Eternal Security Pt 1
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Does being a Christian mean that you will never sin again? If you commit a sin, are you still saved? Do you need to be saved again each time you sin?
The Bible teaches that the salvation you received at the moment you repented of your sins and trusted in Christ is irrevocable. How do we know?
SAVED BY GRACE
SAVED BY GRACE
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?
Read Galatians 3:3. How did you enter God’s family- by faith (“the Spirit”) or your own effort (“the flesh”)?
So how will you remain in God’s family and mature (what the Bible describes as “being perfected”)- by faith or by your own effort?
PART OF GOD’S FAMILY
PART OF GOD’S FAMILY
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Read John 1:12-13. What privilege (or “right”) did Jesus give you when you received Him as your Savior?
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
What strict qualification must you meet to enter into the Christ’s kingdom, according to John 3:3?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Your first birth was physical. When did that happen?
Your second birth was spiritual. When did that happen?
When you received Jesus Christ, you became a child of God— you were born into His family! God is your heavenly Father! Is the parent-child relationship temporary or permanent?
Once you became God’s child, you are His child forever. As you grew up, did you ever make your father or mother angry by disobeying them?
When you did, were you still their child?
RELATIONSHIP VS. FELLOWSHIP
YOU ARE IN CHRIST
YOU ARE IN CHRIST
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:1 says that since you are “in Christ” you will not face condemnation. That means you will not be condemned for your sins. Christ already paid for them!
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
I Corinthians 15:22 says that though you were dead before salvation, in Christ you have been made alive.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 says that you are a new creature. The second half of the verse lists the practical results of your new birth. What are they?
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 5:1 says that when you put your faith in Christ as your Savior you were “justified.” What does that mean?
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,
10 How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised;
11 and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them,
23 Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, 24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,
Romans 4:11; 23-24 teaches that at the moment of salvation, Jesus’ righteousness was “credited” to you. Although you continue to struggle with sin (in your practice), God now sees you as being as righteous as Jesus Christ (in your position). Why?