Jesus Holds Us Fast!

[Thompson, Darryl]

Jesus Holds Us Fast! 

     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
abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving
iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the
guilty" (Ex. 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" (Heb. 4:14-16). .
. . What a Saviour we have--a risen Saviour, One who can save all who
come unto Him!  

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