June 7
THE SAFEST PLACE
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John 10:28
We believe in the eternal security of the saints. First, because they are Christ's, and
He will never lose the sheep which He has bought with His blood, and
received of His Father.
Next, because He gives them eternal life, and if it be eternal,
well then, it is eternal, and there can be no end to it, unless there
can be an end to hell, and Heaven, and God. If spiritual life can die
out, it is manifestly not eternal life, but temporary life. But the
Lord speaks of eternal life, and that effectually shuts out the
possibility of an end.
Observe, further, that the Lord expressly says, "They shall never
perish." As long as words have a meaning, this secures believers from
perishing. The most obstinate unbelief cannot force this meaning out
of this sentence.
Then, to make the matter complete, He declares that His people are
in His hand, and He defies all their enemies to pluck them out of it.
Surely it is a thing impossible even for the fiend of hell. We must be
safe in the grasp of an Almighty Saviour.
Be it ours to dismiss carnal fear as well as carnal confidence, and
rest peacefully in the hollow of the Redeemer's hand.