“I SHOULD LOSE NOTHING” by Pastor Scott Henry

“This is the will of the Father who sent Me that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day” (John 6:39).

In the days of Noah there was only one place of safety when the flood came and it was the Ark, which was a type of the cross of Christ.  In the same way, there’s only one place of salvation from the stormy blast of God’s holy wrath against sin, and that place of safety is the person and work of Jesus Christ.  As Noah and his family were completely saved from the flood through the Ark, in the same manner there is full forgiveness for every sinner who trusts in the Lord Jesus Christ.  “He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25).

Jesus said in John 6:39: “This is the will of the Father who sent Me that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.”  God’s Word promises that if you come to Christ by true faith you will never be cast out because you were given to Christ by the Father.  And the will of the Father is that all whom He gave to His Son, Jesus Christ, will be saved and raised up on the last day.  Therefore, it is impossible for Christ to lose any for whom He lived and died since He always does the Father’s will.  As Jesus said in John 8:29: “…for I always do those things that please Him.”  And in John 4:34 Jesus said, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.”  And we read in Hebrews 10:7: “Then I said, ‘behold, I have come — in the volume of the book it is written of me — to do your will, O God.’”

The question is … Have you come to Christ?  Are you trusting Him alone for redemption from the guilt, stain, and consequences of your sin?  If so, then rest confident in the promise of Jesus when He said, “This is the will of the Father who sent Me that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day” (John 6:39).  If you are trusting Christ then you are one of the sheep of His pasture, the people of His hand, and you have the blessed assurance of His Word that you will never fall away.  Jesus clearly said, “And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:28).  

Believer, rest in His Word, trust in His promises, for it is written, “…it is impossible for God to lie…” (Hebrews 6:18).  What He says that will He do for His glory, honor, and praise.