| “God … hath saved us.” Salvation is the present possession of all who have trusted Christ. “He that hath the Son hath life” now. We do not need to wait until we stand before God to know if we are saved. “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.” For the believer to doubt that he is saved is to doubt God’s Word, for “as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name, which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved,” and can say that “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day.” The Savior has said that “I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.” So “he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” |
