Eternal Security Part 3

Throughout Scripture, God promises life to those who have received Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Have you repented of your sin and asked Jesus to be your Savior?

John 5:24 KJV 1900

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

If so, John 5:24 is one of God’s many promises to you. What does it promise?

John 3:36 KJV 1900

36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

John 3:36 NASB95

36 “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”

According to Scripture, those who trust in Christ have eternal life (John 3:16, 36). Eternal life does not become yours when you die—you have it now if you’ve trusted Christ.

A New Creature

2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV 1900

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

In 2 Corinthians 5:17, Paul states that the Christian is a “new creature”. The results of the new birth are evident in everyday life as the “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

1 John 2:19 KJV 1900

19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

The true believer walks in obedience, but he is not motivated by fear (like those who believe they can lose their salvation). Rather, he is motivated by love for his gracious Savior. The difference is life-changing!

Fact, Faith, & Feeling

Romans 8:16 KJV 1900

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

Titus 1:2 KJV 1900

2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

What do we learn about God from Titus 1:2?

How does that description of God prove you cannot lose your salvation?

If you believe you can lose your salvation it has implication on at least 4 other Bible doctrines:

1. This false teaching has a low view of salvation.

In what way?

Galatians 3:2–3 ESV

2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?

Ephesians 2:9 KJV 1900

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

2. This false teaching has a low view of sin.

In what way?

Matthew 5:21–22 KJV 1900

21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: 22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 5:27–28 KJV 1900

27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

3. This false teaching has a low view of God.

In what way?

Romans 11:29 NKJV

29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Hebrews 1:3 KJV 1900

3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

1 Peter 3:18 KJV 1900

18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

Malachi 3:6 KJV 1900

6 For I am the Lord, I change not; Therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

According to Malachi 3:6 what reason does God give for His continuing mercy?

“If ever it should come to pass that sheep of Christ could fall away, my fickle, feeble souls, alas, would fall a thousand times a day.” C. H. Spurgeon

4. This false teaching has a low view of Christ.

In what way?

1 John 1:7 KJV 1900

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

1 John 2:1–2 KJV 1900

1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Isaiah 53:11 NKJV

11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

John 19:30 KJV 1900

30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

When Christ died for your sins nearly 2000 years ago, how many sins had you committed?

1 John 1:7 KJV 1900

7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Yet according to I John 1:7, how many of your sins are washed away by Christ’s blood (even those you have not yet committed)?

1 John 2:1 KJV 1900

1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 2:2 KJV 1900

2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

2 Peter 1:10 KJV 1900

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

1 Peter 1:5 KJV 1900

5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

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