"They Shall Never Perish!"
John 10:28
If salvation and
eternal life in Christ are the fruits and results of our faith in Christ and
obedience to the gospel, then assurance and security are impossible, because
man is fickle. Those who preach salvation conditioned upon man cannot honestly
preach security to anyone. But if, as the Bible declares, our faith and
obedience are the fruits of salvation, the results of eternal life, and the
gifts of God, then assurance and security in Christ is well-founded, for the
gifts of God are without repentance.
ARE YOU READY TO DIE? Matthew 24:42-44
In
such an hour as you think not Christ will come, either to judgment or by death.
And you will be called to meet God in eternity. At God's appointed time, by
God's appointed means, you will die. Are you ready? Be assured of this: No external form of religion or personal
righteousness can make you ready for death and eternity .
You must give up and renounce all your dead works of self-righteousness and
seek the righteousness of God in Christ by faith (Phil. 3:7-14; Rom.
Only God, by his free grace in Crhist,
can make a sinner ready to die (Col. 1:12-14). What constitutes
readiness for death? How can you and I be made "meet to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light?" You cannot be ready to die unless
you have REDEMPTION
BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST . The debt of sin must be paid. The penalty of sin must
be satisfied. The record of sin must be blotted out. The wrath due to sin must
be endured. The death owed sin must be executed. The guilt of sin must be
washed away. What can do this? The blood of Christ alone
(Gal.
Don Fortner