From the desk of Pastor Ben
God’s Sovereign Work In Salvation – Part 3

“This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me, I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.”         (John 6:39)

God’s sovereign oversight in the entire salvation process is evident in the promise that it’s the Father’s will “that of all that He has given” to the Son, Christ will “lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.” It is a wonderful reality to know with absolute certainty, based on the infallible promises of the Father (John 6:40, 44, 54), that no part of His chosen group — will ever be lost. This is an ironclad guarantee to all true believers — that as far as God is concerned, their salvation is eternally secure. Jesus repeated this comforting promise in the strongest terms when He told the disciples, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.”     (John 10:27-29)

In His High Priestly Prayer, Jesus underscored the safety of His own when He told His Father, “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot], so that the Scripture would be fulfilled” (John 17:12).

Ask Yourself:
Do you ever allow yourself to doubt the salvation Christ has bought and paid for you? What usually precedes those thoughts? What hurdles of assurance can you just not seem to overcome? Know that the work of God will have its full effect, whether it always feels like it or not.