Our eternal security is not in getting to heaven; it’s getting heaven in our hearts.

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“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.” —John 10:28 How much sin does it take to sin away your salvation? Ten sins? Twenty sins? Fifty? One hundred? Or you might ask, “What kind of sins sin away your salvation?” Big sins? Little sins? How much sin sins away salvation? The Bible says by the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, we are forgiven of all our sin. Every sin. Past sin, present sin, and future sin. The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from all sin! The perfect, complete sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ assures us that we belong to Him because of His perfect work at the cross. If it were possible for you to lose your salvation, then it means that Jesus Himself would have to go back to the cross and die all over again for your sins. God’s not going to let go of you. You belong to Him. Count on it. We are eternally, forever secure. Not because of what we have done or because of what we are doing, but because of what He has done and continues to do until we stand in His presence complete. Enjoy your salvation and relax in the eternal security that we have in Jesus Christ. This ought to prompt us to love Him more and to serve Him better. Our eternal security is not in getting to heaven; it’s getting heaven in our hearts.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Carrying on the Work

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.”

John 5:16–18

In 1852, an engineer named John Augustus Roebling began promoting the idea of a suspension bridge to cross the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn. It took him nearly fifteen years to convince government leaders of the practicality of his design and secure the funding. Not long before the work was to begin, Roebling died from complications and infection after an accident during his survey work. Before he died, he placed the project in the hands of his son, Washington Roebling, who supervised the construction. After fourteen years of labor, the Brooklyn Bridge opened and has been in use ever since. The work continued because someone was willing to carry it on.

Jesus returned to Heaven almost two thousand years ago, but the work that He began must continue. The only way that can happen is if we as His followers take up the mission and carry out the tasks that He left for us to do. This is the purpose and plan of God for reaching the world. We were not just saved to allow us entry into Heaven. We have a calling and a mission to fulfill in this life. Jesus said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father” (John 14:12). We do not need a new plan for our age, but rather a new commitment from God’s people to obey His command to live and work as Jesus did.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

God’s purposes will only be accomplished when His children work to carry them out.