~ The Sheltering Love of
God Protects The Believer ~
The doctrine of “eternal
security” (sometimes described as “once saved—always saved”) is widely accepted
with Christianity. There are however
some who deny this important teaching of Scripture—by pulling verses out of
their context to make them say something other than intended. In this series we look at what the Word of
God has to say about the subject. “Him
who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the
presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).
Key Passage ~ Jesus
prayed to His Father about believers: “I pray for them. I do not
pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine,
and I am glorified in them. Now I am no
longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy
Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may
be One as We are. While I was with them
in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none
of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be
fulfilled” (John 17:9-12).
Our Savior’s Heart ~
Jesus Christ had and has a deep compassionate for His followers. While in the world He protected His own. Now the Father protects us. This intercessory prayer of our Savior
displays His tenderness toward His own people.
“Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from
the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with
His feathers,
and under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth
shall be your shield and buckler” (Psalm 91:3-4). The image presented here is of a hen
protecting its chicks.
Our Need Is Supplied ~ It
is clear from Scripture—beginning with The Fall of Man in the Garden of
Eden—that we cannot successfully protect ourselves. But as His children we are divinely protected
and sheltered from the hostile culture and world in which we live and can have
peace regarding of the storms around us.
“You will
keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isaiah
26:3).
Summary
~ God
is the divine protector and guardian of all who truly know His Son as their
personal savior.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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