Safe and Secure in the Arms of Jesus Part 4
1 John 5:11-13 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does
not have the Son of God does not have life. I write
these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may
know that you have eternal life.
From
part two we spoke of two phrases that, if we understand and can comprehend the
difference between the two, can solve our problem of doubting our salvation;
they are RELATIONSHIP and FELLOWSHIP! In part three we spoke of our fellowship with
Christ Jesus. In this final writing we will examine our relationship with our
Savior.
Our Relationship
with Jesus
Christ
Jesus does not expect any works for salvation - what makes anyone think that
once the Grace of God saves you, you have to work to keep saved! That is so
foolish! It would be like God telling Noah to buy eight spikes, 3 feet long.
And telling him to nail them 5 feet apart on the side of the ark, and saying,
"Alright, when I tell you to go; take your family and hold on tight for
dear life on those spikes for it's going to be a long-wet summer!"
And
so, it happened, while one by one each fell in the water!
ABSOLUTELY
NOT! God told them to go inside the ark, and He shut the door, and when they
fell...they fell inside the protection of God's Ark! Every time we fall to the
world and the devil, as a child of God, we have fallen down in Christ!
Our
relationship with God is we are a child of His, holding the same status as
Jesus. We are co-equal with the Son to the Father because Jesus paid our sin
debt on the Cross of Calvary. We are in Christ Jesus, and no one, not even the
demons of Hell, can "separate us from the love of God in Christ
Jesus."
Romans
8:38-39 For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
One
time in a rural country area, a young man challenged an old preacher to this
same question, "Once Saved Always Saved." And the young man took several
verses from the Bible out of context, attempting to prove his point. He took over an hour attempting to convince
the people that salvation can be lost under certain circumstances. Oh, some felt
sorry for the old, country preacher.
But,
when he got up...he said, "Friends, I’m not going to take an hour like
this young man...I’m going to take only five minutes." He asked some
within the congregation to go to his car and get three barrels he had in his
trunk.
Then
he said, "I only have one verse of scripture and this illustration...my
verse is
Colossians
3:3
- " For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.."
As the
barrels were brought in, there was one large one, one medium, and a smaller
one. He said, "The big one is God, the medium one is Christ, and the
smaller one is you, the Christian."
He
placed the smaller one inside the medium one, and then the medium one inside
the larger one. And said, "There, your life is hidden with Christ in
God." "Now, I challenge the devil and all his demons of hell, under
the protection of the blood of Jesus, to come to this platform and get to that
smaller barrel without going through that larger one, and the medium size
barrels!" (This illustration of the three barrels was taken from Sermon
Central)
I Pray
that if there is one out there that is unsure of their salvation, this study
has encouraged you in some way, and that you may be sure that if you are truly
saved, there is no power on earth or in Hell that can reverse what Christ Jesus
did for us on the Cross of Calvary.
Pastor
Ron
John 10:27-28 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow
me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one
will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has
given them to me, is greater than all ; no one can snatch them out of my
Father’s hand.
End of Safe
and Secure in the Arms of Jesus series.
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