Eternal Life & Eternal Security
Secure in the Shepherd Who Saves and Keeps
SCRIPTURE:
John 10:27-30 CSB - "My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me. "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. "My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. "I and the Father are one."
OBSERVATION:
In John chapter 10, Jesus teaches us about the Good Shepherd. In this teaching, He declares that He is not only the gate through which we must enter but also the shepherd who keeps His sheep and gives His life for them.
1) I Am the Gate - Jesus plainly tells us He is the gate, and all must enter through Him. There is no other way.
John 10:9 CSB - "I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
Jesus said in John chapter 14:
John 14:6 NKJV - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
2) I Am the Good Shepherd - Jesus makes three claims as the Good Shepherd.
Jesus is both the way to salvation and the guardian of our salvation. We can have eternal life that is eternally secure—all because He is the Good Shepherd.
APPLICATION:
Is it possible to be eternally secure? This has been debated for centuries, but there is a simple answer: Abide in Christ.
John 10:27-30 CSB - "My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me. "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. "My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. "I and the Father are one."
OBSERVATION:
In John chapter 10, Jesus teaches us about the Good Shepherd. In this teaching, He declares that He is not only the gate through which we must enter but also the shepherd who keeps His sheep and gives His life for them.
1) I Am the Gate - Jesus plainly tells us He is the gate, and all must enter through Him. There is no other way.
John 10:9 CSB - "I am the gate. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
Jesus said in John chapter 14:
John 14:6 NKJV - Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."
2) I Am the Good Shepherd - Jesus makes three claims as the Good Shepherd.
- He lays down His life for the sheep (v. 11)
- He knows His own, and His own know Him (v. 14)
- His sheep hear His voice and follow Him (v. 27)
Jesus is both the way to salvation and the guardian of our salvation. We can have eternal life that is eternally secure—all because He is the Good Shepherd.
APPLICATION:
Is it possible to be eternally secure? This has been debated for centuries, but there is a simple answer: Abide in Christ.
The one way by which a soul is saved is by that soul’s abiding in Christ; if it did not abide in Christ, it would be cast forth as a branch and be withered. But, then, we know that they who are grafted into Christ will abide in Christ. – Charles Spurgeon.
God’s sheep find safety in both the hand of the Good Shepherd and God the Father. It’s comforting to know that the hands that created the world hold on to the believer. – David Guzik.
God’s sheep find safety in both the hand of the Good Shepherd and God the Father. It’s comforting to know that the hands that created the world hold on to the believer. – David Guzik.
Abide in Jesus and find safety in the Father’s hands. We need not fear losing our salvation or messing up so badly that it would be taken from us—no one can take us from the Father’s hands.
Today, live in the reality that you have eternal life and eternal security in Jesus.
PRAYER:
Thank You, Jesus, for being the Good Shepherd. Thank You for hearing my voice and for welcoming me into the fold. Thank You that You keep me, lead me, and know me—may I abide in these truths. May the world know that I am one of Your sheep because I follow the Good Shepherd.
Today, live in the reality that you have eternal life and eternal security in Jesus.
PRAYER:
Thank You, Jesus, for being the Good Shepherd. Thank You for hearing my voice and for welcoming me into the fold. Thank You that You keep me, lead me, and know me—may I abide in these truths. May the world know that I am one of Your sheep because I follow the Good Shepherd.
Eternal life is secure in Jesus when we hear His voice and abide in Him.
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