Eternal Security

 

Eternal Security

 

When people come to know Christ as their Savior, they are brought into a relationship with God that guarantees their eternal security. Jude 24 declares,

 

Jude 1:24 NASB

(24) Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

 

God's power is able to keep the believer from falling. It is up to Him, not us, to present us before His glorious presence. Our eternal security is a result of God keeping us, not us maintaining our salvation. God keeps believers from falling prey to false teachers. Although false teachers are widespread and dangerous, we don't have to be afraid if we trust God and are rooted and grounded in him.

To be sinless and perfect will be the ultimate condition of the believer when he or she finally sees Christ face to face. When Christ appears and we are given our new bodies, we will be like Christ

 

1 John 3:2-3 NASB

(2) Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.

(3) And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

 

Coming into Christ's presence will be more wonderful than we could ever imagine!

 

The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed,

 

John 10:27-30 NASB

(27) "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

(28) and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

(29) "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

(30) "I and the Father are one."

 

Both Jesus and the Father have us firmly grasped in their hand. Who could separate us from the grip of both the Father and the Son?

Just as a shepherd protects his sheep, Jesus protects his people from eternal harm. While believers can expect to suffer on earth, Satan cannot harm their souls or take away their eternal life with God. There are many reasons to be afraid here on earth because this is the devil's domain

 

1 Peter 5:8-10 NASB

(8) Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

(9) But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.

(10) After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.

 

But if you choose to follow Jesus, he will give you everlasting safety.

 

Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are sealed for the day of redemption.

 

Ephesians 4:30 NASB

(30) Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

 

If believers did not have eternal security, the sealing could not truly be unto the day of redemption, but only to the day of sinning, apostasy, or disbelief.

 

John 3:15-16 tells us that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will "have eternal life." 

 

John 3:15-16 NASB

(15) so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.

(16) "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

 

If a person were to be promised eternal life, but then have it taken away, it was never "eternal" to begin with. If eternal security is not true, the promises of eternal life in the Bible would be in error.

 

The most powerful argument for eternal security is Romans 8:38-39,

 

Romans 8:38-39 NASB

(38) For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

(39) nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Our eternal security is based on God's love for those whom He has redeemed. Our eternal security is purchased by Christ, promised by the Father, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.

 

 

"to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen."

 

Grove Oak Church