Can a thief—a felon—a convict—be truly saved? Certainly! Danny was one such who learned of God’s offer of salvation and was thankfully converted. He had had enough of the old life!
An old acquaintance tried to convince him that “it wouldn’t last,” and he would probably be lost after all. “If you don’t hold on you will be lost,” he would assert.
“You’re wrong,” Danny answered. “I mean to hold on, but I have learned that, when I was saved, two got hold of each other. I got hold of Christ, and Christ got hold of me. I am sure of one thing—if I let Him go, He will never let me go. He loves me so much that He died for me. I cost Him too much for Him to give me up!”
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.”
7. “My Father, which gave them Me, is greater than all: and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s 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.
“ This is life eternal,
that they might know Thee
the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.”