Scriptures: Jude 24-25, Ephesians 5:27, Luke 2:11, Matthew 28:18

Jude ends his New Testament letter the same way he begins, by trying to assure the saints of their eternal salvation. He wants us to know that we have glory guaranteed. In this message Dr. Merritt unpacks three reasons we can know that we are guaranteed for glory. Knowing that God is able, tells us something about salvation. It is our responsibility to be saved, but it is not our responsibility to stay saved. Once you are saved, getting to heaven is not your responsibility. It is your response to His ability.

"The creation of the world tells me that God is able. The parting of the red sea tells me that God is able. The walls of Jericho tell me that God is able. The killing of Goliath tells me that God is able. The fiery furnace and the lion's den tells me that God is able. Jonah and the great fish tells me that God is able. The virgin birth tells me that God is able. The feeding of the five thousand tells me that God is able. The healing of the blind, deaf, mute, and lame tells me that God is able. But more than any of these things, or all of these things, the empty tomb tells me that God is able." --Dr. Merritt

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