SECURITY IN CHRIST

Todd Nibert

If my security in Christ and my final entrance into glory were dependent in any way on my works, before or after conversion, I would have no security. But, blessed truth, salvation is not in ANY way dependent on my works. Christ is my security and he alone will be the cause of my entrance into glory. There are three things that cause the security of my salvation and final entrance into glory:

(1) The sovereign of God. If He loves me now, it is because He always loved me. Nothing in me caused His love. He loved me simply because He would. And if He loves me now, He will never cease to love me. "I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed."

(2) The blood of Christ. On Calvary's tree, when the sins of God's elect were placed upon Christ, He literally put them away (Heb. 9:26). Because of the blood of Christ, I have no sins to give account of. If Christ paid my debt, it is paid! God's law and justice have been satisfied. The bill collector cannot cast into prison one whose debts have been paid.

(3) The righteousness of God is imputed to all the Father loved and the Son shed His precious blood for, and His righteousness demands their salvation.

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