Can NEVER Be Lost.
By: Timothy S. Morton
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1. ETERNAL LIFE IS ETERNAL !
John 3:15; 10:28; Romans 6:23; 1 John 2:25; 5:11;
5:13; etc.; By definition eternal means never ending. Once a believer
has eternal life it can
never be taken away. If it could be it would not be eternal!
2. EVERLASTING LIFE IS EVERLASTING !
Daniel 12:2; John 3:16; 3:36; 5:24;
6:40; 6:47; Romans 6:22; etc.; Likewise, everlasting life can never
end. It is everlasting
regardless of the believer’s behavior.
3. IT IS GOD’S WILL ! John 6:39;
It is God’s will that Christ lose none of those who
come to Him.
4. HEAVEN IS RESERVED FOR HIM !
1 Peter 1:4; An inheritance in Heaven is
reserved for the believer.
5. SALVATION (INHERITANCE) IS INCORRUPTIBLE
! 1 Peter 1:4; No one
can corrupt something God has made incorruptible.
6. SALVATION (INHERITANCE) CANNOT BE
DEFILED! 1 Peter 1:4; No one
can defile something which God says cannot be defiled.
7. HE IS SEALED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT ! Ephesians 1:13; No power in Heaven
or earth can break God’s seal.
8. HE IS SEALED UNTO THE DAY
OF REDEMPTION ! Ephesians 4:30; The believer
is sealed until the day God redeems his body.
9. HOLY SPIRIT WILL ABIDE FOREVER !
John 14:16-17; The indwelling of the
Holy Spirit is permanent.
10. HE IS PRESERVED FOREVER !
Psalm 37:28; God preserves the saint forever.
11. HE IS BORN OF GOD !
John 1:12-13; The believer actually becomes God’s
child and cannot be “unborn.”
12. HE IS A NEW CREATURE !
2 Corinthians 5:17; God has made the believer
a new creature and no one can “uncreate” him.
13. HE IS CREATED IN CHRIST
JESUS ! Ephesians 2:10; The saint was created
in his Saviour.
14. HE IS PRESERVED UNTO THE
HEAVENLY KINGDOM ! 2 Timothy 4:18;
The believer is preserved like Paul since God is no respecter of
persons.
15. HE IS KEPT BY THE POWER
OF GOD ! 1 Peter 1:5; Since God is keeping
him, the believer cannot fall from salvation.
16. CHRIST HAS PRAYED FOR HIM !
John 17:11; Jesus prayed that God would
keep all who He had given Him.
17. WORKS CANNOT AFFECT HIS SALVATION
! Romans 11:6; Salvation is not
gained by works, so it cannot be lost by works.
18. HIS FAITH IS COUNTED FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS ! Romans 4:5; It is faith
which brings salvation to a believer.
19. NOTHING CAN SEPARATE HIM FROM
THE LOVE OF CHRIST !
Romans 8:38-39; Nothing material, immaterial, past, present, or
future can separate
a believer from Christ’s love.
20. SALVATION IS OF THE LORD
! Jonah 2:9; Salvation is all God’s work. He
bought it and provided it.
21. GOD IS ABLE TO KEEP HIM !
2 Timothy 1:12; The believer’s salvation rests
on God’s omnipotent ability to keep him.
22. HE IS PROMISED NOT TO COME
INTO CONDEMNATION ! John 5:24;
This promise would be broken if even one believer fell into eternal
condemnation.
23. HE IS PROMISED TO NEVER
PERISH ! John 10:27-28; Every saint
has an unconditional promise to never perish.
24. HE WILL NEVER BE CAST OUT
! John 6:37; Under no condition will any
believer be cast out from Christ or Heaven.
25. ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER
FOR GOOD TO HIM ! Romans 8:28; It
would not be good for one to lose his salvation.
26. HE IS IN CHRIST’S HAND !
John 10:28; The believer is in his Saviours hand.
27. HE IS IN THE FATHER’S HAND
! John 10:29-30; The saint is in his
heavenly Father’s hand.
28. HE IS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE,
A SHEEP ! John 10:27-28; A sheep represents
a saved person and cannot change from being one.
29. GOD’S MERCY NEVER ENDS !
Titus 3:5; The believer is saved by God’s mercy and it endures forever
(Psalm 136).
30. GOD CANNOT LIE ! Titus 1:2; Once
God has saved a believer, He cannot go
back on His word.
31. HIS SINS ARE GONE FOREVER
! Psalm 103:12; Micah 7:19; Isaiah 38:17; 44:22; Hebrews 10:17;
The saints sins are gone.
32. HE SHALL BE LIKE CHRIST !
1 John 3:2; It is a certainty that the believer
will be like Christ.
33. GOD SEES HIM AS ALREADY GLORIFIED
! Romans 8:30; The saint is as
good as glorified in God’s sight.
34. HE IS BORN OF INCORRUPTIBLE
SEED ! 1 Peter 1:23; The Christian’s new
birth was from incorruptible seed.
35. HE WILL APPEAR WITH CHRIST
IN GLORY ! Colossians 3:4; The saint is
promised to appear with Christ when He returns.
36. HE IS HIDDEN IN CHRIST !
Colossians 3:3; The believer is dead to the world
and alive in Christ.
37. HE IS DEAD TO AND FREED
FROM SIN ! Romans 6:2-7; Sin can no longer
affect the saint’s destiny. He is freed from it.
38. THE LORD IS NOW PRAYING FOR
HIM ! Hebrews 7:25; The Lord is
presently interceding in the believer’s behalf.
39. GOD WILL FINISH WHAT HE STARTED
! Philippians 1:6; God began the
work of salvation and will finish it.
40. HE HAS ETERNAL REDEMPTION !
Hebrews 9:12; Every believer has been
eternally redeemed from his sins.
41. HIS LIFE IS CHRIST’S LIFE !
Colossians 3:4; The saints life is Christ’s
own life, so how could it be lost?
42. HE HAS AN EVERLASTING COVENANT
WITH GOD ! Hebrews 13:20; God
made a covenant to give the saint everlasting life.
43. HE IS KEPT FROM FALLING BY
CHRIST ! Jude 24; A Christian cannot fall
from grace because Christ is keeping him.
44. SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT !
Romans 6:23; A free gift is given with no
conditions.
45. HE HAS IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS !
Romans 4:6-7; The righteousness the
saint has is Christ’s perfect righteousness.
46. HE IS A PART OF CHRIST !
Ephesians 5:30; Every believer is a part of
Christ’s body. “Bone of His bone....”
47. CHRIST IS THE AUTHOR AND
FINISHER OF HIS SALVATION !
Hebrews 12:2; Christ began and will finish his salvation.
48. HE HAS BEEN PREDESTINATED TO BE CONFORMED TO CHRIST’S IMAGE ! Romans 8:29; After salvation the believer is predestinated.
49. CHRIST’S BLOOD HAS MADE PEACE
FOR HIM ! Colossians 1:20; The
saint has peace with God through the blood.
50. THE BIBLE WAS WRITTEN SO
HE COULD BELIEVE AND KNOW !
1 John 5:13; The saint can know he HAS ETERNAL SALVATION !
