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I AM SECURE – PART 2

B -- Eternal Protection:
Not only does YHVH give us eternal life but He guards us and our relationship with Him. In other words, YHVH’s desire is for us to be with Him forever and He not only saves us, He keeps us. There is no one that can take you away from this relationship with YHVH. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My Hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s Hand. -- John 10:28-29. The Shepherd is watching over His sheep and He will not let them be taken. Let us look at just a few more verses where we find this promise: All that the Father giveth me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. -- John 6:37. There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Moshiach Yeshua, who walk not after the flesh, but after HaRuach. -- Romans 8:1. For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have Committed unto Him against that day. -- 2 Timothy 1:12. Our salvation is not found by relying on ourselves but on YHVH. We have the unmistakable promise of YHVH that He will keep us safe in His arms.

C -- Eternal Unity:
When we accept Moshiach as our Saviour and Adonai, we are becoming one in relationship with the Father, Son and Ruach Kodesh. I and My Father are One. -- John 10:30. Yeshua is emphasizing the relationship that He has with the Father in conjunction with His emphasis on the relationship He has with each of us. He does this again just a few verses prior to this one. I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine. As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down My life for the sheep. -- John 10:14-15. Just as the Father is in relationship to the Son, the Sheep are in relationship to both the Son and the Father; we are united to YHVH because we have been adopted fully into His family. This unity that we enjoy is not just for the here and now, but for all of eternity. that they all may be one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me. -- John 17:21. What is Yeshua saying? He is saying that our relationship with Him is as solid as His own relationship with the Father. Further-more He says that we are connected to both Him and the Father in the same way They are connected to One Another. If you haven’t thought about that before, when you have the time, sit down and meditate on these passages and let it sink in. So, if I am a believer, I can rest assured that Yeshua is my Shepherd and that Yeshua promises me these three wonderful truths. But we need to understand that we are also expected to give back to Yeshua:

3 – Yeshua Expects Me…:

When a person gets married, the marriage vows are not just made by one party. Both the bride and groom make solemn promises to each other; there are a set of expectations for both, that when met, make the marital relationship go smoothly. When Yeshua becomes our Shepherd and promises us eternal life, eternal protection and eternal unity, He is expecting us to live in a certain way. Now we are not saved by living in the ways I am going to describe, we are saved by grace through faith in Moshiach, but if we want our relationship to always be at its strongest point, we will live in these three ways:

A -- To Live in Confidence of My Future:
We need to know with out any doubt that we are saved. Those who do not know this fact tend to be the weakest believers. If I do not have confidence that YHVH will keep His Promise, I also will lack confidence in my own faith walk. One of the saddest types of people I run across, are people who have given their lives to Moshiach but they are unsure of their salvation. When I know that I am saved, I will be much more motivated to live the type of life that Yeshua calls me to, because I know I am not working to earn something, I am working toward something He has already given me. I am not talking about having confidence in ourselves, but confidence in YHVH. It would be highly arrogant to state that, I am worthy to be saved. It is an act of faith to state, I believe in YHVH’s Promise that I am saved. We can state with boldness that we know we are saved and then we are empowered to live like saved people.

B -- To Live in Obedience to My Calling:
IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS! -- John 14:15. I am not obedient to try to earn salvation; I am obedient because I am in love with Yeshua Moshiach. Yeshua does not say, I want to save you and then you can go live however you like. He is saying that if we are saved, we will like to live the way He wants us to because we are grateful for what He has done and we have accepted Him as Adonai. Let us be very clear here; we are not living and working for the Kingdom and by Yeshua’ ethical code because we think we can somehow earn our salvation. He has already granted us salvation; now we begin to live like saved people and saved people are people that want to live in obedience to Yeshua’ Commands.

C -- To Live in Boldness in My Witness:
Knowing that I am secure in my relationship allows me to be bold in sharing my testimony with other people. Can you imagine witnessing to someone and at the same time not knowing for sure whether you were saved or not? Well, if you accept Yeshua, He might save you but you really cannot know that until after you die. That does not sound too attractive to me or very biblical either. When I am secure in my relationship with YHVH, I can share the Promises of YHVH with others with the complete confidence that what YHVH says is true. And when I do that, I will start seeing results as more and more people join with me in YHVH’s Kingdom. Some of you might be at that point in your faith walk; you believe in Moshiach and you are saved, but some days you just do not feel quite so secure. My advice to you is to keep reading the Word, stay steady in your prayer life and the more time you spend getting to know YHVH, the more you will understand and accept this wonderful promise of security.

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