Everlasting Love

(Jeremiah 3:13) “Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love.

Electing love, how great is the electing One! Election something so foreign to our rationale that we think it cannot be, but is exactly what God has done in His mercy, He has chosen those who will be saved? How can that be we may asks ourselves, yet this everlasting Great Jehovah has paid the price for sin and has in His infinite wisdom chosen to save sinners. The scripture is clear that all have sinned so every person does indeed qualify for salvation. However it is not the self righteous and the pompous do-gooders that He has singled out, it is the really sick individuals that He has often elected and chosen to save, because it exalts His own name and when did He made His mind who He would save. The bible is clear; He made His mind up before the foundation of the world who He would save, and from the very first to the very least, that means over a period of 6000 years. (Revelation 17:8) ”And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world…” In other words a role nor registrar was filled in before creation. What a mind gnawing thought when we unpack this idea, God choosing every single person that will be saved and then saving every one with the Lord Jesus claiming His ability to lookout for them as the Good Shepherd without ever losing one of them. Many do not agree with this understanding of salvation and God’s keeping power to the extent that “once saved always saved.” But I would like us to stop, think and just consider my train of thought just for a minute, let us say this actually was true and it is exactly what God accomplishes. Not one is lost except the son of perdition (Judas) as it was written and pre determined by God as someone had to betray the Lord. Think of the intricacies of what that would entail, an individual with his own personality and a baggage of sin that God forgives him for, yet the consequences in many cases still needing to be dealt with. Now compound that by say a million all at one time with an active enemy trying to destroy the faith of some. Do we get the picture I am depicting, all these happenings across the globe and all this apparent confusion when we as humans use a rationale in working it out, all we end up with is a brain overload, but not with God! He is so magnificent and so full over wisdom and we already have had glimpse of His brilliance which is now evident for all to see. (1Corithians 2:8) “which none of the rulers of this world hath known: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory:” We see God planned to save the world by sending His Son to the cross to die for sinners and yet no one was able to see what He was up too, if they would of known that it would save sinners they would not have crucified Christ. God magnifies His own worth by exposing the lack of wisdom of His enemies. God laughs at His enemy’s plight to derail Him. He proved by the act of the cross that He is greater than all, both man and principality and powers. In like manner when God saves and if He is able to keep all whom He elects to be saved, my question to you is who will be exalted? Man, most definitely not! He will be illustrious in spite of man’s disability to disrupt His Sovereignty. His wisdom and the enormity of it will silence all and sundry, this is the God I serve. He is far greater than any rival; in fact there is not even a pittance of comparison. How majestic, how sovereign and how brilliant is the only true living God. Beyond any human comprehension, our mind are unable to delve into the depths of His wisdom, we do not even scratch the surface, but a day is coming when we will see Him as He is and then when we fall down and worship our King, and we will wonder how was it that I did so little understand.

Have faith in the keeping power of our King as He is able to save from the uttermost to the uttermost. He is our redeemer trust in Him and it will go well with our souls. Let every doubt be killed by the sweetness of His kiss.

Signing off

Tyrone