The name of the message is Three Wonderful Truths. Turn in your Bible, if you would, to John chapter 10, and we'll read verse 28, where I'd like us to consider three wonderful, comforting truths in this verse. This is a short verse, but there's so much in this verse, it's absolutely amazing. And this is the words of the master, the Lord Jesus Christ. John chapter 10, verse 28, he says of his sheep, his people, his elect, he says this, And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my Father's hands. Now these wonderful words are spoke by He who is God incarnate in the flesh, the Word of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, These are not the words of a mere man, as some people say, or a good teacher, as some people say. He was the greatest teacher. These are the words of God in the flesh. The word of God left the glory and splendors of heaven and became a man and dwelt among us, beloved. And he accomplished salvation 2,000 years ago. I preach a work that's already done. It's already complete. And these wonderful words are spoken by he who is God incarnated in the flesh. Let's read them again. John chapter 10, verse 28. And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never perish. Notice that wonderful little word shall. Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Oh my, what comfort, what assurance we can find here as the people of God, as the elect of God. Take note of these three wonderful truths. They will give the born-again, blood-washed people of God great comfort, and they'll give us assurance of salvation. You ever doubted your salvation? Well, we usually doubt because of us and something we do. Our salvation is based upon what Christ has done. We have to keep reminding ourselves that, don't we? We have to keep reminding ourselves that our salvation, our security, is not found in us, it's found in Christ, the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ. And what assurance of eternal salvation is in these words? All because of the Lord Jesus Christ and what he has accomplished. And we will see that God himself, the Lord Jesus Christ, gives us assurance of not only our eternal security, but also our preservation. We know we can't keep ourselves, but praise be to God, Christ will keep us. And he will take us home, beloved, every single one of his blood-washed children. Oh my. And we only know this now because we're born again and God's given us an understanding of the scriptures and we marvel at this, don't we? We marvel that we're born again blood-washed people of God. Oh, this is wonderful. And this assurance, this eternal security is only in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. Let's read John 10, 28 again. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10, 28. So the first point of the three wonderful truths, the first truth I'd like to bring forth is this. I'd like us to consider from this verse that eternal life is a gift from God. It's not something we earn. It's not something we can obtain by anything we do. It's a gift from God, and it is only found in the Lord Jesus Christ. He obtained eternal redemption for his people. He shed his precious blood to redeem our eternal souls. And now the Lord Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, and eternal life is a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. And we see here in this verse who is the giver of eternal life. Look what it says. And I give unto them eternal life. We don't seek it, the scripture says. There's none of us that's worthy of it. We don't certainly merit it. But it's Christ who obtained eternal salvation, and it's Christ who gives it. Look at that. Isn't this wonderful? And I give unto them eternal life. This is bringing forth, you're seeing this verse, it's bringing forth the salvations of the Lord. It's all His doing, in the planning, execution, everything. Application, it's all Him. It's all Him. And look what the Lord Jesus Christ proclaims of His sheep, that He gives them eternal life. Look at that, I give unto them eternal life. That's to every born-again, blood-washed saint. Who's the giver of eternal life? Christ is. Christ is. Eternal life comes to man as a matter of grace, beloved. There's nothing to show this. It's, it's... He says, you haven't chosen me, I chose you. Because none of us would choose him. So we see that it's God's grace that brings this to us. Right? For by grace do you say through faith, and that not of yourselves, it's a gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. There was nothing in our hearts, nothing in our conduct, which caused God to bestow eternal life upon us. He has loved his people with an everlasting love. Therefore, in loving kindness, he bestowed upon us the gift of eternal life. And there's nothing, again, there's absolutely nothing in the believer's life or conduct or heart which causes God to give Eternal life to us, and think of this, there's nothing in our life that causes God to take away eternal life from us. Isn't that wonderful? Oh, what assurance we have, beloved. Oh, what assurance. Oh, the gifts. What does the scripture say? The gifts and the calling of God are what? Without repentance. That means he won't take them away. He's the giver of eternal life. He's not going to say, well, you blew it, Wayne. I'm taking it away now. He doesn't say that. And you put your own name in there. He doesn't say that. Because the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. When our Lord says, look what, and this is the Lord saying this, I give unto them eternal life. So we see that this gift of eternal life is entirely the work of God. It's in no way earned or dependent upon the receiver. or the goodness of man, because there's none good, no, not one. Therefore, to whom eternal life is given, they're eternally secure in Christ. Those who eternal life is given, they're eternally