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Security even the enemy death, nor an angel from heaven, nor a principality or power from hell, to separate His own from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Rom. 8:35-39). (4) The sure response of the Father to the prayer of His Son. Because Christ is God, He will not pray amiss. A ll for which the Son prays must come to pass, for He knows the mind of the Father and asks only accord ing to His purpose and will. It is sig nificant, therefore, that in Christ’s great high priestly prayer, He be seeches the Father that His own may be kept and not be lost (John 17:9- 12). Nor will a single one belong ing to Christ be lost, for the Father cannot deny the Son. In Romans 8:34, 35 Paul raises the question: “Who is he that condemn- eth?” and again, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Four reasons are given why the believer cannot be condemned: “ It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who' also maketh intercession for us.” Here, then, is the evidence for Security from the work of God’s Son: (5) The finished work of His death (John 19:30), for our Saviour completed the redemptive work the Father sent Him to do. “ . . . By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified” (Heb. 10: 10-14; cf. 1 Pet. 3:18), so that “ There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus” (Rom. 8:1). God makes two kinds of covenants with men, those that are conditioned upon works or obedience and those that are unconditional. The former is contingent upon man and is invariably set off by an “ if” ; the latter is contingent upon the work of God alone and bears no hu man responsibility for its fulfillment. Now salvation bears the character of an unconditional covenant in His blood (Heb. 13:20). Confirmed by God and accepted by the sinner who puts his trust in Christ, the work of granting and sustaining the gift of everlasting salvation is the responsi bility of God alone (Rom. 6:23; 2 Tim. 1:12). (T o be continued) END.
B y “ eternal security,” we mean that no genuine born-again believer in Christ, because of some sin or shortcoming during the course of his Christian experience, will ever be called upon to forfeit his salvation and become eternally and irrevocably lost. Fellowship may be lost; but sal vation—never! Fellowship is condi tional and may be temporary, but sonship is unconditional and is eternal. The doctrine of Security— some times called the Perseverance of the Saints, but better termed the Perse verance of God in behalf of His saints 1—has long been the subject of vigor ous and bitter dispute. Accepted by “ Calvinists” but rejected by “Armin- ians,” the argument has waged to and fro to the point where it has well nigh injured the unity of the true Church, the Body of Christ. It is our purpose here to give, in quick review, something of the evidence in favor of Security, together with a brief consideration of those verses which some have used to teach “ in security.” The first four arguments for Se curity are evidences which pertain to God the Father: (1) It is the purpose of the Father to keep His own. Ro mans 8:30 indicates that all chosen and called of God are carried by Him right through to their future glorifi cation. Never is salvation conditioned upon what the sinner does for God, but always upon the work of God in behalf of the sinner (Rom. 4:5; Titus 3:5). He purposes to bring all His sons unto glory (Heb. 2:10). (2) The power of God is sufficient to keep us saved. The Scriptures expressly de clare that we are “ kept by the power of God” (1 Pet. 1:5), and that “he is able to keep that which I have com mitted unto him” (2 Tim. 1:12). Our God is able, not only to keep us from stumbling, but also to present us “ faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24). While it may be my hold on God that makes me happy, it is His hold on me that keeps me safe. (3) The love of the Father is so great that He will not permit any creature, not
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