The Lost Hat

              While at a store, I once purchased a bright red Coca Cola hat. It just struck my fancy and I wanted to wear one, so I got it. While on a trip, I wore the hat into a restaurant where I left it after I finished eating. I did not discover the loss until we were so far away, that I just considered it gone. After all, I had a door filled with about 36 different hats. I had hats with company logos on them, hats advertising foods or restaurants, different countries and even some businesses that are no longer in business. Losing one here or there wouldn't make that much difference. I have lost a lot of things in my life, some important and some not so important. Sometimes an object appears that has been gone for a long time and I make the comment, “So, that's where that thing was.” John 17:12 says, “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.” 

            We learn an important lesson from this passage. God doesn't lose anything or anyone. If God had a key ring, He wouldn't lose any key that was on it. Of course, He doesn't need a key ring. After all, He has the Master Key for everything. We are not speaking of objects here but people. The Lord Jesus Christ, Who is God, didn't lose anyone that had been given to Him. In the passage for today, there is the mention of Judas Iscariot and a lot has been supposed about his actions and his resulting destination. The implication in the passage is that all were saved for eternity. None oft hem were lost that had been given to the Son.  John 5:11-12 remarks that we have eternal life in the Son. If we have the Son, we have life and if he don't have the Son, we don't have life; it is as simple as that. On God's side of the coin, He doesn't lose anyone or anything. One of the issues that has divided Christianity for the past 600 years has been the issue of “eternal security.” The question is, “Can a believer lose his or her salvation?” God is not in the habit of losing those who are in His family. How long is the “everlasting life” that is mentioned in John 3:16? For many, that everlasting life may last only until the next time they sin. One of the questions that comes us is “When does eternal life begin?” If it truly begins when a person is born again, then you can't lose it under any circumstances or it wouldn't be eternal? For some, eternal life seems to begin at death and it is up to them to die in a perfect state without sin. We know by our own reason that that can't happen. God, then doesn't lose anyone. He is holding on to us and it is not that we are holding on to Him. When does eternal life begin for you? When did it begin for you? It began the moment you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and your Savior. I am so glad that God doesn't say, “Oh, well, I have so many believers that losing one or two here or there just doesn't make any difference.” On the contrary, God keeps all that are His and loses none of them. Praise God today that He keeps ALL of His own.