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  OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Our safety and security lie not in our own strength, but in
Christ's holding of us fast in His everlasting arms.

Topics: "God's Faithfulness", "Security in Christ"
Scripture References: Psalm 37:24, Isaiah 41:10, John 10:28, Romans 8:38, Hebrews 13:5

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that our safety and security in Christ is not
based on our own strength but on God's unwavering support. He
illustrates this with the analogy of a mother holding her child,
highlighting that it is God's everlasting arms that uphold us, ensuring
we will not fall. Brooks reassures believers that even when we stumble,
we are secure in the promise that God will never leave us nor forsake
us. The sermon encourages trust in God's faithfulness and the assurance
of eternal life through Christ.

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"Though he stumbles, he will not fall, for the Lord

upholds him with His hand." Psalm 37:24

The Hebrew particle notes a continued act of God. God

has still His everlasting arms under His people, so that

they shall never totally nor finally fall. The word signifies

to sustain or uphold--as the tender mother does the little

babe. The safety and security of the child lies not so much

in the child's hanging about the mother's neck--as in the

mother's holding it fast in her arms. So our safety and

security lies not so much in our weak holding upon Christ

--but in Christ's holding of us fast in His everlasting arms!

"I will never leave you nor forsake you." Hebrews 13:5

"I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish;

no one can snatch them out of My hand." John 10:28

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/our-safety-and-security/
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