…is determined by what the salvation of the Lord is.
Eternal life is God’s gift to the believer: “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:28. To say one who has eternal life could lose it, is contradictory, because if you do not have it forever, it is not eternal life.
The eternal security of the believer is determined by God’s will, not man’s: “And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:39-40
What a believer’s salvation is, is determined by the power that saves and keeps one saved: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.” 1 Peter 1:3-5. “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness.” 2 Peter 1:3
If we are not saved eternally, we are not saved completely, and if our salvation is not yet completed, we are not yet saved at all. A believer’s salvation is eternally secure because that is what Jesus purchased for us on Calvary’s cross: “By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:10,14
It is never dangerous to believe the Bible, but it is self incriminating not to: “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” 1 John 5:10-13
Having eternal life is to have eternal security!
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