Standing on the promises of Christ...
What works must we do to do the works God requires? Jesus answered: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent. (John 6:29)
He who believes in me has everlasting life. (John 6:47)
You did not choose me, but I have chosen you… (John 15:16)
Thou has given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou has given him. (John 17:2)
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou has given me; for they are Thine. (John. 17:9)
He who hears my word and believes in the One who sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation: but has passed from death to life. (John 5:24)
All the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I shall in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)
And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them to me, is greater than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one. (John 10:28-29)
Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat, this is my body." Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:26-28)
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also. (John 14:2-3)
"To be assured of salvation," Augustine saith, "is no arrogant stoutness; it is our faith. It is no pride; it is devotion. It is no presumption; it is God's promise." (From Bishop Jewell's "Defense of the Apology," 1570)
