In this class we will be talking about the security of our salvation.

1. Discipleship
Lesson 1
Your Security of Salvation
(Verse to remember John 5:24, 3:16)
In this first lesson we will be covering the security of your
salvation. In first place you will discover the conditions of salvation in
the book of Acts 20:21: ‘repentance toward God’ and ‘faith toward our
Lord Jesus Christ’.
Repentance toward God signifies you are aware that you sinned
and that your sins separated you from God. The way you repent is by
confessing your sins to God and ask for forgiveness. You must have the
desire to leave your sinful life behind and change your way of living. But
you will realize when you get to this point in your decision that its
something you won’t be able to do on your own. Your own strength
won’t be enough to change old habits. If you are willing to change you
will need help, some one that has overcome sin and has power.
The only one that has demonstrated such power is Jesus Christ.
Only has Jesus lived a perfect life in this world, He has overcome all
temptations and has completed the law of God. In the end He gave His
perfect life for the punishment do to us and suffered on the cross as
payment of our sins (John 1:1,14; 1 Peter 2:22,24; Romans 6:23). And
after the third day Jesus rose from the dead showing us He has more
power then sin and death. Colossians 2:13-15
When we believe that Jesus lived, died and resurrected for us and
when we invite Him into our hearts as all powerful Lord and to govern

2. our lives, we have faith in Him. And God responds to our faith by
entering us and forgiving us of our sins and changing our lives by the
power of the Holy Spirit. John 14:16-17
Also to have security in your salvation you must trust God. This is
where many people fail. Instead of putting their trust in God for their
security in salvation they confide more in their own emotions. When
you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior you probably had a
beautiful moment of emotions; feelings of peace or joy and it is very
reasonable that it was like that. And our emotions our affected by our
salvation in Jesus and its part of our humanity. But we must
acknowledge that our sentiments can easily change. So if you has
repented and accepted Jesus Christ and a little after you don’t feel joy
or peace like in the start of your relationship with the Lord. Does that
mean you lost your salvation? No! Your security in salvation does not
depend on your feelings. It all depends on God. In Him you must trust.
Trust in God is being confident that He is all powerful Almighty
God. We see the apostle Paul in 2 Timothy 1:12’ For this reason I also
suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom
I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have
committed to Him until that Day.’ Just like Paul you have made a
decision to follow Jesus. Therefore should confine the eternity of your
soul in Him. And like Paul be confident in the Lords ability to keep you
committed till the end. Philippians 1:6
In John 10:27-30 the Lord affirms those who believe in him are
His sheep. It all so states “ my sheep hear My voice, and I know them,
and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; neither shall anyone 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 My Father’s hand.”

3. Yes your salvation is very secure. In the book of Jude verse 24 it
reads “ Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to
present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding
joy…’.
We also must trust in God’s faithfulness to his promises to us.
Hebrews 10:24 says “ Let us hold fast the confession of our hope
without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” In John 3:16 God
confirms we have eternal life when we accept Jesus by faith. Matthew
28:20 says ‘I am with you always, even to the end of the age’. Lets
now look at John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My
word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall
not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life”. Is the Lord
able to Lie? Of course not! Have confidence than that He will be
faithful to fulfill His promises. Because you have trusted Him, He has
given you eternal life. And because you have believed in Him, you have
passed from death to eternal life, you no longer are condemned. The
faithfulness of the Lord is the guarantee of your security in salvation.
Dear brothers and sisters you must be confident you are saved. I
hope you have enjoyed this lesson and that it has helped you
understand your security and that you can enjoy it. But this is only the
start. There are more exciting things the Lord wants you to know of
your new life in Him. In the next lesson we will learn about how Christ
lives in us.