The Lord Jesus gives to His sheep eternal life, and that, being a free gift, He will never take back.

The good Shepherd holds us in His strong hand, from which no-one can snatch us, nor can we wander away; we are for ever safe in His keeping.

We are 'in Christ', having received new life in Him, and this life is hid with Christ in God.

We are children of God through faith in Christ. God is our Father and we are His children in a relationship which can never be broken.

We are begotten again of the incorruptible seed of the word of God. With this seed abiding in us, we have become partakers of God's nature, which cannot sin.

We have been bathed by Christ in the 'washing of regeneration', and He says, 'He that is bathed needeth not, save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit'.

We are members of the Church which is His Body, which is perfect, and, indeed, always will be. All the hosts of hell cannot touch one member of His Body.

The Holy Spirit has come to indwell our hearts, and He is with us for ever.

Salvation is presented in Scripture in three aspects — salvation from the penalty, power and, ultimately, the presence of sin.