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Jesus Holds Us Fast!, March 15
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I
give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall
any man pluck them out of my hand.
John 10:27, 28
.
In the courts above, Christ is pleading for His church—pleading for
those for whom He has paid the redemption price of His blood. Centuries,
ages, can never lessen the efficacy of His atoning sacrifice. Neither life
nor death, height nor depth, can separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus; not because we hold Him so firmly, but because He holds
us so fast. If our salvation depended on our own efforts, we could not be
saved; but it depends on the One who is behind all the promises. Our grasp
on Him may seem feeble, but His love is that of an elder brother; so long
as we maintain our union with Him, no one can pluck us out of His hand
Jesus, precious Jesus, “merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abun-
dant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity
and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty”
(
Exodus 34:6, 7
). O how privileged we are that we may come to Jesus
just as we are and cast ourselves upon His love! We have no hope but in
Jesus. He alone can reach us with His hand to lift us up out of the depths
of discouragement and hopelessness and place our feet upon the Rock.
Although the human soul may cling to Jesus with all the desperate sense of
his great need, Jesus will cling to the souls bought by His own blood with
a firmer grasp than the sinner clings to Him.
I read this over and over again, for it is so full of assurance: “Seeing
then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high
priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was
in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace
to help in time of need” (
Hebrews 4:14-16
).... What a Saviour we have—a
risen Saviour, One who can save all who come unto Him
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The Acts of the Apostles, 552, 553
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21
Letter 119, 1893
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