Grant me but this, that God has revealed Himself as a Savior, and I argue, with unclouded confidence and holy boldness, that I am, and must be, perfectly saved. It does not rest upon aught in me, but simply and entirely upon God's revelation of Himself. I know He is perfect in everything; and therefore perfect as my Savior. Hence I am perfectly saved, inasmuch as the glory of God is involved in my salvation.
"There is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Savior, there is none beside Me." What then? "Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else." Isa. 45:21, 2221Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isaiah 45:21‑22).
One believing look from a lost sinner to a just God and a Savior, secures eternal salvation.
"Look!" How simple! It is not "Work!”—"Do"—"Pray"—"Feel" no; it is simply "Look." And what then? Salvation—everlasting life. It must be so, because God is a Savior: and the precious little mono-syllable "look," fully implies all this, inasmuch as it expresses the fact that the salvation which I want is found in the One to whom I look. It is all there, ready for me, and one look secures it—secures it forever—secures it for me. It is not a thing of today or tomorrow; it is an eternal reality.
The bulwarks of salvation behind which the believer retreats have been erected by God Himself—the Savior—God, on the sure foundation of Christ's atoning work; and no power of earth or hell can ever shake them.