The Eternal Security Of The Believer…

…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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If You Were God

That day long ago, if you were God,
And that was your Son on that stable sod,
Wrapped for death with its sin-cursed sting,
Would you have made the angels sing?

Would you have sent a lovely star
To guide the wise men from afar
While weaklings did what haters bid?
Our loving heavenly Father did.

On that Calvary road, if you were God,
And that was your Son ‘neath the scourging rod
Bearing pain and bitter loss
Would you have nailed Him to the Cross?

Would you have let Him suffer so
That sinners might salvation know
While this He did their sins to rid?
Our loving heavenly Father did.

–Author Unknown

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How It Works

“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” Revelation 13:17

This describes the leverage of the anti-christ in controlling all facets of society. Neither public nor private business can be conducted without compliance with his policies. Consider this, as you see the powers that be, seeking control over everything, health care, etc.

The way things are shaping up manifests the power of economic controls. If you do not go along with the world’s ‘politically correct’ agenda, you will be shut down. An example of this is what has happened to the Glenn Beck show on Fox News Channel.

Mr. Beck has set forth conservative values, advocated faith in God’s moral laws, and underscored personal responsibility. He has tirelessly uncovered and exposed the movements and people by name, who are working to transform our nation from what it has been, unto a godless, anti-Israel, socialist state. He has also brought out the movements on the international level that are working to bring about the ‘new world order’, as well as to how it is all playing together to isolate Israel as an offender. Surprisingly, his views are very close to Bible prophecy, concerning end time events, on many things. Mr. Beck has been a very influential voice in society, that has rattled the political chain all the way to the White House.

So what has happened? Powerful activists have pressured the advertisers whose commercials sponsor TV shows, to boycott Mr. Beck’s program. Because of this boycott, organized by ColorofChange.org, more than 400 Fox advertisers said they did not want their commercials on Beck’s show. James Rucker, executive director of ColorofChange.org stated it this way: “Beck’s increasingly erratic behaviour is a liability to their ratings and their bottom line.”

Roger Ailes, Fox News CEO, said of Beck’s show: “…that story of what’s going on, and why America is in trouble today, I think he (Glenn) told that story as well as could be told.”

Nevertheless, the boycott has prevailed and brought the end to Glenn Beck’s program on Fox News Channel.

“And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey; and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.” Isaiah 59:14-15

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Forever Perfected

“For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” Hebrews 10:14 (see v10 also)

Everyone who refuses salvation by grace through faith without works, and that not of themselves (Ephesians 2:8-9) denies their real sin condition, and rather delights in the exaltation of the flesh: “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10).

The only righteousness that God will ever accept is: “the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:22-23)

This required righteousness (divine) is not man’s righteousness. The only righteousness that will ever satisfy God is the righteousness which He alone bestows upon the believer, that is, “the righteousness of God” (Romans 10:3-4). This righteousness is God’s free gift to the believer, rather than being demanded from the believer. It is the perfect Divine righteousness that is put (imputed) upon the believer’s soul the very moment he believes upon Christ to be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Corinthians 5:21). “Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.” (Galatians 2:16). When God saves the believer, their soul is justified in and through Christ, rather than being put on probation, with eternal life in prospect of their own works. Justification eliminates every type of works on man’s part.

The righteousness of Christ is eternal, thus making the believer’s soul eternally righteous, the moment they receive Christ, which is simply put, “Once saved, always saved.” “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.” (Romans 4:5-8). Forever justified, eternally redeemed from sin through faith in Christ’s shed blood (Hebrews 9:12). Thus, “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24), THE BELIEVER’S SOUL IS FOREVER PERFECTED! (Once saved, always saved)

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Are Christians Losing America, Or Is America Losing Christ?

Some are suggesting that Christians are losing the war on abortion, losing the war for America’s schools, losing their influence on society, and now are losing the war for the preservation of their very own institutions–their churches. They even go so far as to say that this is the reason some great men of the past have rejected institutional Christianity, because it is too hypocritical.

But a look at what these are suggesting to be Christianity, reveals why they are thinking that Christianity is losing the war. They are considering that Christianity includes all who profess the name of Christ, and they consider the church to be the sum of all denominations that identify themselves with Christ.

Christ taught that many who use His name are nothing more than counterfeit Christianity, designed by Satan to deceive the masses. He also tells us in His Word that evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. False Christianity does not afford any the way of salvation for their souls, let alone provide for victory in society. False Christianity leads men to lose every spiritual battle, and the battle for their souls. But false Christianity has been, and still is, the preferred choice of America as a whole. Many are on the broad road to destruction, while few are on the narrow road to life eternal.

In Christ’s day, He did not win the war against the evils of His society, nor did He save His nation from becoming desolate. But this was not due to His ineffectiveness, powerlessness, or abandonment of the battle on His part. It was due to the rejection on the part of Israel, that Israel lost the power and person of Christ, that resulted in the desolation of their nation.

In Noah’s day, he did not win the war against the violence and corruption that swallowed up his world. Noah did not win the war to keep the sons of God from marrying the daughters of men. Noah did not succeed in getting people to turn from their spiritual indifference unto seeking God. But according to the Bible, the difference between Noah’s salvation and the destruction of his world, was that Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord, while the rest of his world paid no attention to the judgments of God.

When Jesus died on the cross to save all men, God did not win the war to save all men. Rather in Christ, salvation is available to all, but all who do not repent and trust in Jesus Christ to save them shall perish. The cause of Christ has not failed in America, or any other time or place. But all who reject Christ are losing the victory that is in Christ, whether society or individual. All stand or fall by what they do with the Word of God.

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