Our Eternal Security is the Work of God
We all like to be secure and have the knowledge that something
we possess will achieve what is intended for it to achieve, or remain the
same or even preferably with a better reward and status quo, than when we
invested the capital and time.
God has invested His capital in us, and He has a desired effect
and desired results from His investment in us.
It is not that God will have moments of insecurity, if those
investment results are not secured, but His disappointment will be obvious
after God having equipped us with all that we will ever need, and then we
fail to reach the mark that He intended for us.
God’s plan is to bless us infinitely for all eternity, beyond
our imagination. He is disappointed when He can’t realise this place of
abundant blessing for us.
He doesn’t miss out on any happiness, because He always has
been and will always be infinitely secure and with great happiness. But
we will miss out on the special rewards and eternal status of ruling and
reining with Christ, as the “Friends of Jesus Christ”, the “Medechoi”
for all eternity.
To whom much is given, much is expected, but only in accordance
with the scripture, as below.
Matthew
11:28
“Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you
and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find
rest for your souls. For My
yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
There are always two in a yoke. Jesus Christ is always there
with us pulling in the other side of the yoke. He goes through everything
with us.
Presently God is training us to be eternal rulers with Christ,
and now during our life on earth is the only opportunity to be ranked with
Christ for all eternity. He has provided and desires that we have the capacity
for such a place of blessing, for all eternity. We must therefore live our
lives in the light of eternity, for the Glory, Name and praise of Jesus
Christ.
The choice is yours! Work with Christ, as Christ is working
on our behalf for us, and has much work and blessing (sometimes through
suffering) in this life for us. He has already planned our workload in eternity
past. Just follow His schedule and be on time with God.
Ephesians
2:10
“We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which
God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Lesson Review for
Christian Living.
1.
Living by the Spirit
- “Golden Candlestick”
2.
Living by the Word
of God - “The Table of Shewbread”
3.
Living by Prayer –
“The Golden Altar of Incense”
4.
Walking by Faith
5.
The Irrevocable Riches
in Christ
We are God’s workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus.
When we believed in Jesus Christ our life was brought back
to God (reconciled back to God irrevocably), we were redeemed and were given
a rich garment of righteousness and grace, which cannot be unwound, unpicked,
lost or discarded.
What God has done for us in grace is His irrevocable work.
We are therefore secure forever. Let’s consider the following verses of
scripture.
Ecclesiastes
3:14
“I know that everything God does will endure forever, nothing can be added
to it and nothing taken from it. God does it that men will revere Him.”
Ephesians
2:10
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Romans
11:29
“God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.”
Numbers
23:19
“God is not a man that He should lie, nor a son
of man that He should change His mind. Does He then speak and not act? Does
He promise and not fulfil. I have received a commandment to bless; He has
blessed and I cannot change (reverse) it”
Philippians
1:6
“Confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it
onto completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Romans
8:35-39
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship
or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword. – No in all things
we are more than conquerors through Him who love us.”
Isaiah
43:25
“I even I, Am He who blots out you transgressions,
for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
Psalm 89:33
“I will not take my love from him (
From the verses above it is obvious that we have an eternal
unbreakable relationship with the Integrity of God, and as such we must
trust in and rely on God’s Word and all of His promises.
Psalm 145:8-14
“The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow
to anger and rich in mercy. The lord is good to all and has compassion on
all He has made. All you have made will praise you your saint will extol
You. They will tell of the Gory of You kingdom and speak of
your might, so that all men may know of your mighty acts and the glorious
splendour of your kingdom. You kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and your
dominion endures through all generations. The Lord is faithful to all His
promises and loving (merciful) to all He has made.”
There are hundreds of bible verses that reflect God’s faithfulness
and the believer’s security forever.
Our faithlessness doesn’t and can’t cancel the faithfulness
of God ever. No matter what series of sins we may commit after salvation.
Be sure of this that deliberate failure comes under the scrutiny of God
the Father.
Consider David’s Life and failure. It wasn’t worth it, but
also consider God’s grace toward him afterward.
We are God’s children and son’s so we can’t get away with
anything, because of the Divine law below.
Proverbs
22:8
“He who sows wickedness reaps trouble and the rod of His fury will destroy
Him”
Galatians
6:7
“Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The
one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction;
the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal
life.”
Hebrews
10:5-6
“My son, do not make light of the Lords discipline, and do not loose heart
when He rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those He loves and He
punishes everyone He accepts as a son.
Discipline is to train us out of bad habits and to subtly
mould us to the nature of His beloved Son. Punishment (scourging) is for
deliberate sin.
God has three parts to our salvation, and three parts to divine
discipline.
A: Salvation
and blessing
2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly
peril, and He will deliver us.
On Him we have set out hope, that He will continue to deliver us.”
Part 1 = Salvation from
the “
John 10:28
Jesus said, “I give to them eternal
life, they shall NEVER perish, no one can snatch them out of My
hands.”
Romans 8:1
“There is now therefore no condemnation
to those who are in Christ Jesus.”
Luke 7:50, 1 Cor 1:18, 2 Cor 2:15, Eph
2:8
Part 2 = Salvation from
the habitual sin of the “Sinful Nature” is
given to us through
Jesus Christ and is experienced through
the Power of Word
of God and The Holy Spirit, through
which, we learn and
obey Jesus’ commands.
Hebrews 10:14
“By one sacrifice, He has perfected
forever those who are being made holy.”
Romans 6:14
“Sin shall not have dominion over
you, you are not under law, but under grace.”
Phil 2:12-13, 2 Thess
2:13, Rom 8:2
Part 3 = Salvation from
sins power over us forever.
Hebrews 6:24
“We want each of you to show the same
diligence to the end, in order to make your hope sure.”
Jude 24
“To Him who is able to
keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without
fault and with exceeding joy.”
“Salvation is a gift
from God, so we can’t boast and brag Him before Him.”
Hebrews 10:36, 1 Peter 1:5,
1 John 3:2
B: Rebellion and Discipline
1: Warning discipline
2: Intensive discipline
3: Dying discipline
1 Corinthians 11:30 & Hebrews 12
Since we are blessed or disciplined forever, and the blessing
of God is so much better - Therefore.
Ephesians
6:7
“Serve whole heartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men. Because
you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever good He does.”
2 Corinthians
5:10
“We must All appear before the judgment Seat
of Christ, that each one may receive what is due Him for the things done
in the body, whether good or bad. (worthless)
We can all receive a good report from Jesus Christ, and hear
His approval and praise, or His disapproval as stated below.
Matthew
25:21
“Well Done You Good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with
a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your
masters happiness (Joy).”
God wants to give you a full reward, which has been especially
made for you! God Tailor made them, just to fit you, perfectly.
Hebrews
10:38
“My righteous ones will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I will
not be pleased with him (have no pleasure in him.”
What happens to our eternal rewards and eternal inheritance,
which has been put into our eternal bank account, on deposit for us, if
it can’t be realised because we fail God and Jesus Christ? Does it stay
in the eternal bank account forever, never to be received?
Our very own eternal rewards and inheritance portion are cast
into the eternal “
Revelation
2:11
“He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.”
“Part” in Revelation 21:8 is the Greek word “MEROS” and means
“Inheritance Portion”
Read this account in Luke’s Gospel.
Luke 15:11-32 especially verse 12 and John 13:1-17 especially
verse 8
As Believers in Jesus Christ we can be assured regardless
of out spiritual award status, that we will be
in heaven when we die.
Revelation
21:4
“He will wipe every tear from their eye’s. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or
pain, for the old order of things has all passed away.”