The Shepherd of My Security

The Life of Jesus Christ 9b

“The Shepherd of My Security”

John 6:38-39

Everything about God’s gift of salvation points in the direction of eternal security:

1. Unmerited Grace – Titus 3:5

(we did nothing to deserve_____ salvation and we can do nothing to secure____ it)

2. Sovereign Grace – Romans 9:15

(salvation is in the controlling___ hand of God; therefore security must be controlled by God as well.)

3. Immutable Grace – Malachi 3:6 and James 1:17

(the decision of mercy and grace upon the redeemed was not an after-thought or contingent___)

4. Omniscient Grace – Heb. 4;13 and Matt. 7:23

(in order for the thieves and robbers to breech the security of God’s elect, they would have to do it without God knowing____ it)

5. Decreed Grace – Acts 15:18

( for God to lose security of us (which He decreed from the beginning) He would have had to also decree His own inability_____ to secure us)

The Giver that Keeps on Giving

Much time has been spent lately on the understanding that the redeemed of the Lord are the residual___ gift from the Father to the Son.  To understand eternal security, we must understand that we are not a one-time gift from the Father to the Son, but rather we are a continued gift. 

Heb. 10:10 “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].”

Eph. 4:30 says, “And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed                 unto the day of redemption.”

Will someone please stand and read loudly Lamentations 3:22-24?

God WILL not let you go

“And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing:”

Once again, according to verse 39, what is the will of God? 

What would be necessary in order for a truly saved sinner to ever lose salvation?

Answer: God would have to change or forget His will.