Welcome to Hank’s Place — Salvation part 2 of 3
We have been sharing about possibly waking up one morning and finding we had lost our salvation. Fearing being cast away on that day when Jesus returns for His bride.
I shared with you how this is a groundless fear — yes, we can neglect the benefits and blessings of walking in faith and grace on this earth, but we were finding the good support of Scripture declaring such things as it is GOD who has done the saving, and God who does the keeping, and GOD who has promised to keep us, and vindicate us on that last day. Hallelujah!
As 2 Cor 1:21-22 declares, “He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is GOD, who also SEALED us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.” GOD established us IN Christ. GOD put His seal on us – what’s that? The seal is the Holy Spirit in our hearts. The Spirit is His promise, His pledge to us, that we are HIS FOR ALL TIME.
Here’s more support from Scripture. For us to lose our salvation several impossible things would have to happen. For example:
God would have to forsake us. But Heb 13:5 says, “He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU.”
Here’s another. God would have to cast us out of Himself. Yet Jesus said in John 6:37, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.”
And, God would have to condemn us, in contradiction to Ro 8:1, 34 that read, “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” “who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.” Would Jesus stop interceding and begin condemning? No way!
And one more: God would have to remove the Spirit that was given us as a pledge, a promise that we just read. But John 14:16 reads, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may BE WITH YOU FOREVER.
Scripture cannot be broken – God will not break these eternal promises. He keeps His word. Dwell on these trustworthy truths my friend — you will be shouting for joy as you COME ALIVE!
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