Galatians 4:4-9 - "But when the fullness of the time came,
God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might
redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as
sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our
hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" Therefore you are no longer a slave,
but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. However at that time, when
you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. But
now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it
that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which
you desire to be enslaved all over again?"
Throughout the book of Galatians Paul talks about how, in Christ, we are no longer slaves to the law. The law was never intended to give us salvation, but to show us our need for a Savior. Christ was born under the law, He fulfilled the law, He did in our place and as a result He is able to impute is righteousness to us. We are now children of God. Through Christ, God the Father adopted us and sent forth His Spirit to live in our hearts. It's rare that a father will disown his children, but it's not unheard of. But God is the perfect Father. Jesus says concerning fathers in Matthew 7:9-11 - "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!" Even sin cursed people know to do whats right, how much more the perfect Father? In the parable of the prodigal son, it didn't matter what the son did or how far from the father he wandered, he was still the fathers son. He never disowned him, and He will never disown us.
There was nothing we could do to earn our salvation, and there is nothing we can do to keep it. Our salvation rests in God hands. He did all the work to provide it for us, after giving it to us why would He expect us to be able to hold on to it? We don't hold our salvation, it's in Christs hands. If it were possible for us to lose our salvation it we mean the He was unable to hold on to it.
In John chapter 10 Jesus says - "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."
If I could lose my salvation I would have done it by now. But the fact is, I can't drop my salvation because I'm not holding it, Christ is. There is no sin bad enough that the blood of Christ can't cover it.
Verse 9 of Galatians 4 says - "But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God..." Our salvation doesn't lie in our our knowledge of Him, but in His knowledge of us. Christians can lose their minds, or go into a coma, or be in some such state in which we have no knowledge of God, but that can never happen to God. He has perfect, infallible knowledge. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21-23 - "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'"
If God had known them, and then they lost their salvation He would not be able to say "I never knew you". If we're known by God, we're known by Him forever, despite what we do or don't do. Our salvation rest in Him. Salvation belongs to our God. If we have given our lives to Him, we can trust Him to keep them.
2 Timothy 1:12 - "for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that Day."
Throughout the book of Galatians Paul talks about how, in Christ, we are no longer slaves to the law. The law was never intended to give us salvation, but to show us our need for a Savior. Christ was born under the law, He fulfilled the law, He did in our place and as a result He is able to impute is righteousness to us. We are now children of God. Through Christ, God the Father adopted us and sent forth His Spirit to live in our hearts. It's rare that a father will disown his children, but it's not unheard of. But God is the perfect Father. Jesus says concerning fathers in Matthew 7:9-11 - "Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!" Even sin cursed people know to do whats right, how much more the perfect Father? In the parable of the prodigal son, it didn't matter what the son did or how far from the father he wandered, he was still the fathers son. He never disowned him, and He will never disown us.
There was nothing we could do to earn our salvation, and there is nothing we can do to keep it. Our salvation rests in God hands. He did all the work to provide it for us, after giving it to us why would He expect us to be able to hold on to it? We don't hold our salvation, it's in Christs hands. If it were possible for us to lose our salvation it we mean the He was unable to hold on to it.
In John chapter 10 Jesus says - "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."
If I could lose my salvation I would have done it by now. But the fact is, I can't drop my salvation because I'm not holding it, Christ is. There is no sin bad enough that the blood of Christ can't cover it.
Verse 9 of Galatians 4 says - "But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God..." Our salvation doesn't lie in our our knowledge of Him, but in His knowledge of us. Christians can lose their minds, or go into a coma, or be in some such state in which we have no knowledge of God, but that can never happen to God. He has perfect, infallible knowledge. Jesus said in Matthew 7:21-23 - "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.'"
If God had known them, and then they lost their salvation He would not be able to say "I never knew you". If we're known by God, we're known by Him forever, despite what we do or don't do. Our salvation rest in Him. Salvation belongs to our God. If we have given our lives to Him, we can trust Him to keep them.
2 Timothy 1:12 - "for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that Day."
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