Wow, that's it in a nut shell! There is nothing more fulfilling than the blessed assurance that once Jesus has you in his hands nothing can pull you away. Jesus will not lose any the Father has given him!
"Jesus has you in his hands nothing can pull you away. Jesus will not lose any the Father has given him!"
Why does the second sentence necessarily follow from the first except to say that Christ will have no fault in any loss? You may have answered this for me before.
"always uncertain of their own salvation."
Don't knock it. There's a lot of money to be made and power to be got in uncertainty. Remember, "If you don't play, you can't win" (Hezekiah 6:66).
Wow, that's it in a nut shell!
Amen to both your posts. I would add that, while I have never doubted my salvation, I've never felt that I was "doing enough" or bearing fruit. Once I fully understood that God wants me "just as I am", I feel now that He who has begun a good work in me will bring it to completion. It is difficult to imagine how much guilt this has released me from.