Secure in the Hands of God
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Secure in the Hands of God: The Growing Christian
If you are a believer on the Lord Jesus Christ, you are saved forever. Yes, it's true— SAVED FOREVER! God says so in His word.
You have ETERNAL life now and can never lose it. Please open your Bible and read the following verses very carefully: John 5:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." 1 John 5:13 "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life... "
This does not mean that you, as a believer, will not ever sin again. But it does mean that you can never be lost again. Believers still have the old sinful nature within that remains unchanged and can sin if allowed to act.
When you were truly "born again" by the Spirit of God, you received an entirely NEW NATURE THE VERY NATURE OF GOD HIMSELF This nature cannot sin, just as Christ could not sin because He was HOLY. Please read 2 Peter 1:4 and 1 John 3:5-10.
When a child is born naturally into this world, it has the same life as its parents. So it is with our spiritual birth, we receive the very life and nature of God, our spiritual Father. What happens then if we are disobedient? No normal parent would disown its child because of an act of disobedience. Rather, the parent corrects the child in love. It is the same in God's family. He knows how to discipline His own children and train them to be more obedient. Please read Heb. 12:5-13.
The blood of Jesus Christ shed on Calvary's cross has fully satisfied all God's requirements about the sins of those who believe in Jesus. (Read 1 John 1:7) Christ died for them once for all. All the believer's sins were future when Jesus suffered for them on the cross; but God knew them all and laid them on Him then. (Read 1 Peter 2:24 and Isa. 53:6).
If you are a real believer and have been disobedient in some thing, you will have a bad conscience about it. To clear your conscience, it is necessary to confess this sin to God when you are alone with Him in prayer. Tell Him that you did it and why you did it. Be specific!
That's what confession means. Tell Him you're sorry about it and desire to avoid doing it again. Every sin confessed in this way is immediately forgiven! Listen to these wonderful words: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (1 John 1:9)
God will never change His mind about you or disown you. You have been bought with the precious blood of Christ. You are too valuable to Him to be lost! Here are words of the Lord Jesus Christ Himself that were written for your joy: "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 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 10:27-29)
If this tract, which was primarily intended for believers, is now being read by someone who has not yet obeyed the gospel by accepting Christ, please remember that there is no security for you. You are LOST! However, you can be saved if you want to be. Christ died for you. Call upon Him now in prayer and He will save you at once. "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
(Rom. 10:13) Salvation is not just getting a new religion or changing your behavior habits. It is receiving a NEW LIFE from God.
He will give you a new nature capable of pleasing Him with new desires and new hopes. Please read these verses from the Bible: Rom. 3:23; John 3:16; Rom. 10:9;
Eph. 2:8&9; 1 Cor. 15:3&4. Now read this tract over again. And again.
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