7 Proofs Your Salvation Is Eternally Secure

You were saved when you opened your heart to Jesus and believed in Him. But after a while, perhaps because you sinned or failed God in some way, you may have questioned whether you were still saved.

A believer in Christ shouldn’t be tormented by this question. The Bible tells us that once we believe in Jesus Christ, we can never lose our salvation. 

In this post, we’ll look at some verses from the Bible that show seven proofs of our salvation being irreversible and eternally secure.

1. Our salvation was initiated by God

Ephesians 1:4 says:

“Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love.”

God chose us before we were born, even before the universe was created. Then, when the time was right for us to be saved, He called us. Would God have chosen us so long ago, sent His Son to die for us, waited for us to be born, and then called and saved us, only to abandon us after we’re finally saved? No, He would not! God initiated our salvation before the foundation of the world and carried it out. 

2. God’s love for us is eternal

Jeremiah 31:3 says:

“I have loved you with an eternal love.”

This verse says God loves us with a love that’s eternal. That means His love is unchanging. Human love can be fickle, but God’s love never changes; it isn’t dependent on what we do. God loves us with an eternal love.

3. God is righteous in saving us

Psalms 89:14 says:

“Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne.”

Righteousness and justice are two of the main attributes of God’s divine nature, and they are the very foundation of His throne. 

To be righteous is to be right in all things. God on His throne acts according to His righteousness and justice.

Since God is righteous and every sin is unrighteousness, God cannot tolerate or overlook sin. His righteousness requires Him to judge all unrighteousness. 

Romans 6:23 says: 

“The wages of sin is death.”

This means that all who sin must die. Regardless of how God may feel, His righteousness gives Him no choice. He must judge sinners and assign them their wages: eternal death.

But the Lord Jesus, the sinless One, came and bore the judgment of death for sinners on the cross. God accepted Jesus’ sacrifice as the full payment for our sins.

In a court, a judge is required by law to accept one payment for a debt. He can’t require the same debt to be paid twice. God’s righteousness is even more binding. It requires God to honor the price Christ paid for us. 

So the same righteousness that obliged God to condemn and judge sinners also obliges God to accept Jesus’ death as the payment for the sins of all those who believe in Him. This means that God’s righteousness is the solid base of our salvation. Romans 4:25 assures us of this:

“Who [Jesus our Lord] was delivered for our offenses and was raised for our justification.”

Note 1 on this verse in the New Testament Recovery Version explains the marvelous proof that God’s righteousness is fulfilled and we are accepted before God:

“The death of Christ has fulfilled and fully satisfied God’s righteous requirements; hence, we are justified by God through His death (3:24). His resurrection proves that God’s requirements were satisfied by His death for us, that we are justified by God because of His death, and that in Him, the resurrected One, we are accepted before God. Furthermore, as the resurrected One, He is in us to live for us a life that can be justified by God and is always acceptable to God.”

God’s love motivated Him to save us from eternal judgment. But God’s righteousness secures our salvation and is the solid and unchanging base of our salvation. 

4. We have become God’s children

John 1:12-13 says:

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name, who were begotten not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

When we accepted Jesus as our Savior, we were saved from eternal perdition. But that’s not all. These verses tell us we were also begotten of God to be His children. This is something that can’t be undone. 

We all know that children misbehave from time to time. But no matter how much they may misbehave, their bad behavior can never negate the fact that they were born of their parents. Even when children are disciplined, that discipline doesn’t undo their relationship with their parents. 

In the same way, our sins and failures can’t negate the fact that we’re born of God and are children of God. We may sometimes require God’s discipline, and we need to confess our sins to receive God’s cleansing, but we’ll always be God’s children, born of His divine life.

5. God keeps us in His hand

John 10:28-29 says:

“And I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.”

All kinds of things may try to snatch us from the Father’s hand—sin, the world, difficulties, even Satan himself. But in these verses, the Lord Jesus assures us by saying that it’s impossible for us to be snatched away. No one and nothing is stronger than God. 

6. God never changes

Hebrews 13:8 says:

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes, even forever.”

Everything changes: people, circumstances, environments, the weather. Even our own emotions fluctuate constantly; we can be up one minute and down the next. But the security of our salvation doesn’t hinge on our feelings. God never changes and neither does His salvation.

7. Christ has promised not to cast us out

John 6:37 says:

“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and him who comes to Me I shall by no means cast out.”

What a precious, unconditional promise from our Savior! He will never cast out or reject those who have come to Him. We can fully trust in Him and His Word to know our salvation is eternally secure.

So we shouldn’t live our Christian life in constant fear and doubt. Our salvation is eternally secure, and we can and should trust in the Word of God, which assures us of this fact.

We hope you would spend some time to read and even pray with these verses so you can establish a firm foundation for your Christian life. If you live in the US, you can order a free copy of the New Testament Recovery Version here. 

We also encourage you to learn more about the assurance and security of salvation in chapter 2 of Basic Elements of the Christian Life, vol. 1, a free e-book that has helped thousands of people. You can download it from anywhere in the world here.