Discussion Question: Is eternal security Biblical?

When people come to know Christ as their Savior, they are brought into a relationship with God that guarantees their eternal security. Jude 24 declares, "To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy." God's power is able to keep the believer from falling. It is up to Him, not us, to present us before His glorious presence. Our eternal security is a result of God keeping us, not us maintaining our own salvation.

The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can 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 10:28-29b). Both Jesus and the Father have us firmly grasped in their hand. Who could possibly separate us from the grip of both the Father and the Son?

Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are "sealed for the day of redemption." If believers did not have eternal security, the sealing could not truly be unto the day of redemption, but only to the day of sinning, apostasy, or disbelief. John 3:15-16 tells us that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will "have eternal life." If a person were to be promised eternal life, but then have it taken away, it was never "eternal" to begin with. If eternal security is not true, the promises of eternal life in the Bible would be in error.

The most powerful argument for eternal security is Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Our eternal security is based on God's love for those whom He has redeemed. Our eternal security is purchased by Christ, promised by the Father, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.

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The Holy Spirit "So when they had come together, they asked him, 'Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?' He said to them, 'It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.' " - Acts 1:6-8 Every good thing God wants to shower on your life comes through the instrumentality of the Holy Spirit. Everything. The fruit of the Spirit, understanding of God's Word, love of worship, strength in a trial, grace to forgive, compassion for the lost, comfort in heartache, boldness in witnessing, power in ministry; all of this is yours when you live the Christian life in the Spirit's power. And conversely, none of it is yours when you attempt to live the Christian life any other way. Without the Holy Spirit, God has made no other provision for you to live the Christian life. The Holy Spirit is the power. Galatians 2:20 says, "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me." There is no Christian life apart from Christ in you and Christ is only in you by His Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ told His disciples that "if I go, the Comforter will come, if I don't go, He's not coming. I have been with you," Jesus said in John 14:16, "but He will be in you." That's the promise of the Holy Spirit - not Jesus by your side talking to you, but His Holy Spirit in you, actually living out the Christian life through you. Yes, with our will we can respond obediently to what we know pleases God - like worshiping, and walking with, and working for Christ, but even in the middle of that, the power to live the Christian life is "Christ in you the hope of glory," as Colossians 1:27 says. That's why Jesus said to the disciples in Acts 1:8, "Just get in a room and wait for the Holy Spirit to come. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200." The disciples probably wanted to get a plan together for building the church. "Can't we work on the brochures?" But Jesus told them to wait for the Holy Spirit. He knew they didn't have the capacity to do anything in their own flesh/power. "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses for Me." "When you have the Holy Spirit you'll be able to do it all." The Christian life is yieldedness to the Spirit of Christ living His life in you. WALKINTHEWORD.COM WEEKLY WALK ARCHIVES

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Brannon Howse: September 14, 2010
Topic One: 2 John 9-10 tells us that a certain sign of a true Christian is that he abides in the doctrine of Christ. Topic Two: "The Fellowship" is an organization started in 1935 and they are best known as the sponsors of the "National Prayer Breakfast". U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators reportedly live on the grounds of The Fellowship. Is this group, that reportedly takes a vow of secrecy, made up of members of Congress that believe in dominion theology? Topic Three: C. Peter Wagner is known as the founder of the New Apostolic Reformation that promotes Kingdom Theology and Dominion Theology. This belief system proclaims that Christians will take over America and the world politically, socially, and economically and usher in God's kingdom on earth. On today's program Brannon explains how the NAR fits with the goals and objective of people like Glenn Beck, Mormonism, and those pushing ecumenicalism. Those that make up the Emergent Church, Mormonism, dominion theology, social justice and The New Spirituality are all playing on the same team whether they know it or not. How are all these different religious groups merging to set the stage for the deception of the last days warned about in the Bible? Topic Four: C. Peter Wagner called for various religious groups to come together and called it the "The Third Wave". Wagner called for a merging of "conscientious Liberals, Evangelicals and Charismatic Pentecostals" along with Catholics. Wagner also called for a course in "Signs, Wonders and Church Growth". When the anti-Christ shows up performing "counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders" as the Bible says will occur, will many that follow this movement and many that follow pagan spirituality be eager to follow what they see as a real spiritual awakening? Topic Five: Like the Mormons, those practicing Wagner's brand of dominion theology are striving for a theocratic government that will usher in the Kingdom of God on earth. According to Despatch Magazine "Wagner is awaiting a 'critical mass' of Christians to arise to take over the political systems of the world." Topic Six: Like the Mormons, many that practice dominion theology, believe that America will face a huge financial and constitutional crisis and that a spiritual revival will come from the "prophets", "prophetess" and "apostles" that are handpicked by God for "anointing for business and other areas of society". Topic Six: Mormons believe that the Mormon Prophet is above the Bible and that the prophet receives new revelations from God that replace the old revelations. Those that practice Wager's brand of dominion theology believe in a rhema word of God. "The rhema is regarded as a more immediate word from God which we do not find in the 66 books of the Bible." In other words, they believe in extra Biblical revelations. Topic Seven: Those that practice pagan spirituality have for years been promoting the coming of the New Age or New Order. A NAR produced conference brochure stated that "this conference will cause the Body to understand God's 'new' order for this coming era." Topic Eight: Several, self-professed Christians have e-mailed Brannon to tell him that Satan is using him in his opposition to Glenn Beck's "spiritual" "revival" and "uniting of all faiths". True believers need to understand that when they defend Biblical truth they will be increasingly told they are bringing division and doing the work of the devil. A March 2001 article in the Plumbline reported, "When asked what he (Wagner) thought the main stumbling block would be, that would keep leaders from embracing the Apostolic Reformation, Wagner cites, 'a commitment to tradition amongst ministers.' Wagner states: 'I think that some are bound by religious forms and functions that are ineffective and I think in many cases it is demonic influence." Sound familiar? Now perhaps we know why "Christians" are telling Brannon he is doing the work of Satan by opposing the ecumenicalism that was being promoted by Glenn Beck and his 240 Christian leaders, pastors, apostles, prophets and imams?

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Blue Letter Bible "So when we find a man praying, we shout—he breathes; he is not dead, he is alive; for while a man prays he is not dead in trespasses and sins, but is brought to life, is quickened by the power of the Spirit." (Spurgeon, Sermon #16 on Acts 9:11)

Christian, do you feel dead today? Has the lying sting of sin's sword pierced you to the heart? Have the irons of condemnation entangled themselves around your ankles, threatening to pull you down into the Slough of Despond? Are you like Bunyan's man in the iron cage of Despair, crying, "Surely I have shut myself out of all the promises!"?

Pray, Christian—pray! Simply and earnestly. Cast yourself before the gracious throne of the King and there you will be as alive as you ever can be. The surest way to Hell is the pride of withholding yourself from God. The prideful man stops repenting out of shame and is therefore deprived of the free grace of God in Christ. He is cast out, not because God was unwilling (or worse, unable) to save, but because that man took it upon himself to compete with God's righteousness and lost.

Do not be that man, that woman. And when you see others trudging through the Slough of Despond, throw them the rope of prayer to the God who rescues. Take courage, the dead do not pray. Prayer is a sure evidence that you are yet alive!