Christian friend, do you remember when you were first converted? How bright and happy you were! But ere long doubts crept in. You found that conversion had not made you totally good, and you began to fear as to whether you would be lost after all.
This generally happens when one lately converted discovers that evil is still in his heart, and that, in the possession and exercise of his new life in Christ, all such evil, sin and wickedness looks blacker and worse than ever before. Doubting his own salvation, he exclaims with Paul: "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?" Rom. 7:2424O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? (Romans 7:24).
Friend, have you, a child of God, allowed Satan to raise doubts and fears in your mind?
It is well for all newly saved souls to remember that, though they are only just beginning to find out how much evil is inherent in their hearts, God knew all about it long ago. That is why He gave His Son to die for them.
The Lord Jesus Himself says in John 10:2828And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28) that no one shall pluck His sheep out of His hand; and in verse 29 we read that the Father also is holding them, and no one is able to pluck them out of His hand.
"They shall never perish." Could you possibly be more secure? Kept by both the Father and the Son, and assured by Christ Himself that His sheep shall never be lost! If your salvation depended on your holding on to the Shepherd, there might, indeed, be reason to doubt; but when the Shepherd has once found the lost sheep, He will never let it go! On His own shoulders He will take it safely all the way home. (Luke 15:5, 65And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. (Luke 15:5‑6)).
We may and do learn what we are; but Christ knew all and bore the judgment on account of all. He it is who holds us fast in the everlasting grasp of His almighty love.