“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”
This is a synopsis of a Christian’s life.
The first stage of life is being counted as one of Jesus’ sheep before we were even born. We were chosen by the Father to be his sheep. Jesus knows who we are and at the right time, he calls us.
The second stage comes when we hear his voice. This is an effectual calling. We may have heard about Jesus and the gospel multiple times, however, this time, it is Jesus calling and the Holy Spirit makes us alive. This is the point where Jesus gives us eternal life.
The next stage is when we follow Jesus. We do not follow Jesus because we are robots or because we are forced. We follow because the Holy Spirit not only makes us alive but gives us the desire to follow Jesus. Our will now lines up with God’s will. It lasts forever because we are given eternal life. His promise and the promise of the Father is that we will never be carried away from him by any evil, sin, or even our own desires.
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