ETERNAL SECURITY

Bible Teacher Pastor Leon Emmanuel

ETERNAL SECURITY

1. Positional approach—Every believer is in union with Christ (Rom. 8:1; Eph. 1:3-6; Jude 1).

2. Logical approach—If God did the most for us when we were his enemies, then it follows He will do "much more" for us as members of His royal family (Rom. 5:9-10, 15, 17, 20; 8:32).

3. Anthropomorphic approach—The believer is held in God's hand, and He will never let go (Ps. 37:24; John 10:28).

4. Experiential approach—Though we say we no longer believe, God remains faithful, for He is immutable (2 Tim. 2:12-13).

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5. Family approach—We are born into the royal family of God and can never be removed (John 1:12; Gal. 3:26).

6. Body approach—The Head of the body, Christ, can never say to any member of the body, a believer, that He does not need him (1 Cor. 12:21; Col. 1:18).

7. Greek tense approach—The aorist tense of nurcelico (pisteuo) in Acts 16:31 means to believe once, for all time; the perfect tense of acgco (sozo) in Eph. 2:8-9 means you are saved in the past with the result that you go on being saved forever.

8. Inheritance approach—We have an inheritance which is incorruptible and unchanging waiting for us in heaven (Eph. 1:11; 1 Pet. 1:4-5).

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9. Sovereignty approach—God's decision to keep us (2 Pet. 3:9; Jude 24).

10. Sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit—A guarantee that the name of every believer remains in the Book of Life forever (2 Cor. 1:22; Eph. 1:13; 4:30; 2 Tim. 2:19; cf., Rev. 20:13, 15).