secure in Christ. So marvel at this. Marvel at this, beloved of God. Eternal life is in God and from God. And God is eternal. He can't be destroyed, can he? He always has been and always will be. Therefore, the giver is eternal, God. Therefore, the life that he gives is eternal as well. Oh, isn't that wonderful? The next truth I'd like to consider is the divine promise in this text. Oh, we see all who the Lord Jesus Christ saves and gives eternal life By his own words, they shall never perish. What a promise, beloved. What a promise. Now, we're going to die in this life, right? But what that means is we're not going to fall away and not be saved. Now, foolhardy people say they can jump out of God's hands or jump. They don't know Christ. They don't know Christ. They can say, oh, you can gain salvation and then lose it. That's not gospel salvation. That's not biblical salvation. That's man-made salvation. And that salvation is dependent upon them. If you listen to them, it's something that they do that supposedly causes them. They say, well, no one can pluck you out of God's hand, but you can jump. Well, that's not what the scripture says in our text, does it? Oh, no. They're putting words onto scripture that's not even there. But what a wonderful promise. And think of this. This is a blanket promise to all of God's elect. Do you know that? If you're one of God's elect, this is a promise to you. This is wonderful. Look at this. And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. That's a promise, that's a promise to all of God's elect through all the ages, beloved. They shall never perish. Oh my. What do you mean if I, if, if, if I sin and, and I sin grievously and, and then I repent, God's not going to just cast me away? Nope. Now that's not a license to go out and do whatever we want. Absolutely not. Absolutely not But i'll tell you what our salvation is totally secure in christ. It's not dependent upon us It's totally dependent upon the lord jesus christ and he says of those he gives eternal life to they shall never perish You know what because he got him He saved us we didn't save ourselves Oh my He says, concerning all the sheep, I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. Why? Because they're his sheep. And because they're his sheep, they'll never perish. Well, what if their faith is in Christ and their faith is weak? They shall never perish. Well, what if their young men and their passions are strong? They shall never perish. What if their old men and their vision grows dim? They shall never perish. What if they're tempted and tried? They shall never perish. What if they sin? They shall never perish. What if they fall? They shall never perish. What if they sin again? They shall never perish. Oh my, isn't this wonderful? This promise takes in all the flock of the elect of all the ages. They shall never perish. Isn't that wonderful? Not one of Christ's sheep shall ever perish. Not one, not even one. Marvel at the mercy shown to all the elect of God. If you're a believer, if you trust Jesus Christ, the Son of God is your Lord and Savior. If you've received eternal life from Him, you shall never perish. That's the words of Christ. That's something for us to hold on to, isn't it? Oh, it's wonderful. It's not possible for a child of God to sin away the grace of God bestowed upon him. Because Christ our Savior, who saved us and given us eternal life, says of us, they shall never perish. My, oh my. Now the last wonderful truth in this verse is divine security. Divine security. Spurgeon used to say, if I could lose my salvation, I'd lose it a thousand times a day, just from getting out of bed and going to the breakfast table. Marvel at these wonderful words. Marvel at the divine security set forth before us in this verse. Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. Let we who are the dean praise our great savior who has purchased us with his precious, precious blood, has regenerated us by the power of God the Holy Spirit. We who are the people of God have been saved from all our sins, and we're clothed now in the perfect, spotless righteousness of Christ. We're preserved in the hand of omnipotent grace, and all the born-again, blood-washed people of God are in Christ's hands, beloved. They're in His hands. We're in His hands, so marvel at this truth. We're in the hands of Christ. We're in the hands of God the Son. We're in the hands of the Word of God. We're in the hands of our Savior, and we will always be in His hands. And what a blessed peace, because we are in his hands, we shall never perish. Oh, it's wonderful. So let we who are the redeemed of the Lord rejoice. Let us rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ, because of covenant mercies whereby God's elect were given to Christ by the Father, he became our surety, beloved. because of Christ's perfect obedience in all things, whereby we receive a perfect righteousness, because of his death, resurrection, and intercession, whereby we are justified before God in such a way that God's character and justice are fully honored. God promises his sheep eternal life through the Lord Jesus Christ. So marvel, as God in the flesh tells his sheep. That's who's speaking here. God in the flesh tells his sheep, they shall never perish, now or eternally. We're going to die physically, but we'll never perish and go to the lake of fire. Never. Never. And no man, no demon, no power, no force can separate us from Christ, from that union with the Lord Jesus Christ. Such marvelous grace compels the born-again blood-washed believer to offer ourselves up wholly to Christ, and to offer up praises to our great God, who deserves all the glory, honor, and praise. And the true experience of saving grace produces gratitude in the heart. And gratitude produces dedication to Christ, who promises of his sheep, they shall never perish. Amen and amen.