SECURITY
INTRODUCTION: By security we mean that once a person is
saved, he will always be saved from hell
and cannot fall from that position.
I. In security of salvation only facts in the
Word of God are to be considered, not our feelings.
A. To understand any Bible doctrine, we must
accept the Word of God as the authority, not
relying
on our feelings, which often are controlled by circumstance.
1. In
spiritual matters man’s reasoning without the Word of God will not give correct
answers,
Proverbs 14:12.
2. We
must not pit the Scriptures against one another but realize all Scriptures are
in
harmony
with each other, II Peter 1:20.
B.
What God has promised He will do, Isaiah 14:24.
C. To have a clear understanding of the eternal
nature of the new birth, we must realize
what actually occurs in salvation and what is offered by God to those who receive
Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
what actually occurs in salvation and what is offered by God to those who receive
Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
II. Salvation is a birth
A. The spirit is born
again, not the flesh, John 3:6-7; I John 3:9; I Peter 1:23.
B. Once one is born into a
family, it is impossible to change biological parents.
C.
Fellowship can be broken, but we cannot become unborn.
III. Salvation is totally of God.
A. If we could lose our salvation by failing to
work to keep it, then by the same rules of
logic
we could gain salvation by working for it.
1. If
this were true, salvation would not be by grace but by works, Ephesians 2:8,9;
Titus
3:5.
2. Grace is the unmerited favor of God.
3. Christ is the One who did all the work for
our salvation.
B. If it were possible to
lose our salvation, we could not regain it, Hebrews 6:4-6.
IV. Salvation is a gift.
A. God gives it to us freely, Romans 6:23;
Romans 5:15.
B. If we have to give anything in exchange for
a gift, it ceases to be a gift.
V. Salvation is eternal life.
A. Eternal means never ending, John 3:16.
B. Eternal life has no time barriers.
1. Notice
the words, “everlasting punishment” and “life eternal,” Matthew 25:46.
2. If there is no life eternal, then there is
no everlasting punishment.
3. The
moment a person is saved, he receives eternal, unending life, John 5:24.
VI. Our salvation is sealed by God, Ephesians
4:30.
A. Man cannot break God’s
seal.
B. The born again spirit
is totally secure in the Son and in the Father, Colossians 3:3.
VIII. Our salvation is kept by God, II Timothy
1:12.
A. Paul declares that our
salvation is totally secure in God.
B. The Scriptures make it
very clear that our salvation is in the hands of God, John 10:27-
29.
VIII. The doctrine of security can be stated
very simply.
A. In the flesh we sin
daily, I John 1-8.
B. In
our born again spirit, it is impossible to sin, I John 3:9.
