MONDAY 2ND JULY 2018: ETERNAL SECURITY: AN ILLUSION II.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: MONDAY 2ND JULY 2018
THEME: ETERNAL SECURITY: AN ILLUSION II.
MEMORISE:
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye also, being led
away with the error of the wicked, fall from
your own stedfastness. 2Peter 3:17
READ: Ezekiel 33:12-20
12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the
children of thy people, The righteousness of
the righteous shall not deliver him in the day
of his transgression: as for the wickedness
of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the
day that he turneth from his wickedness;
neither shall the righteous be able to live for
his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.
13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he
shall surely live; if he trust to his own
righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his
righteousnesses shall not be remembered;
but for his iniquity that he hath committed,
he shall die for it.
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou
shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and
do that which is lawful and right;
15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give
again that he had robbed, walk in the
statutes of life, without committing iniquity;
he shall surely live, he shall not die.
16 None of his sins that he hath committed
shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done
that which is lawful and right; he shall surely
live.
17 Yet the children of thy people say, The
way of the Lord is not equal: but as for
them, their way is not equal.
18 When the righteous turneth from his
righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he
shall even die thereby.
19 But if the wicked turn from his
wickedness, and do that which is lawful and
right, he shall live thereby.
20 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not
equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you
every one after his ways.
MESSAGE
Yesterday, we started reflecting on the
doctrine of eternal security. We considered
what this false doctrine teaches and the
character of its teachers. Today, we will be
looking at the truth of what God’s word says
in contrast to this doctrine. If there was no
possibility of falling away and losing one’s
inheritance in Christ, the Holy spirit would
not have given the counsel we have in
today’s memory verse. In fact, the Holy Spirit
in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 also warns:
“Let no man deceive you by any means: for
that day shall not come, except there come a
falling away first, and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;”
Only those who occupy high position need
to fear a fall. The “falling away” in this
Scripture therefore refers to the falling away
from grace of those seated with Christ in
heavenly places. The possibility of a saved
person falling is registered in these
Scriptures and in several others (Galatians
5:4, Revelations 2:5). Also, in today’s Bible
reading, God Almighty told Prophet Ezekiel
the truth which disproves the doctrine of
eternal security. The Lord is therefore
warning everyone who chooses to live a
godly life never to depart from the path of
righteousness, or else his or her past
righteous deeds will not be remembered on
the day he or she departs to do evil.
Some people argue that nobody sends his
child away to the lion because he or she
sins, and so God will not judge His children
for their sin. What such people don’t seem
to understand is that you cannot equate the
ways of God with that of mere mortal men.
They fail to recognize that a person who
continues to live in sin after being saved
does not have the nature of God and is
therefore not a child of God. This is made
clear in 1 John 3:8:
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for
the devil sinneth from the beginning. For
this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the works
of the devil.”
Furthermore, while forewarning us of
things to come in Matthew 24:12-13, Jesus
Christ said:
“And because iniquity shall abound, the love
of many shall wax cold. But he that shall
endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.”
In other words, the global increase iniquity
will not exonerate a backslider on the Day of
Judgment. This is a lesson for those who
think that because the world is changing,
God should also change His standards (2
Timothy 2:19). Beloved, it would be immoral
for God to accept from us what He did not
accept from those who ran the Christian
race before us. Don’t be deceived; there is
no eternal security. The wages of sin is
death: this is the truth o God’s word that is
forever settled.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, please uphold me to the very end,
and keep my heart away from false doctrine
in Jesus Name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicle 23-25
Acts 20:36-21:16
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 12: TAKE MY LIFE, AND LET IT BE
1.Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise,
Let them flow in endless praise.
2.Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee,
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
3.Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee,
Filled with messages from Thee.
4. Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose,
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee.