THE WILL OF GOD IS EVERY MAN’S ULTIMATE SECURITY FOR ETERNITY
A Sunday Message
THE TRAGEDY OF FOOLISHNESS
By sheer foolishness, God will condemn many for eternity, while others, will find security from His eternal grace.
A fool will reject something absolutely priceless just to keep something worthless. It is foolishness to pursue happiness that is fleeting while forsaking the true joy everlasting. The Lord declared,
Matthew 16:25-26
“For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. FOR WHAT WILL IT PROFIT A MAN IF HE GAINS THE WHOLE WORLD AND FORFEITS HIS SOUL? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?”
Only a fool is capable of believing that any creature can thwart the perfect WILL of the Most Sovereign GOD. And only fools will keep on seeking “signs” from God while continually rejecting the One whom He has sent in favor of mere provisions for daily needs. (John 6:26-31)
THE WILL OF GOD IS FOR MAN TO BELIEVE IN CHRIST
For a people to stand before the very Presence and Person of the “BREAD OF LIFE” from heaven who provides ETERNAL LIFE and only demand unending supply of bread from Him is truly mind-boggling foolishness. (John 6:26-36). The consequence is unimaginable – eternal rejection and condemnation (John 3:18). That means you lose everything, forever.
It is unthinkable for any person to reject this immeasurable gift. Jesus Christ offers Himself as the Bread of Life to ALL, and ANYONE (no exemption), who will believe in the Son will be given ETERNAL LIFE. He will have it to the very end because this is the WILL OF GOD.
JOHN 6:40
“For THIS IS THE WILL OF MY FATHER, that EVERYONE WHO LOOKS ON THE SON AND BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, and I WILL RAISE HIM UP ON THE LAST DAY.”
GOD’S WILL IS OUR ULTIMATE SECURITY FOR ETERNITY
Do you see the paradox? Their UNBELIEF is both a REJECTION and a AFFIRMATION of GOD’S WILL.
Anyone who DOES NOT BELIEVE in Jesus Christ CONFIRMS the WILL OF GOD that he will not belong to Him.
Anyone who BELIEVES the Son of God AFFIRMS the WILL OF GOD that he is to belong to God’s flock. And to fulfill the WILL OF GOD, Jesus will never allow anyone who belongs to Him to PERISH and be SNATCHED OUT OF HIS HAND.
JOHN 10:25-29
“Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about Me, BUT YOU DO NOT BELIEVE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT PART OF MY FLOCK.
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
I GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE, AND THEY WILL NEVER PERISH, AND NO ONE WILL SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND.
MY 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.”
THE KEEPING POWER OF GOD’S WILL
God will not just give this gift of ETERNAL LIFE freely through the Son, He will also ensure to SECURE IT FOR ETERNITY.
This is GOD’S SOVEREIGN WILL.
His flock will never be lost. God will keep them, for eternity.
Jesus promised this to the Father. This is why He came.
To ensure that nothing the Father gave Him will be lost.
The Lord Jesus declared, “I SHOULD LOSE NOTHING OF ALL THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME but raise it up on the last day.” (v. 39)
Jesus came down from heaven. Not to do His will. Not to do our will. HE CAME TO FULFILL THE FATHER’S WILL.
David was chastised by God but was RESTORED after a deadly immoral decision when he was a king. Abram was disciplined by God but was RESTORED after deceiving the rulers of Egypt just to preserve his own life. Peter was rebuked by Christ but was RESTORED after denying Jesus Christ three times.
Why? Because the Lord will not allow anything to frustrate the WILL OF GOD. Nothing will snatch them. Not one will be lost. All His flock will be restored until the very last day.
God never begins a work that He does not intend to finish. Therefore, no one whom He has called to faith in Jesus Christ as Savior will ever be lost. Paul declared,
PHILIPPIANS 1:6
“And I am sure of this, that HE WHO BEGAN A GOOD WORK IN YOU WILL BRING IT TO COMPLETION AT THE DAY OF JESUS CHRIST.”
GOD IS THE ONE PERSEVERING FOR US
It is God who perseveres with us far more than we with Him. Not only is the Lord Jesus promising to reject no one who comes to Him, HE ALSO IS STATING HIS DETERMINATION TO LOSE NONE OF THOSE WHO WOULD COME.
