A converted thief was being tempted by the enemy of souls who had lost a good bondsman. Through one of his servants, he was worrying the convert in his mind by suggesting that he might be lost after all.
“If you don’t hold on you will be lost,” said he to him.
“You are wrong,” he answered, “I mean to hold on, but I have found out that when I was saved, two got hold of each other. I got hold of Christ and Christ got hold of me; and I am sure of one thing; if I let Him go, He will never let me go: He loves me too much.”
The sinner who believes on Christ, becomes one of the sheep of Christ, the Good Shepherd. And He says seven things about them—
1. “My sheep hear My voice.”
2. “I know them.”
3. “They follow Me.”
4. “I give unto them eternal life.”
5. “They shall never perish.”
6. “Neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.”
“He’ll not let my soul be lost.
He will hold me fast;
Bought by Him at such a cost,
He will hold me fast.”