Safe In The Arms of Jesus God Wants

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • God Wants To Keep Us Safe Luke 15: 4 -7 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!‘ I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety nine just persons who need no repentance. ” •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • We Want To Be Safe Physically • In Our Homes • From Tornados, Fires, Intruders • In Our Persons • From Attack, Assault, Injury • In Our Finances • From Thieves, Cheaters • In Our Relationships • From Liars, Deceivers

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • We Should Want To Be Safe Spiritually • In Our Relationship • With God • With Others • From Attack • By Satan

Safe In The Arms of Jesus I Peter 5: 8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. ” •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • God Wants To Keep Us Safe Matthew 23: 37 “O Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • God Wants To Keep Us Safe Matthew 11: 28 -30 "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light. " •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • God Has Done His Part To Keep Us Safe • I John 4: 9 “In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. ” • Romans 5: 8 “But God showed His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ”

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • God Will Keep Us Safe John 10: 27 -29 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. ” •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • God Will Keep Us Safe Romans 8: 35 -39 “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. “ Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ” •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • Yes, God Will Keep Us Safe • But There Are Conditions. • We Must… • Obey God’s Word • Become A Christian • Be Faithful

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • Obey God’s Word Matt. 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, ' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. ” • Romans 2: 13 “For not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified. ” •

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • Become A Christian Hear • Believe • Repent • Confess • Baptized • Romans 10: 17 Acts 15: 7 Luke 24: 47 Romans 10: 9 -10 Acts 2: 38

Safe In The Arms of Jesus • Be Faithful Rev. 2: 10 “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. ” • James 1: 12 “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. ” •

Are You Safe In the Arms of Jesus?

By Bob Gard – Hollister, Missouri church of Christ www. hollisterchurchofchrist. org