Today's reading: Exodus 5, 6, 7; Psalm 19, 49, 79, 109, 139; Proverbs 19
Psalm 49:7-8, "None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)"
I remember a few months ago standing in the emergency room while our son laid in the bed. It haunts me still. I see him laying there just looking around and not making any noise. I come nearly to tears just thinking about it. This was a "hellish" experience for my wife and I. Neither one of us want to go through that again. I hope to never have to again.
One thing I remember thinking over and over again was that I just wanted to trade him places. I wanted to be the one to take the needles in the arm (this is huge for me because I hate needles with a passion). I remember wanting so badly to take his place so that he did not have to experience what he was going through. Unfortunately, I could not take his place
It is the same with salvation. There are people in my life that I want to be saved so badly that I would trade them places just so that I could get saved for them. God does not operate this way. I need to just rest in the fact that He has everything under control. My job is to trust Him. I don't need to trust Him over and over again for salvation. That is a one time event. That is what our verse means by "and it ceaseth for ever:". You cannot get saved over and over again.
It is my belief that if you believe that you can loose it then you never had it to begin with. I know I will take some flack for that but when you add works to your faith then it ceases to be faith. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone with nothing added or subtracted.
I hope you have trusted Jesus Christ for your eternal salvation. If you have not there is no time like right now to do that. If you don't know how, I would love to show you.
