Do not throw away ............

“Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.” -- Hebrews 35, 36 NLT


This is hard for many people to comprehend, but God not only promises that He will never leave nor forsake us but also promises that if we are truly His, we will never forsake Him.
When we receive Jesus Christ as our Savior, we also receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit as a guarantee that “He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6).
Jesus said, “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:27).
We may stumble and fall and succumb to the temptations of the flesh and of the devil from time to time, but if we are truly saved, we can be sure that God will never allow us to perish by forsaking Him.
If we persist in intentional and deliberate sins, we at some point have to ask whether we were truly saved. We know from Scripture that all who call Jesus Lord are not saved.
One of the most hurtful darts of satan is the one making us doubt our salvation when we sin. As long as we have godly sorrow and the cleansing of confession and repentance, we can be sure that we are saved and that God loves us, forgives us, and accepts us, not because of our sins, but in spite of them– not on what we did or didn’t do but on what Christ did for us. Father, let me always know the security of Your love.In Jesus’ name, Amen.


Have A Blessed Day!

Chris Spears
Ocala Florida