Can a Christian Lose Salvation? Eternal Security Explained
Let me ask you a question. Is there something even more wonderful than knowing that you can be saved? Yes, there is. It is knowing that you can be saved and be certain that you’re saved. Well, is there anything more wonderful than knowing that you can be saved and knowing that you can be certain that you’re saved? Yes, there is.
And what is it? It is knowing that you’re saved. Knowing that you can be certain that you’re saved. And knowing that once you’re saved and certain you’re saved, you can also know that you can never ever lose your salvation. Find in God’s word John chapter 10. John chapter 10. And when you found it, look up here.
In just a moment, we’re going to begin reading in verse 27. Let me ask you a question. Is there something even more wonderful than knowing that you can be saved? Yes, there is. It is knowing that you can be saved and be certain that you’re saved. Well, is there anything more wonderful than knowing that you can be saved and knowing that you can be certain that you’re saved? Yes, there is.
And what is it? It is knowing that you’re saved. Knowing that you can be certain that you’re saved. and knowing that once you’re saved and certain you’re saved, you can also know that you can never ever lose your salvation. Now, I want to talk to you today about this subject. How you can know that you are eternally secure.
Listen to the scripture, God’s word. John 10 27. 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 than me is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my father’s hand.
” Now, we’re not talking about something that is incidental this morning. We’re talking about something that is fundamental when we’re talking about the eternal security of the believer. How you can know that you are eternally secure. It is necessary for your spiritual health. Can you imagine what the emotional state of any child would be if that child did not know from day to day whether or not he or she were a member of the family? Today I was a good boy.
I’m a member of the family. The next day I wasn’t so good. I’m no longer a member of the family. I’m loved of my father. I am not loved of my father. I am received in the family. I am not received in the family. Friend, that would make a person a neurotic. Not to know a child to grow up and not to know that he is accepted in the family. He may be punished.
Yes indeed. He may have to go up to his room. Yes indeed. But he or she knows that they know that they are part of the family. It is necessary for emotional strength in the natural world and so it is in the spiritual world. These people who do not know that they’re saved and secure do not have the emotional stability in my estimation that a child of God ought to have.
