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NASB | John 10:28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 10:28 "And I give them eternal life, and they will never, ever [by any means] perish; and no one will ever snatch them out of My hand. |
Bible Question:
Do you keep salvation? |
Bible Answer: nanypr1: The doctrine of eternal security teaches that God is able to complete the good work of eternal life that He has begun in every believer: "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good workk in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). "will perform it" is God's promise that He will finish it. Paul is laying it down to the believers of Philippi that the work of grace that God began in them at conversion will be divinely continued "until the day of Jesus Christ." This is to say that the Lord will keep working in these believers until Jesus returns to the earth, at which point He will finish His work, bringing it to completion -- the culmination of progressive sanctification, which is called glorification (see Rom. 8:16,17; 2 Pet. 1:4; 1 John 3:2,3). ...... Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one" (John 10:27-31). ...... It has been argued that the doctrine of the eternal security of the believer leads to antinomianism, a fancy term for 'allowing Christians to live in sin.' But this charge has no merit and lacks depth, because it reveals at best a shallow understanding of the very nature of salvation. Salvation involves both a union with Christ and death to sin (read Romans 6). In addition, please see 1 Corinthians 3, which stresses the believer's service to Christ. Please note verse 15 of this chapter. .... Lastly, even if Scripture provided no more evidence in support of the doctrine of eternal security of the believer than John 3:16 -- it does, of course, provide more, much more -- this golden verse attests strongly and unimpeachably to the kind of life that God gives to all who believe in His Son. It is life that lasts forever; it is eternal life; it is God's gift, not a prize that man can acquire or forfeit by his works. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9). --Hank |