From the desk of Pastor Ben
God’s Sovereign Work In Salvation – Part 4

“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
                        (John 6:40)

The letters of the New Testament support Jesus’ teaching on the perseverance and protection of believers. Paul instructed the Romans,
“For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn  among many brethren; and these whomHe predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom he justified, He also glorified.”   (Romans 8:29-30)

This passage is called by some, the “golden chain of salvation.” The apostle connects the whole salvation process with a series of links of the divine chain. As far as God is concerned, none whom God brings into his family will be lost along the way (Romans 8:31-39), but they will persevere until the day of Christ (Philippians 1:6; Colossians 3:3-4; Revelation 19:14).

Peter’s first letter further elaborates on this same theme:

“Those chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood . . . Will obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefined and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for them, because they are protected by the power of god through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
(1 Peter 1:1-2, 4-5; Jude 1:24-25)

Ask Yourself:
The vast sweep of salvation, so eloquently revealed in Scripture, shows us a God who is more than big and strong enough to stand behind His promises. Jesus said, “If it were not so, I would have told you,” (John 14:2). Does anything hold more assurance for us than that?