ETERNAL SECURITY/ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED
There are many who use these terms in a derogatory manor to mock those who believe His blood is sufficient, while others use them to preach a "license to sin". And still yet there are those who understand this salvation is FREEDOM FROM BOTH!!
These are two terms that carry a lot of clout. People are drawn to these statements for good reason. We have a natural “insecurity” in ourselves because of our flesh, the devil, and human reasoning. But on the other side we have The Spirit of His Word that reveals His unconditional love is eternal and can never be lost. But all too often we end up listening to the natural man rather than the Spirit.
The natural man is spiritually discerned and cannot see the things that are IN CHRIST. Our eyes were initially opened by His Grace, "by grace you have been saved", and through this grace faith has something to lay hold of... A power that leads us to our salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ. But as we travel throughout our walk we have a tendency to turn away from the initial power that first opened our eyes. And this happens through several outlets: our own fleshly desires, pride, false doctrine, religion, and Satan. Through these deceptions we often find ourselves entertaining thoughts from the natural man... thoughts that somehow we've progressed beyond the simplicity of the message preached.
As we depart from this message we depart from so much! We leave behind a perfect assurance that contradicts the wisdom of the natural man’s insecurities. We can no longer see how such a simple message could be sufficient for EVERYTHING! This departure from the TRUTH is a departure from the security we have IN CHRIST. A fleeting salvation as our faith is drawn away from a perfect forgiveness. Shipwrecked by our own insecurities we no longer trust in the ANCHOR OF OUR HOPE. So what's left for our faith to lay hold of if not a PERFECT ASSURANCE??
There is no greater assurance than the BLOOD OF THE PERFECT LAMB OF GOD! PURCHASED, WASHED, REDEEMED, JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED, ALL through the BLOOD OF GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON!! ETERNAL REDEMPTION THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS!!
Hebrews 6:19
This HOPE we have as an ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence BEHIND THE VEIL
Hebrews 9:12
Not with the BLOOD of goats and calves, but with His own BLOOD HE ENTERED THE MOST HOLY PLACE once for all, having obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, having BOLDNESS to ENTER THE HOLIEST by the BLOOD OF JESUS
Hebrews 13:12
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with HIS OWN BLOOD, SUFFERED outside the gate.
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the BLOOD of the EVERLASTING COVENANT
1 Peter 1:18-19
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as of A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT.
Revelation 1:5
To Him who loved us and WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD,
Revelation 19:13
He was clothed with a ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD, and His name is called THE WORD OF GOD.
But INDEED, we can be ASSURED!! We have the man of SORROWS! We have the PERFECT LAMB without BLEMISH! We have HIS BLOOD over our DOORPOST that we may enter the HOLIEST! No longer SCARLET but WHITE AS SNOW we stand before our FATHER… WASHED IN A PERFECT ASSURANCE!!
Grace and Peace....
There are many who use these terms in a derogatory manor to mock those who believe His blood is sufficient, while others use them to preach a "license to sin". And still yet there are those who understand this salvation is FREEDOM FROM BOTH!!
These are two terms that carry a lot of clout. People are drawn to these statements for good reason. We have a natural “insecurity” in ourselves because of our flesh, the devil, and human reasoning. But on the other side we have The Spirit of His Word that reveals His unconditional love is eternal and can never be lost. But all too often we end up listening to the natural man rather than the Spirit.
The natural man is spiritually discerned and cannot see the things that are IN CHRIST. Our eyes were initially opened by His Grace, "by grace you have been saved", and through this grace faith has something to lay hold of... A power that leads us to our salvation, the Lord Jesus Christ. But as we travel throughout our walk we have a tendency to turn away from the initial power that first opened our eyes. And this happens through several outlets: our own fleshly desires, pride, false doctrine, religion, and Satan. Through these deceptions we often find ourselves entertaining thoughts from the natural man... thoughts that somehow we've progressed beyond the simplicity of the message preached.
As we depart from this message we depart from so much! We leave behind a perfect assurance that contradicts the wisdom of the natural man’s insecurities. We can no longer see how such a simple message could be sufficient for EVERYTHING! This departure from the TRUTH is a departure from the security we have IN CHRIST. A fleeting salvation as our faith is drawn away from a perfect forgiveness. Shipwrecked by our own insecurities we no longer trust in the ANCHOR OF OUR HOPE. So what's left for our faith to lay hold of if not a PERFECT ASSURANCE??
There is no greater assurance than the BLOOD OF THE PERFECT LAMB OF GOD! PURCHASED, WASHED, REDEEMED, JUSTIFIED, SANCTIFIED, ALL through the BLOOD OF GOD’S ONLY BEGOTTEN SON!! ETERNAL REDEMPTION THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS!!
Hebrews 6:19
This HOPE we have as an ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence BEHIND THE VEIL
Hebrews 9:12
Not with the BLOOD of goats and calves, but with His own BLOOD HE ENTERED THE MOST HOLY PLACE once for all, having obtained ETERNAL REDEMPTION.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, having BOLDNESS to ENTER THE HOLIEST by the BLOOD OF JESUS
Hebrews 13:12
Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with HIS OWN BLOOD, SUFFERED outside the gate.
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the BLOOD of the EVERLASTING COVENANT
1 Peter 1:18-19
knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST, as of A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH AND WITHOUT SPOT.
Revelation 1:5
To Him who loved us and WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD,
Revelation 19:13
He was clothed with a ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD, and His name is called THE WORD OF GOD.
But INDEED, we can be ASSURED!! We have the man of SORROWS! We have the PERFECT LAMB without BLEMISH! We have HIS BLOOD over our DOORPOST that we may enter the HOLIEST! No longer SCARLET but WHITE AS SNOW we stand before our FATHER… WASHED IN A PERFECT ASSURANCE!!
Grace and Peace....