Triple Security

‘A threefold cord is not quickly broken’, so said wise Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes. These are words of scripture that came to my mind recently as I considered the eternal security of the believer in Christ Jesus.

One of the greatest guarantees of our eternal security is found in the fact that when we trust in the Lord Jesus for salvation we are admitted to the family of God.  Once you are in a family you are always in the family, no family dispute can change that fact.  I will always be my father’s son, that will never change.There is a threefold admission to God’s family that secures our eternity.

Birth

I was born into the Warburton family in 1971, nothing can alter that fact. During my early years I put my faith in Christ for Salvation, at that moment I was born into the family of God by the ‘New Birth’ as described to Nicodemus in John’s gospel chapter 3. As a result I have the right to be called a son of God, as John said in chapter 1 verse 12 ‘But as many as received him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name’.

Marriage

In the year 2000 I got married, on the happy day in question my wife also joined the Warburton family.  At this point you might say my argument fails because a divorce could terminate that relationship.  The thing you are forgetting is God doesn’t do divorce. As the prophet Malachi reminds us, God ‘…hateth putting away’. You see when we trust Christ, not only do we experience the ‘New Birth’ but we also become part of the ‘Bride of Christ’.  One day our union with Christ will be consummated at the Marriage of the Lamb.

‘Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.’ Revelation 19 v9

Adoption

There is another way to join a family, the way that a stranger can join a family, by adoption. Now, my immediate family includes no adopted people, but there are a couple of examples of adoption in my wider family circle.  When we trusted Christ for salvation we were also adopted by God. Galatians chapter 4 verse 5 describes this reality for us. ‘To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.’

I don’t know about you but I know that I am eternally secure. A God that would go to such lengths, to reinforce to me that I am part of His family, wants to let me know that I’m secure. Triple Security!