Eternal Security Verses
When you are saved, you are "perfected forever" by Jesus Christ. How could the Lord say such a bold statement if you had to earn or keep your salvation? "By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all ... For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified." Hebrews 10:10,14
•SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT•
“Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.”
Romans 5:18 KJV
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 KJV
•SALVATION IS A NEW BIRTH•
"(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, And in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)" 2 Corinthians 6:2
"Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3
"being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever." 1 Peter 1:23
•YOU BECOME A CHILD OF GOD•
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, ..." 1 John 3:2
"For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." Romans 8:15
•NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU•
Just as nothing can "undo" your physical birth, nothing can "undo" your spiritual birth. Our fellowship may break but once you are born again spiritually, God is your father - nothing or nobody can change that! If you decide to let your fellowship with the Lord break, your relationship can NEVER be broken.
'For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39
"My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand." John 10:29
•YOU ARE SEALED•
After you are saved, the Holy Spirit seals your soul; protecting it from hell when you pass away.
"In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise," Ephesians 1:13
"And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." Ephesians 4:30
WHY DO PEOPLE DOUBT THEIR SALVATION?
- They are confused by the simplicity of salvation.
"But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:3
- They trust in tradition or religious teachings rather than the word of God.
"making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye." Mark 7:13
- They trust in their own righteousness.
"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; ..." Isaiah 64:6
- They trust in feelings rather than the word of God.
"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered." Proverbs 28:26