Page 9 - Eternal LIfe

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Salvation

They will admit that an "eternal salvation" (Heb. 5:9) is better than a "here

today, gone tomorrow" salvation. However most people who profess any
religion have chosen to embrace the latter view and, contrary to the Scrip-

tures, take the position that many who presently have eternal life may finally

be consigned to everlasting damnation. God's people may so live as to lose,
at least for a time, the joys and pleasures that come with obedience to His

precepts, and this is dealt with in a number of places in the Scriptures. And,

these references are often mistakenly taken to refer to the loss of eternal life,
but as we have already shown, to take this position is to contradict those

many scriptures which clearly show that a child of God cannot be eternally

lost. "He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day
of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). This is either true, or else it is a lie. Who

dare say that any of God's word is a lie? God's people are loved with an ever-
lasting love (Jer. 31:3) and nothing can separate them from that love (Rom.

8:28-39).

Nothing could be plainer to the unclouded eye.

Elder Ralph Harris