WORD OF GRACE DEVOTION FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 19, 2014 "MY SHEEP.'

WORD OF GRACE DEVOTION FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 19, 2014 "MY SHEEP.'      JOHN 10:27-30, “MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME. 28I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY WILL NEVER PERISH, AND NO ONE WILL SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND. 29MY FATHER, WHO HAS GIVEN THEM TO ME, IS GREATER THAN ALL, AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO SNATCH THEM OUT OF THE FATHER'S HAND. 30I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.” BELOVED, IF HAVE EVER GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO JESUS CHRIST THEN YOU BELONG TO HIM! NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE OR HAVE NOT DONE SINCE THEN HAS CHANGED THE PRECIOUS TRUTH OF YOUR ETERNAL SECURITY AND SALVATION. THIS TRUTH, THE ASSURANCE OF OUR SALVATION, IS GROUNDED ON THE PERSON AND WORK OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.FIRST OF ALL, OUR SALVATION HAS COME FROM THE LORD. ROMANS 5:8 SAYS, “BUT GOD SHOWS HIS LOVE FOR US IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.” BELOVED, OUR SALVATION IS NOT BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE DONE OR NOT DONE BUT ON WHAT CHRIST HAS DONE FOR US. BELOVED, CHRIST DIED FOR US; HE TOOK OUR PLACE ON THE ANVIL OF GOD’S JUDGMENT AND BECAUSE OF HIS SACRIFICE WE ARE SECURE IN HIM.BELOVED, WE ARE SO SECURE THAT NO ONE OR NOTHING CAN TAKE US AWAY FROM HIM. JESUS SAYS IN JOHN 10:28-29, “I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY WILL NEVER PERISH, AND NO ONE WILL SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND. 29MY FATHER, WHO HAS GIVEN THEM TO ME, IS GREATER THAN ALL, AND NO ONE IS ABLE TO SNATCH THEM OUT OF THE FATHER'S HAND.”NOTICE HOW JESUS SAYS THAT NO ONE CAN SNATCH US AWAY FROM HIS HAND NOR FROM HIS FATHER’S HAND. BOTH FATHER AND SON HOLD US IN THEIR HAND AND “NO ONE IS ABLE TO SNATCH THEM OUT!” THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE FATHER AND THE SON ARE ONE!BELOVED, DON’T ALLOW SIN OR THE ENEMY TO CLOUD YOUR SALVATION. TRUST THAT THE WORK THAT JESUS HAS BEGUN IN YOU HE WILL COMPLETE FOR OUR GOOD AND HIS GLORY!BELOVED, I PRAY THAT YOU WILL HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. I LOVE YOU AND I WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU! SECURE IN CHRIST- PASTOR JOE