Never! No One! No How!

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;  and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”
John 10:27-30

What would Jesus say?????

Well He said it!!!!!

We don’t have to guess, or imagine, or study, or worry, or wonder.

We just have to hear Him speak… TO US!

We don’t need to ask our friends or family or priest or teacher, or even all the saints in heaven… we just need to go straight to the Word, Who became flesh and dwells among us (John 1:14) and HEAR HIM!

My sheep: Is the Lord your shepherd? Have you ever come to His pasture and laid by His quiet waters? Has He restored your soul? Does He guide you (do you follow) in His paths of righteousness – simply because of Who He Is? (Psalm 23)

My voice: Be still and KNOW He is God!

I know them: He KNOWS you!

They follow Me: By faith!

I give eternal life to them: It is a gift, that no boasting permitted! (For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.  Ephesians 2:8-9 )

No one will snatch them out of My hand: never perish… no one will snatch them… no one is able to snatch them… 

Never! No One! No How!

Say it with me… N-E-V-E-R… It don’t matter how many times, little lamb, you go against the rules and end up in a school you should not be in!

Say it with me… N-O O-N-E… Not even your most favorite ba-ba-black sheep, little fan person, can steal your eternal life from The Shepherd!

Say it with me… N-O H-O-W… They certainly will try – even those who claim they love you, will not be able to remove you from God’s hand! “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.” Isaiah 49:16 in permanent ink!!!!!

Never! No One! No How!

But Mary, “How can you be SO SURE?????”

There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.Romans 8:1 But, but, but… there are voices in my head that never stop condemning me… I try to reason with them, I try to be my own defense lawyer… I QUOTE Scripture all the time!

I do indeed relate…

There was (and sometimes still is) a time in my life that I too had a the devil’s rock and roll band blaring in my head. And if it wasn’t a live concert, I played the dvd for myself. I knew all the words by heart and I sang like a rock star (and back up chorus & instrumentalist) – a regular karaoke performance – because the songs had an unforgettable tune and I believed they told the truth about ME. I was indeed DESPICABLE!

Romans 8:33-35 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies; who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 

Bring a charge? Satan didn’t have to… I beat him to it!

Romans 8:37-39 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Well, SHUT MY MOUTH! Please!

And Jesus did!

He said… Mary, it isn’t about you!

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!” For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. Psalm 91:1-4

It is about God! IT IS God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Philippians 2:13

Shut up and let Jesus do the talking!

Is He your Defender… your Savior… your Lord… your Redeemer?

Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.  Hebrews 11:6 

Is He your Rewarder? “ Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. “He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. “With a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation.”  Psalm 91:14-16  

Do you love God?

Then KNOW the voices in your head are wrong if this isn’t the TRUTH they are thinking, speaking, or singing!

Scripture tells us to destroy speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, 2 Corinthians 10:5 and so we should! But it doesn’t start there! It starts with peeking out from under the pinions of God!

I couldn’t (still can’t) defeat the voices in my head (the loudest one sometimes is mine), so Jesus gave me the first step of His abundant life steps.

It is really pretty simple… when evil is knocking… let Jesus answer the door! When evil is playing “Condemnation Music”… let Jesus clear your head space and turn on His music! Resist the devil and HE WILL FLEE! Unless of course he just loves the sweet, sweet sound of Jesus’ victory anthem… and wants to hear it played again, Sam!

I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

Never! No One! No How!

**All Scripture quoted comes from the “Bible Gateway” app and is the NASB version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.