No One Can Snatch Them Out of My Hand

"My purpose will stand, and I will do all that

I please." Isaiah 46:10

"The plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the

purposes of His heart through all generations."

Psalm 33:11

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the

Lord's purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21

God's eternal purpose never changes, never alters.

The immutability of God's purpose, springs from . . .

the unchangeableness of His essence,

the perfection of His wisdom,

the infiniteness of His goodness,

the absoluteness of His sovereignty,

the omnipotency of His power.

The gracious purpose of God is the fountain-head

of all our spiritual blessings. It is the foundational cause

of our effectual calling, justification, glorification. It

is the highest link in the golden chain of salvation.

What is the reason that one man is everlastingly saved

--and not another? It is from the eternal purpose of God.

The purpose of God is the sovereign cause of all that

eternal good which comes to man. All a believer's present

happiness, and all his future happiness--springs from the

eternal purpose of God.

"God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life--not

because of anything we have done, but because of His

own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ

Jesus before the beginning of time." 2 Timothy 1:8-9

"For He says to Moses, 'I will have mercy on whom I

have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I

have compassion.' It does not, therefore, depend on

man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy."

Romans 9:15-16

There is no man, no power, no devil, no violent temptation

--which shall ever be able to overturn those whom God has

chosen. "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and

they follow Me. I give them eternal life, and they shall

never perish; no one can snatch them out of My hand.

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all;

no one can snatch them out of My Father's hand."

John 10:27-29. (Also, Romans 8:35-39)

If the purpose of God was uncertain, a Christian could

never have a good day all his days; his whole life would

be filled up with tears, doubts, disputes, distractions,

etc. He would be still a-crying out, "Oh, I can never be

sure that God will be mine, or that Christ will be mine,

or that mercy will be mine, or that pardon of sin will be

mine, or that heaven will be mine! Oh, I can never be

sure that I shall escape the great damnation, the worm

which never dies, the fire which never goes out, or eternal

separation from the glorious presence of the Lord!"