The Wednesday Word
HERE’S
THE QUESTION, Part I
by
D.G. Miles McKee
Here’s
the Question … What does it take for a believer to lose their
salvation and perish? Here’s the Answer …
l. For a
believer to become
lost and
perish, Christ would have to become a liar for He promised that
believers could never perish (John 10:28).
2. For a
believer to become
lost and perish,
Christ would have to become a promise breaker for He promised to
never cast us out (John 6:37).
3. For a believer to become
lost and perish, Christ would have to leave him to his own devices.
But, will Christ ever
leave His
people? He promised He would never
do that (Hebrews 13:5).
4. For a believer to become lost
and perish, He would have to become un-chosen (Ephesians 1:4). That
would mean that Christ was mistaken about him when He chose him in
the first place. So much for a God who knows all things!
5.
For the believer to become lost and perish, He would have to become
un-redeemed. But, when we are redeemed, we are removed from the
marketplace and
are not for re-sale
(Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:18-19).
6. For the believer to
become lost and perish, the Holy Spirit would have to leave him. This
is an impossibility since believers are sealed unto the day of
redemption (Ephesians 4:30).
7. For a believer to become
lost and perish would mean that Christ is un-reliable for He
promised that this could never happen (John 10:28).
8. For
a believer to become lost and perish, he would have to cease being a
sheep. He would have to become a goat (John 10:27-28; Matthew
25:31-46). But sheep don’t become goats … that’s
ridiculous.
9. For a believer to become lost and perish,
God would have to break His promise of Philippians 1:6 and not
complete the great work which He began.
10. For a believer
to become lost and perish, he would have to pass from life unto
death. This means that at first, he passed from death unto life and
now he somehow manages to pass back from life unto death (John 5:24).
Neither process, however, is possible for a human being. We were
saved by God (brought from death unto life) and He will not un-save
us (Ecclesiastes 3:14).
11. For a believer to become lost
and perish, he
would have to come into judgment. But how is this possible since God
promised that such a thing would never happen? (John 5:24).
12.
For a believer to become lost and perish, He would have to be plucked
out of the Father’s hand … a thing which Christ promised would
never happen (John 10:28-29).
13. For a believer to become
lost and perish, God’s power to keep would have failed. The Bible
says we are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation
ready to be revealed in the last time (1 Peter 1:5). Therefore, we
conclude that if a believer perishes, God’s word is invalid.
14.
For
a believer to become lost and perish, Christ
would have to cease to intercede for him (Hebrews 7:25; Romans 8:34;
Luke 22:32).
The true believer is safe and secure in
Christ … forever. If we don’t believe this truth, we are making
Jesus either a liar or a lunatic. If Christ lets His followers
perish, He breaks His word. He is, therefore, unreliable.
Is
that what you think of Christ? God forbid!
The
Lord’s sheep are safe in the hands of the Chief and Good Shepherd …
the faithful One who always keeps His word.
And
that’s the Gospel Truth!
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