Promises of God: Part Six

We are going to be dealing with a verse that not only will encourage you but will encourage you for 'Eternity'. You will see what I mean as we continue. The verse we will be dealing with is:  (John 10:27-30)  "27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one." 

Let's take the expression, "they shall never perish". We will see how powerful this expression in the Greek is. There are 'two negatives' before the word "perish." In our previous posts concerning the promises of God, we know that this means that God is telling us that we will not perish, twice. But perish from what? As you see in verse 28, it is 'Eternal Life'. So God is telling us, two times, that we will not lose our Salvation. When  God tells us something two or three times, He is really trying to get our attention. He does not want us to have any doubts or questions. In this case, He is shouting to us so we get it.  

Now if that was exciting there is more. In addition to the 'double negative', there are three words which follow the word, "perish," which are translated by the one word "never." The English language has a hard time trying to convey the Greek meaning but this is what God is saying to us:  "They shall not, they shall not perish, no, not eternally." Wow! How wonderful, yes? God did not send His only Son to die on a cross for our sins,   

give us the the 'faith' (Ephesians 2:8 - "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God"--), and then abandon us. We are family, we are His children. Would you abandon your children, family or friends for doing something wrong. I do not think so. Remember, God's love for us is even greater than ours.