Weak as you are,
you shall not faint,
Or fainting shall not die;
Jesus, the
strength of every saint,
Will aid you from on high.”
We
are both saved and safe! Those whom the Saviour has rescued can never
be un-rescued.
Concerning people who believe that we can
be saved and then lost, Spurgeon said, and I paraphrase, ‘Those
who hold this view need to go up to heaven and set the angels
straight on this matter. They need to tell them not to rejoice until
the sinner dies and goes to heaven, because they may be rejoicing too
soon. What if he repents but later falls away and is lost? The angels
shouldn’t be so fast with their joy!’ (see Luke 15:10).
We
are both saved and safe!
The purchased of the Lord cannot
be unpurchased. If a person could lose their salvation, the following
would have to happen ...
l. They would have to perish,
which Christ said could never happen (John 10:28).
2.
Christ would have to cast them out, which He promised never to do
(John 6:37).
3. Christ would have to leave them, which He
said He would never do (Hebrews 13:5).
4. God would have
to break the salvation "chain" of Romans 8:29-30 which
clearly declares that every justified person will be glorified (that
is, will enjoy final salvation).
5. The Holy Spirit would
have to leave them, which is impossible since he is sealed unto the
day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30).
Salvation is the gift
of God and God’s gifts are “irrevocable” (Romans 11:29).
Christ
gives His sheep the gift of eternal life (John 10-17-28).
Eternal
life, therefore, cannot be temporary.
It is eternal life.
It
is not provisional life,
It’s eternal.
We are both
saved and safe!
When Christ Jesus hung upon the cross all
the sins of His people …past, present and future were put away
forever. Satan was dealt a fatal blow (Colossians 2:15). The work of
redemption was finished. When Christ died, He died as the substitute
for His people. If someone for whom He became a substitute can
perish, then Christ is a failure.
But, we are both saved
and safe and Christ is a success!
“But what if I mess
up?”
Here’s
some good news; Jesus is fuller of grace than we are of sins. Faith
grasps this! It’s true that at times, we may not feel worthy enough
to call God our Father, but the New Testament asks, “Who
shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is Christ who
died yeah rather has risen again who is now at the right hand of God
making intercession for us”
(Romans 8:33-34).
We are both saved and safe!
And
that´s the Gospel Truth!
-preacher
D. G. Miles Mckee
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