Your Relationship with God is Secure!
Welcome back to my blog. Over the last several blogs, we have discussed the critical concepts of our spiritual baptism, justification before God, adoption into God's family, and that we are his permanent possession. This week, let us examine two more incredible promises from God that confirm the permanent relationship of a born-again believer to our God.
God's love for us is deep and unconditional. He chooses us despite our past, our flaws, and our mistakes. His desire is for all people to be saved and come to know the truth. God's choice is not limited to a select few; it extends to everyone throughout history and into the future. He eagerly waits for us to accept Him.
Perseverance
This word does not appear in the scriptures. However, it represents an important concept built on the fact that God Himself safeguards our salvation and not us. Therefore, we do not have to work or strive to maintain our salvation and worry that we will spoil it in some manner. Important scripture verses pertaining to God’s keeping us are 1 Corinthians 1:8, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:23 and Philippians 1:6.
God chose us to salvation
This important doctrine can be a cause of heated debate. However, as always, we must look to scripture as our source of truth. The Bible tells us that God indeed chose us to come to salvation. Let us look at what scripture says. The primary verses are Ephesians 1:4,5 and 11, as well as Romans 8:28-39.
· Reason for God’s choosing God had to choose us because scripture is clear that we were incapable of choosing Him because of our fallen nature (Psalms 14:1-3: 53:1-3; Romans 3:10-18). As fallen people we would not choose Him, we do not understand him we did not seek Him and have no capacity to do good. Consequently, for any of us to be saved, God must choose and drag us to salvation (John 6:44). This is out of His mercy and grace; we do not deserve it!
· Attitude in choosing us - He chose us to salvation out of graciousness, love, wisdom, knowledge, for His good pleasure, and to His praise of His glory (Ephesians 1:4-8).
· God must choose - God throughout history has had to choose His servants for His purposes and maintain a remnant of His people to testify of Him on earth; for example, Noah, Moses, Abraham, and David, along with many others. Therefore, the fact that He chose us as Christians to come to know Him is consistent with His past behavior in maintaining a witness in the world.
· The intent of the passages describing God’s choosing – The purpose of predestination verses in context is not to create controversy but to give the reader comfort that they are secure in salvation with God. Our salvation is apart from works.
In summary, God's choice and our free will intersect beautifully. He chooses us out of love, and we respond by choosing Him.
Surely, we have a wonderful God who iprovided for us a great salvation which is secure and embedded in his great promises that cannot be overturned. He deserves our thanks and praise every day for this kind of provision.
Join me again next time as we continue to discuss the great promises that provide security in our salvation.
William C. Stewart, MD
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