Lesson eight eternal security page number 33 eternal security number one eternal or everlasting life
Eternal or everlasting life letter eight God
Promises to give us eternal or everlasting life John 3 15 and 16 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish
But have eternal life for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish
But have everlasting life letter B the definitions of the words, okay
So let's talk about these words number one everlasting means to last forever everlasting means to last forever number two eternal
means without end or
Never-ending okay, just two different ways of saying the same thing everlasting means to last forever eternal means that I'll never end number three
So then eternal life or everlasting life means that we will have life that will last forever
Or life that will never end life that will last forever or life that will never end letter C
Eternal life begins the moment you believe or get saved
Eternal life begins the moment you believe or get saved here's a proof text John 3 36 he that believeth on the Sun half
Everlasting life what half means you have it you possess it you have it
When did you get it the moment you believe and he that believeth not the Sun shall not see life
But the wrath of God abideth on him number two
Let's talk about how this conversation may go okay explaining eternal life or everlasting life
So we just went through and explained John 3 16 for God so of the world that he gave his only begotten son that who
So I believe in the name should not perish, but have everlasting life, and we explained the gospel the gospel is this
You're a sinner. I'm a sinner our sin is condemned us to hell Jesus came to this earth
God loves you he sent the son to die on the cross to pay for your sins for my sins
He's buried he rose again three days later. That's the gospel
Then I usually at this point to set up our next section
I'll say something like this. I'll say let me show you one more thing about this gift
Okay, notice there in John 3 16 the last part of the verse. It says, but have
Everlasting life notice how it says everlasting the word everlasting means it'll last forever, or it'll never end
notice here in John
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The Bible says he that believeth on the Sun have everlasting life the word everlasting means you have it
Or you possess it all throughout the Bible this I'll explain it to the person all throughout the Bible
God says he wants to give you everlasting life or
Eternal life life that will last forever life that will never end so we're explaining this concept
We're reading the verse we'll explain to them
What eternal life everlasting life means and I'm flipping over to Titus 1 2 because that's the next verse
I'm gonna show them now. Let me just say this remember. I told you I stay with the gift illustration throughout this whole time
This is the one
Deviation from the gift illustration, let's say that God was gonna give you everlasting life starting right now
Eternal life starting today life that'll last forever. It's never gonna end. Okay, when will that life end?
Now notice, I'm just asking I just told them let's say God was gonna be everlasting life starting right now
Eternal life starting today life that'll last forever is never gonna end when will that life end if they're listening they're gonna say never and
Then I like to say to them would it end five years from now and I like to hold my hand up would it end
Five years from now. No, would it end a thousand years from now? No
Okay. Well, let me just ask you this what if and I like to tell people like it's just a hypothetical
I'm not saying you would ever do this
But let's say that God gave you everlasting life starting right now
Eternal life starting today life that'll last forever
It's never gonna end and let's say that five years from now
Right because I already held my hand up five years when I asked him will it last five years?
Will it ask for five years? No, it'll last for longer than that. Well, it will last for a thousand years
No, it'll last for longer than that. Okay
Well, let's say God was gonna give you everlasting life starting right now eternal life starting today
And let's say this is just a hypothetical. I don't think you'd ever do this
Let's say that five years from now you walk in to a bank and you rob the bank and you kill somebody
Do you think that God would take away your everlasting life?
Now I'm just asking questions at this point. They're gonna give you
One of two answers
They're either gonna say yes, he would take away your everlasting life. Then I don't say you're not paying attention
You're not listening. It's what she's always saying. I just say okay. Well, here's the thing though
If he takes away five years from now
if he takes away five years from now, did it last forever and
Look, you notice I'm not telling them anything you say why do you do that? Here's why I do it
Here's what I've learned
People are more likely to make a belief their own when they feel like they came to that conclusion
When we just tell people like listen idiot, it's everlasting
You're not paying attention then they may receive that they may not but when you get the wheels cranking up there
And you're just leading them using questions to lead them down a path a logical path
Let's say God was gonna give you everlasting life starting right now
Eternal life starting today life that'll last forever
It's never gonna end and I don't think you'd ever do this
But let's say that five years from now you walk in a bank you robbed the bank and you kill somebody you think God would
Take away your everlasting life. Yeah, I think he would. Well, if he takes away five years from now, did it last forever?
