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The Security of Believers
Rom. 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; we
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels
nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to
come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
Rom. 8:35-39
The Two Extremes of Our Security
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Calvinism (e.g. you can never strike out)
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Once you are saved you can never be lost
Removes one’s own freewill
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Sheep are secure, untouchable, but free (John 10)
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow
Me.
28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;
neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all;
and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.
John 10:27-29
The Two Extremes of Our Security
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Calvinism (e.g. you can never strike out)
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Once you are saved you can never be lost
Removes one’s own freewill
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Sheep are secure, untouchable, but free (John 10)
No other creature can separate us (Rom. 8)
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; we
are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels
nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to
come,
39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be
able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
Rom. 8:35-39
The Two Extremes of Our Security
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Calvinism (e.g. you can never strike out)
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Once you are saved you can never be lost
Removes one’s own freewill
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Sheep are secure, untouchable, but free (John 10)
No other creature can separate us (Rom. 8)
Read the epistles—James 5:19-20; 2 Pet. 2:19-22
19 Brethren, if anyone among you wanders from the truth,
and someone turns him back,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of
his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of
sins.
James 5:19-20
20 For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world
through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they
are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is
worse for them than the beginning.
21 For it would have been better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from
the holy commandment delivered to them.
22 But it has happened to them according to the true proverb:
"A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed,
to her wallowing in the mire."
2 Pet. 2:20-22
The Two Extremes of Our Security
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Calvinism (e.g. you can never strike out)
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Once you are saved you can never be lost
Removes one’s own freewill
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Sinless life (e.g. one strike and you are out)
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Sheep are secure, untouchable, but free (John 10)
No other creature can separate us (Rom. 8)
Read the epistles—James 5:19-20; 2 Pet. 2:19-22
Desire of most babes in Christ
Dread of many “mature” Christians
Today’s Lesson: God wants you in heaven
Three ways to be assured of your salvation
Three Ways to Never Lose Your Salvation
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Walk in the Light
• Light/Darkness mentioned often in the Bible
• 1 John 1:7-10
7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His
Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and
His word is not in us.
1 John 1:7-10
Three Ways to Never Lose Your Salvation
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Walk in the Light
• Light/Darkness mentioned often in the Bible
• 1 John 1:7-10
• Assurance to those who walk in the light
• Are there sins you will not confess & pray about
Three Ways to Never Lose Your Salvation
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Walk in the Light
Follow the Spirit, let Him lead you
• Rom. 8:1, 13-14
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are
in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but
according to the Spirit.
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by
the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons
of God.
Rom. 8:1, 13-14
Three Ways to Never Lose Your Salvation
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Walk in the Light
Follow the Spirit, let Him lead you
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Rom. 8:1, 13-14
No way to know source of “heavenly hunches”
First century Christian & 21st century Christian
Assurances to those who follow the Spirit
Study—Faith will grow to overcome every sin
Study—Absolute certainty of the way to go
Three Ways to Never Lose Your Salvation
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Walk in the Light
Follow the Spirit, let Him lead you
Stand in His grace
• Rom. 5:1-2
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in
which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Rom. 5:1-2
Three Ways to Never Lose Your Salvation
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Walk in the Light
Follow the Spirit, let Him lead you
Stand in His grace
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Rom. 5:1-2
Resist doubts brought to you from Satan
Resist peer pressure of judgmental Christians
Embrace the peace passing understanding
Let His providence make you a winner
Gain His Security Today
• Believe
John 3:16
• Repent
Acts 17:30
• Confess Faith
Rom. 10:10
• Be Baptized Into Him
Gal. 3:27
Added to His church, His body, His kingdom
• Be Faithful until death
Rev. 2:10