A SURE SALVATION

A SURE SALVATION

READ:
Romans 10:8-15

If you confess with your mouth
the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised
Him from the dead, you will be
saved.  -Romans 10:9

A story is told that Queen Victoria of the UK was deeply moved during a church service.  Afterward, she asked her chaplain, "Can one be absolutely sure in this life of eternal safety?"  He did not have an answer.  But an evangelist named John Townsend heard about the Queen's question, and after much prayer he sent her a note:  "With trembling hands, but heartfelt love, and because I know that we can be absolutely sure now of our eternal life in the Home that Jesus went to prepare, may I ask your Most Gracious Majesty to read the following passages of Scripture:  John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10?"

Two weeks later, the evangelist received this letter:  "...I have carefully and prayerfully read the portions of Scripture referred to.  I believe in the finished work of Christ for me, and trust by God's grace to meet you in that Home of which He said, 'I go to prepare a place for you.'-Victoria Guelph"

Townsend was confident that in this life we can have assurance of eternal safety (v.9), and he had a concern for others as well.  Consider what John 3:16 and Romans 10:9-10 mean for your eternal destiny.  God desires to give you the confidence that your sin is forgiven and that after death you'll be with Him forever. -Brent Hackett, RBC Canada Director

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. -Crosby
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Lives rooted in God's unchanging grace
can never be uprooted.

INSIGHT
Long ago in an idyllic garden, our original parents were faced with a test.  God had forbidden eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  But when the devil questioned the word of God and gave Eve reasons to disbelieve and disobey, they failed.  This failure of faith is the root of our need for salvation.  God began to reverse the effects of the fall by predicting atonement.  The decisive moment was the death and resurrection of Jesus.  To experience this reversal we need to place our faith in Jesus-God's word of salvation (Romans 10:8-9).

Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator's Love Always
Unity & Peace