June 7
Charles Spurgeon · Faith's Checkbook
THE SAFEST PLACE
"And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish,
neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." John 10:28
We believe in the eternal security of the saints. First, because they
are Christ's, and He will never lose the sheep which He has bought with
His blood, and received of His Father.
Next, because He gives them eternal life, and if it be eternal, well
then, it is eternal, and there can be no end to it, unless there can be
an end to hell, and Heaven, and God. If spiritual life can die out, it
is manifestly not eternal life, but temporary life. But the Lord speaks
of eternal life, and that effectually shuts out the possibility of an
end.
Observe, further, that the Lord expressly says, "They shall never
perish." As long as words have a meaning, this secures believers from
perishing. The most obstinate unbelief cannot force this meaning out of
this sentence.
Then, to make the matter complete, He declares that His people are in
His hand, and He defies all their enemies to pluck them out of it.
Surely it is a thing impossible even for the fiend of hell. We must be
safe in the grasp of an Almighty Saviour.
Be it ours to dismiss carnal fear as well as carnal confidence, and
rest peacefully in the hollow of the Redeemer's hand.