Security Of The Believer
Part of Discipleship 101
August 17, 2022
SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER
THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY OF SECURITY
1) To
- The doctrine of eternal security is just a small part of the doctrine of salvation.
2) To equip people with a Biblical understanding which will give assurance.
3) To
1. God’s Word Declares Security
1) John 10:28-29
- The believer has eternal
- The believer shall never perish.
- The believer is in the hand of Christ.
- The
- The believer is in the hand of the Father.
- The believer cannot be plucked out of the Father’s hand.
- The Father is
2) Ephesians 4:30 - The believer is sealed for a
time.
3) 1 John 5:13 - The believer can know he has eternal life.
4) John 3:16 -The believer cannot perish. The believer has everlasting life.
5) John 5:24
- The believer has
- The believer has been passed from death unto life. (past tense)
- The believer shall not come into
6) John 6:37 The believer will in no wise be
.
7) Romans 8:35-39
- The believer is more than a conqueror through Christ.
- Nothing can separate the believer from Christ.
8) Philippians 1:6 - Christ will complete our salvation until the end.
9) Hebrews 7:25 – Jesus saves to the uttermost, not just from the uttermost.
10) 1 Peter 1:3-5
- The believer’s hope is a
- The believer’s hope will not fade away. Our hope will not grow dim.
- The believer’s hope is reserved (set aside), in Heaven for him. (Our inheritance and hope is ultimately salvation. V. 5)
- The believer’s inheritance is
- The believer’s inheritance cannot be defiled
- The believer is kept by the power of God.
- The believer is kept through faith.
- The believer is to be
2. Justification By Faith Declares Security (Rom. 5:1-11)
- Six links in the unbreakable chain of security
1) The Believer’s
With God (v. 1)
- The therefore ties what Paul has just said to what he is about to say. (Chapters 3 & 4 with Chapter 5)
- The peace that a believer has with God is the result of being justified by faith.
- This peace is not subjective. It is objective. It is not a feeling but a fact.
- We as believers are at peace with God, not because we feel peaceful, but because we are AT PEACE!
2) The Believer’s Standing In Grace (v. 2a)
- The word “we stand’ carries the idea of
- We are not saved by God’s grace and then preserved by human effort. That would be a mockery of God’s grace, meaning that what God begins in us He is either unwilling or unable to preserve or complete.
3) The Believer’s
Of Glory (v. 2b)
- Paul has stated our salvation is anchored in the past – because we are at peace with God. (v. 1)
- It is anchored in the present because we stand in grace.
- It is anchored in the future because God has given His children the unchangeable promise that one day they will be clothed with the glory of God. (cf. Rom. 8:29-30)
4) The Believer’s Possession Of Divine Love (vv. 5-8)
- We possess God’s love in our hearts, and it is there because God’s
- If God loves us so much that He gave His Son for us to save us, then how much more does God love us now that we are His children.
- The possession of God’s Love in our hearts secures us objectively, and it assures us subjectively.
- We love God because He first loved us.
5) The Believer’s Certainty Of
(vv. 9-10)
- Could it be stated any more simply?
- If His death reconciled us when we were His enemies, then His life will not fail to save us from God’s wrath.
6) The Believer’s Joy In God (v. 11)
- Why do we joy in God? Because from Him we have