No, well how long did it last five years?
So can God take it away at that point people are just like I don't know you might ask him
Let's say that five years from now you walk in a bank. You rob bank. You kill somebody
I like to I like to do it all I just like to help people get this up you kill somebody
You think God will take away yours last night. Some people are sharp and they're like, no, you never take it away
Then at that point you're like, yeah, you're right. Let me show you why that is Titus 1 2
So if they if you give them the illustration and they understand it
Then you just agree with them. Yeah, you're right. Let me show you why that is Titus 1 2
But let's say you give them the illustration and they don't get it
Do you think that five years from now you walk to the bank?
You rob the bank you kill somebody God would take it away five years from now. Do you think you take it away?
Yeah, you take it away
Okay. Well, did it last forever? How long did it last five years? So can he take it away?
They might be like no, I guess not or they might say I don't know
They don't just say well look, let me show you what the Bible says. Okay
Titus 1 2 in hope of
Eternal life isn't that we're talking about eternal life in hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began
See the Bible says that God cannot lie if God promises to give you everlasting life and it's going to last forever
If God promises to give you eternal life
Then it's never going to end because my hope for eternal life our hope for its own life is that God cannot lie
So we use the illustrations the questions to get their minds moving to get their minds going
Then we go to the verse we explain the verse we help them
Understand it and then the transition that I like to use here
I like to tell the person I'm not telling you that you can go around robbing banks and killing people
Right not say that with a smile and they're kind of like, oh, yeah. I know I know
Obviously on this earth, you're gonna reap what you sow on this earth God chastises his children
But what I am saying is that once you're saved once you have everlasting life, no matter what you do
You can't lose it because God will not lie. All right, so page 36 there point number three
Some last thoughts on eternal security
Okay, eternal security teaches number one our salvation is secure because God promised it would last forever
Our salvation is secure because God promised it would last forever number two
This means one saved always saved one saved always saved letter B
Believing in eternal security does not mean we teach people. It's okay to live in sin and you got the script there
We're not saying that you can run around robbing banks and killing people on this earth God chastises children on this earth
We reap what we sow. But what we are saying is that once you're saved you can never lose it
Let her see if someone doesn't believe in eternal security. They are not saved
If someone does not believe in internal security they are not saved
You say why is that number one someone who believes they can lose their salvation based on how they live their life
Things they do or things they don't do or believes they keep their salvation based on how they live their life things
They do or things they don't do is still trusting in themselves
number two, someone who does not believe in its own security is trusting in themselves or
or depending on themselves for their
salvation. This is a works salvation, alright. So a little example there.
If someone says I'm saved by Jesus Christ, as long as I don't
kill somebody, as long as I don't whatever,
then they're not trusting in Christ alone. It's as long as they don't.
So action step, let's just map out some of these verses real quickly.
Here's what we've taught you so far, or what we've taught the sinner at the door.
We're all sinners. We're sinners condemned to hell.
God has a gift he wants to give us, and this gift is eternal life. Jesus died on the cross,
was buried, and rose from the grave to pay for our sins, and the gift will last forever.
Okay, so if you're there at John 3 16 or John 3 15,
because we use John 3 15 as well, it's right there, write a number 11
indicating this is the 11th verse in this presentation. Next to that write
Titus 1 2
Titus 1 2 indicating that that's the next verse you're going to go to in this presentation.
Then in front of Titus 1 2 write
number 12 indicating the 12th verse in this presentation,
and then next to Titus 1 2 go to Romans 10 9.
Alright, we're almost done. Romans 10 9, which is the last verse we'll go to
in this presentation. Alright, so that's the end of lesson number 8,
Eternal Security.