My little born ones, these things write I unto you that you sin not, but if any man sinsnow you’re getting somewherewe have an advocatewe have a paraclete, we have a comforter, we have somebody to stand at our side. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous one. And everything He does is right up there. Everything He does is righteous. And, may I say, we shall be saved by His life. And how wonderful to know that we have a Living Christ today. You’re not alone, friend. And though we are faithless, He’s always faithful to us. And it’s wonderful to know that He’s up there for us, friends.

He died down here to save us, but He lives up there to keep us saved. He’s able to keep on saving us, too, by the way. And He saves to the uttermost. Now that means all the way throughthat means He’s able to save us completely and perfectly. When He undertakes a job, well, He is the Great Shepherd that up to right this moment has never lost a sheep. And you want to know something, He’s never going to lose one. And if you’re one of His sheep, you may feel like you’re going to be lost, but if you’re His sheep, He’s up there for you and He’s watching over you.

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. It says that Christ is not dead, but He’s living. Right now, this very moment, He’s alive. He’s up there to make intercession for us. And we have the emphasis upon the death and resurrection of Christ, but we ought to go on from there, you see, and we ought to have to do today with the living Christ. And, friends, that’s where we need to put the emphasis today. He died down here to save us, but He lives up there to keep us saved. He’s able to keep on saving us, too, by the way.

The Lord Jesus Christ is a great High Priest, and He ministers to us today. And, friends, I want to be very frank with you. If He doesn’t minister to you and doesn’t bless your heart and life, it’s because you’re still a little babe and you haven’t grown up. And you haven’t entered into this great truth that is here. How about it, Christian friend? Have you gone through trials? Deep waters? And then has Jesus ministered to you? Has He helped you? Are you conscious of the fact that He blesses you every day? May I say to you, the Living Christ, yonder at God’s right hand, how real is He to you today, friends?

But I keep under my body that I might not be rejected or cast out, but that I might be disapproved. Paul says, When I come into His presence, I don’t want to be disapproved. I don’t want the Lord Jesus to say to me, You failed Me. Your life should have been a testimony; it’s not!’ And friends, you’re going to hear it if you don’t live for Him. Now somebody needs to say that, and I know that’s not popular. But, my friend, you’re going to stand before Him someday. And thank God, Paul could say when he came to the end of his life: I finished my course. I have kept the faith. I know there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. Oh, to live for God today.

He says, I am the vine, I am the genuine vine. You are branches. Now you’re to do what? Bear fruityou’re to bear fruit. Oh, today how careful we should be about our Christian lives. And we can’t do this in and of ourselves. We need to recognize that He is divine. If we’re to have any life, it must come from Him. And if there’s any fruit, it must come from Him. It can only go through us, because that’s all a branch is. It’s just sort of a connecting rod, that’s all. It connects into the vine, and it gets out yonder and bears some fruit, a few grapes out there. That’s the thing that He’s talking about here, friends.

They shall never perish, and no one shall pluck them out of My hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. Now it’s not, therefore, your ability to hold on to Him, but of His ability to hold onto you, my friend. Now He says here, with infinite wisdom and full authority of the Godhead, that He can hold us and that they who trust Him shall never perish. The question is: Is your hope fixed in God who is all powerful or in a god who may suffer defeat?

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Now can you mention anything he didn’t mention there? Can you mention anything then that would separate you from the love of Christ? May I say to you this takes in the whole kit and caboodle. Here we are given the guarantee that nothing can separate us from the love of God. Nothing that is seen, nothing that’s unseen, nothing that’s natural, nothing that’s supernatural can separate us from the love of God that’s in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works. Let’s go onlet’s get moving, friends. Spiritually, let’s quit staying where we are today. All we do is marking time. Let’s go on. Let’s begin growing. May the Word of God grip our hearts. May it enter into our lives. May we be able to take it into the workshop, into the classroom, wherever go, wherever we move, into the home. Wherever we are, let’s be able to take the Word of God with us, friends.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. We can speak freely to the Lord Jesus Christ. You know, I can tell Him things I can’t tell you. And He understands me. He knows my weakness, and I’ve learned to be very frank with Him. Not attempt to become buddy-buddy. He is God, and I come in worship and reverence to Him, but I’m free to speak because He’s also a man. He’s God, but He’s Man, and I come to Him. And I can come boldlyif you understand by that I can come with great freedom. I can tell Him what’s on my heart.