Secure In The Lord

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+ Lots of talk about security

> Social Security Number

- Protection for poverty, old age, disability, unemployment

- Now used as a ID number for individuals within the US

> Financial Security - Invest, save

> Jackal, Cobra and Viper Personal security vehicle

- Armor plated

- 360 Day or Night external cameras

> – 50 caliber retractable machine gun (readied in 10 sec)

- Infrared Night Camera

- Dismountable 1 kw Generator

- Remote Engine Start / Kill

- Air / Life Support Systems

- Rear Facing Blinding Light System

- Tear Gas Protection System

- Smoke Screen Generator System

- Door Handle Shock System

- Oil-Slick Generator System

- Bomb Scan System

> National Security

- People want our government to do everything it can to protect its citizens from violent people.

- Extra checks at the airports.

- Station our military troops on our borders

- Protect from violent people illegally sneaking into our country.

- USA can never have perfect security.

> Home Security - Smoke Detectors Surveillance, Alarms & Panic rooms

> Life Insurance (really death insurance)

- Only in Christ can we have security.

- Jesus is all-knowing. Jesus is all-powerful. Jesus is all-loving. Jesus is the perfect guardian for your body and soul.

- His rule lasts forever.

+ Sheep & Security

- Sheep are mentioned more than 500x

> Sheep are Weak

> Sheep are Defenseless

> Sheep are Dependent

+ SIX MARKS OF CHRIST SHEEP

> They hear the shepherds voice

> Jn. 10:3 & 27

> Jn. 10: 27

+ 2. Mark of Christ Sheep

> They follow the shepherd

> Jn 10:4 & 27

- Come by faith

- Not with a spirit & attitude of experimentation

+3. Mark of Christ Sheep

> They will not follow a stranger

> Jn 10:5

+ 4.Mark of Christ Sheep

> They enter by the door

> Jn 10:9

> “I am” - Simplicity - No confessional or initiation rites

> “By me” - The Way

> “ If any man” - The Offer

> “Enter in” The Condition

> “Shall be saved” - The Certainty

+ 5. Mark of Christ Sheep

> They go in and out and find pasture

> Jn 10:9

- This is the prospect

> In & out - Liberty

> Find pasture - Provision

+ 6. Mark of Christ Sheep

> They receive eternal life from the shepherd

> Jn 10:28

- They are eternally secure

> Salvation is eternal

> Salvation is a gift - Given & imparted

> Salvation is a life

+ SALVATION A GIFT

> Jn 5:24

> Not earned

> Not worked for

> No merit on my part

- You are given a dream vacation by a friend

- I want to help pay for it

+ It’s not a rope that we hang unto

- As long as we can hold on we are OK

- If we let go we are doomed

> Tit 3:5

+ Rope is a safety net that we rest in

> 1 Pet 1:3-5

+ SALVATION A LIFE

> Jn 3:3

> All on Christ part

> Born You came not into this world not because you deserved it

- Not because you were good enough

> Not merit

+ 1 Jn 5:1-5 (ESV)

> Child of a family

- When we have done wrong they are not disowned

- Does not have to be born back into the family

+ SALVATION GIVES PEACE

- If I can be lost again - never peace

- What sin causes me to lose my salvation?

- What action causes me to lose my salvation

- What thought causes me to lose my salvation

> Jn 10:28

> Ps 92:12-14 - No struggle here

> Rom 8:31-39

> Jn 17:12

- Child - No wants or concerns

+ EVIDENCE OF SALVATION

> Repentance is a changed of mind

> Resulting in a change of life

> Reproduces good works

> Remains in the Word

> Reaching for the Lord’s return

+ Closing Song - "Gentle Shepherd"