Eternal Security: Can We Be Sure?

Faith in the Son of God


1) Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ[a] has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. 2) We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments. 3) Loving God means keeping his commandments, and his commandments are not burdensome. 4) For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith. 5) And who can win this battle against the world? Only those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. 6) And Jesus Christ was revealed as God’s Son by his baptism in water and by shedding his blood on the cross[b]—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms it with his testimony. 7) So we have these three witnesses[c]—8) the Spirit, the water, and the blood—and all three agree. 9) Since we believe human testimony, surely we can believe the greater testimony that comes from God. And God has testified about his Son. 10) All who believe in the Son of God know in their hearts that this testimony is true. Those who don’t believe this are actually calling God a liar because they don’t believe what God has testified about his Son.  11) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12) Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.

Conclusion

13) I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know you have eternal life.  1John 5: 1-13 (NLT)

Our loving heavenly Father wants us to know with certainty that we have eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ. What assurances do we have that we are permanently secure?

God’s love. One reason that we can be sure of unending salvation is our heavenly Father’s unconditional love. At the cross, He demonstrated just how much we mean to Him: He sent His Son to die so that we might have eternal life. (1 John 4:9-10).

Christ’s life and death. Because Jesus was without sin, He qualified to serve as our substitute and take our place on the cross. By dying for us, He paid for all our sins and finished the work necessary to secure our salvation (John 19:30).

Jesus’ promise. We have our Lord’s assurance that we will spend eternity with Him. He promised that we can never be separated from Him and that no one can snatch us from His hand (John 10:28). He has gone ahead to prepare a place for us and will return to bring us there (John 14:2-3).

The Indwelling Holy Spirit. Another assurance of eternal security is the presence of God’s Spirit within each believer. The Holy Spirit acts as a seal, guaranteeing that we belong to the Lord and serving as a pledge of our future in heaven with Him (2 Cor. 1:21-22).

The Bible is filled with God’s promises that those who have received Jesus Christ as Savior will spend eternity with Him. If you struggle with doubt, meditate on the Scriptures, and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into scriptural understanding about your salvation.

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Don't get it twisted; GOD is NOT mocked! You will reap what you sow therefore, a man or woman is better off being sincerely wrong than to be a professing Christian and deny Jesus's name by the conduct of his life.

A redeemed life is a changed life! Have you been born again?

Be Blessed!

Dawn

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I'm in NO way perfect but I'm getting better because God isn't through with me yet!