I Shall Lose None

John 6:38-40,44 – For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”… “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.

John 10:28-29 – I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

John 17:12 – While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

Philippians 1:4-6 – In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 3:6,14 – But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory…We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.

John 5:25,28-29 – Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live…“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

Application:

• ·         True believers will persevere because of Christ’s firm hold on them.
• ·         The sheep’s security is in the power of the shepherd, who will let no one take them from Him.
• ·         Christ’s power is adequate for every need.
• ·         Death cannot destroy the life that Christ gives.
• ·         People do not come to Christ strictly on their own initiative; the Father draws them.
• ·         The Father’s power is greater than that of any enemy, making the sheep completely secure.
• ·         It is God who initiates salvation, who continues it and who will one day bring it to its consummation.
• ·         Failure to persevere reveals that a person is actually not a child of God, whereas perseverance is the hallmark of His children.
• ·         “To share in Christ” means to belong to Him and participate in the blessings He gives.
• ·         The spiritually dead who hear Him receive life from Him.
• ·         Salvation, of course, is a gift from God in response to faith, but true faith in Christ results in changed lives, lived in obedience to Christ as Lord.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV