Paul states why he rebuked Peter.
Because Peter still kept his old prejudices and didn't recognize that in the Body of Christ there are no Gentiles or Jews. We are all one in Christ.
Perhaps the strongest argument in the Bible for Eternal Security and unconditional salvation are John 6:37-40 in which Jesus says:
" All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day."
It's hard not to believe in Eternal security with verses like that and John 10:28-30. Those are two powerful verses for the doctrine of Eternal Security.
Neostarwcc, I will give an answer now to these passages.
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.” /Joh 10
Jesus sheep follow him, that is present, they are doing it now. Jesus gives them eternal life as long as the keep following him. No one can snatch them out of the Fathers hand! But they can themself listen to temptations and start living in sin, and then they will fall away. What Jesus says is true but you have to keep walking in the light.
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” /Joh 6
When a person repents the Holy Spirit bring that sheep into the fold of Christ. And that person won't be driven away. Though, if he starts living in sin, and stop obeying God, it's not Jesus that drive him away he himself is leaving the fold. Jesus will not lose anyone that keeps walking in an obey/faith/love-relationship with him. If they start living in sin, then it's not Jesus that lost someone (no one snatched them out of his hands), rather it was someone that left the fold by their own choice and actions.
I think this how you are to understand these verses.
12 “What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? 13 If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. 14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish. /Matt 18
Jesus will look for his sheep, and IF he finds it he will rejoice. So, it's not that Jesus automatically "finds" all the lost sheep. That is why he rejoices when he finds it, because that sheep could have been lost.
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