Anyone who comes to Christ in sincere repentance from sin and trustful faith towards Christ Jesus is FULFILLING THE WILL OF GOD established before the foundation of the world.
By the grace of God, you have been called to that path. And you CAME TO CHRIST and BELIEVED. Why? Because GOD WAS FULFILLING HIS PLAN according to His ETERNAL WILL for your life long before you were born.
The Son of God became man to satisfy the righteous requirements of the law and offer Himself to die on the cross to atone for the sins of His people because He is fulfilling the ETERNAL WILL OF THE FATHER. Christ suffered and died. Why? Because GOD WAS ACCOMPLISHING HIS DECREE FOR ETERNITY.
Those who have been saved will remain in the Lord, growing in holiness, and will be transformed into Christlikeness in fulfillment of GOD’S SOVEREIGN PLAN.
They will never be lost. If they fall, they will be revived and restored to a stronger faith. They will surely grow in Christlike maturity no matter what. This will surely come to pass because GOD CAN NEVER FAIL. He will accomplish His will.
ACTS 13:48
“….as many as were APPOINTED TO ETERNAL LIFE BELIEVED.”
ROMANS 8:28-30
“And we know that for those who love God ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD, FOR THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE.
For those whom He FOREKNEW He also PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom He predestined He also CALLED, and those whom He called he also JUSTIFIED, and those whom He justified He also GLORIFIED.”
2 THESSALONIANS 2:13
“But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because GOD CHOSE YOU AS THE FIRSTFRUITS TO BE SAVED, THROUGH SANCTIFICATION BY THE SPIRIT AND BELIEF IN THE TRUTH.”
YOU ARE FOREVER SAFE UNDER THE WINGS OF HIS WILL
Nothing can stop God from accomplishing His will in your life.
Nothing can snatch you from God’s grace and loving care.
Nothing can destroy the salvation that you have received.
Nothing can frustrate God’s plan to make you holy and blameless.
ROMANS 8:38-39
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.”
Our ultimate security for eternity is the WILL OF GOD.
Salvation is not about us. It is not based on what we have done. It will not be maintained by our ability to remain and persevere. It was carried out from the beginning and will prevail until the end to reveal the GLORY OF GOD WHO WILL SHOW HIMSELF SOVEREIGN ABOVE ALL AS HE FULFILLS HIS PERFECT WILL BY THE MIGHT OF HIS OMNIPOTENCE.
ISAIAH 46:9-11
“I AM GOD, and there is no other; I AM GOD, and there is none like Me, DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THINGS NOT YET DONE, saying, ‘MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL ACCOMPLISH ALL MY PURPOSE,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I HAVE SPOKEN, AND I WILL BRING IT TO PASS; I HAVE PURPOSED, AND I WILL DO IT.”
May we find the pleasure of obedience in God’s will as our highest safety, security and satisfaction.
Pastor Jay-R Remorosa
PERSONAL PRAYER
Our Father, uplift my heart towards Your steadfast love and faithfulness. Teach me to recognize Your sovereign authority above all things so that I may admire the awesome glory of Your grace.
My heart is weak. My strength is feeble. My will is flimsy. My desire is fleeting. My faith is unstable. Left on my own, I will never prevail, O King. Apart from the power of Your Spirit, my soul will utterly and miserably fail.
I stand on the solid assurance of Your divine Will, O Great God. The lives of Your redeemed people will endure forever because of the unwavering faithfulness and truthfulness of Your Name. That is where I stand. That is the fortress of my soul.
I will become holy and pure in the likeness of my beloved Lord because You will accomplish Your will in me.
I will grow stronger in faith and higher in spiritual maturity because You will achieve Your plan for my life.
I will live a fruitful and productive life, giving glory and honor to Your precious Name because You will establish Your decree through me.
Obedience and faithfulness will be the fruits of your sovereign will upon my life. You will accomplish Your Will for me to the very end. Father, allow this to become the hope of my mind and the strength of my soul.
In the Name of the One who died to save me in order to accomplish Your will, Amen.