Pluck them out of My Hand

Can anybody pluck us out of the Fathers Hands?

 

Can anybody pluck us out of the Fathers Hands?“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.” John 10:27-29.

This Scripture should fill every follower of Christ with encouragement. So long as they hear His voice, and follow where it leads, they are safe. No one, not even Satan, can snatch them away.

God is greater than all. Even though trials and temptations beset us.

“God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” 1 Cor. 10:13.

Christ says also: “In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33. And to strengthen the assurance, He adds: “I and my Father are one.” John 10:30. When both the Father and the Son unite for man’s salvation, we shall have rock-solid confidence that no man can take us out of His hands.

But while we gain courage from the fact that He is “able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him,” [Hebrews 7:25] We are not to be presumptuous.

Jesus said, “No man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand,” [John 10:29] but He did not say that no man could take himself out.

This Scripture has been perverted, and made to teach that no follower of Christ can fall away.

The fact that this view is a lie is shown by many passages.

We are exhorted thus: “Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” Rev. 3:11.

We are told also, “He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” Matt. 24:13.

For a positive testimony, see Heb. 6:4-6.

“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,  And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,  If  they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.”

Our Lord says also: “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.” John 15:6.

See also Rev. 4:2-5; 3:16.

“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne,  in sight like unto an emerald. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.  And out of  the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God….So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.”

The case stands thus: So long as we hear the voice of Christ, and are content to follow Him, trusting Him humbly and implicitly, no harm can befall us; His strength will enable us to repel all attacks; but when we begin to trust ourselves, we take ourselves out of His Hands; or, if refusing longer to listen to His Voice, we are cast out.

We should all heed the words of Paul: “Because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear.”

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