Your Salvation Is as Steadfast as Your Savior

Decision fatigue is a real thing. I am much more inclined to make a decision early in the morning than late in the afternoon simply because after repetition, numbers and numbers of times in which I have to make a decision, I wear down on that. If you have a child who asks you a thousand questions in two hours, by the end of the day you may be a little weary of answering questions and making decisions. You go to the grocery store and there are so many options that you can get overwhelmed by decisions. Indeed, we live in a very complex world.

A hundred and seventy-five years ago your great-grandparents had a life that was much more difficult, but much simpler. Our lives are a little easier. It doesn’t take all day to wash our clothes or all morning to make our next meal, but as far as complexity, it is very confusing. People can be worn down by many decisions or by one decision many times. In Hebrews 7, God explains to us how we can have a life anchored to hope, a steadfast life both now and in eternity. In Hebrews everything and everyone that God sent before Christ was a setup for His one answer through His one begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 7:23 says, “And they truly were many priests.” God sent angels, proclaimed prophets, sent Abraham and Moses, and there was a whole priestly line. These were all foreshadowing the work of Christ. They “truly were many priests, because they were not suffered [allowed] to continue by reason of death.” Here is a man who is a priest and does very well, but God says, “I’m not going to let you be a priest anymore.” Why? It is because he is dead. Verse 24 says, “But this man.” In contrast to many dying priests, there is the one eternally living Son of God, Jesus Christ. It continues, “But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.” Previous chapters talk about the immutability of God’s plan. It is unchangeable.

Verse 25 says, “Wherefore he [this man, Jesus] is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.” Hebrews 4:14-16 says that we are to hold fast our profession because Jesus is not a high priest who is untouched by our feelings or could be accused righteously of sin. So, we should boldly come to Him for the grace and mercy we need each time we need it.

What you learn from Hebrews 7 is that your salvation, both in its terminus in heaven and right now as you live life, is as steadfast and strong and sure as your Savior. If your salvation is based upon your efforts, intellect, or integrity, you are in trouble. That is not the eternal salvation that the Bible talks about. That is not an inheritance that is incorruptible. Your salvation is as steadfast, strong, and sure as is your Savior.

First, Jesus is singular. He is a one off. There is only one. There were many priests who came by God’s design. They all foreshadowed the one who would come. All these priests died, but Jesus because He continues forever has an unchangeable priesthood. He is singular. We live in a pluralistic society, by which we mean there are many ideas and gods, and we are in a point in time right now that even if we don’t debate a topic, we say, “Well, that is your truth.” If there are five different truths, then there is no truth. God’s Son is singular. Truth is exclusive. It is not my truth. I don’t have truth. God is the one who established the world, including gravity and the way sins can be forgiven. There is one way to God’s forgiveness and fellowship, and that is Jesus, His one begotten Son. So, truth is exclusive.

The expression of truth is courageous. It takes courage to speak the truth in love from humility, not because I am right but because there is a God and He has expressed Himself. I might add, it is important for those of us who are blessed with freedom not to confuse our republic with the fact that there is only one truth. Many ideas exist and we should be able to speak and learn the truth and be teachable and changeable when we are shown to be wrong by an absolute standard. We should not confuse that with the fact that there is only one truth. I am thankful for the republic and my freedoms to express things that may even be wrong, but I don’t want to live in wrong. I want to find out what is right and live in the truth. So, God’s salvation, His Son, is singular. There is only one way.

God’s Son is unchangeable. He has an unchangeable priesthood. That means it is not simply a temporary fix. Any virtue I would bring to God is temporary at best and inferior all the time. God’s salvation is not malleable or plastic. It doesn’t melt in the heat or break with pressure. It is unchanging.

We don’t live in a world like that so it is hard to comprehend. For example, the phone you are using today is already dated. Even if you recently bought it, it is already old. It is meant to be outdated. That is part of the business model. It is the same with your wardrobe. If you are keeping up, then you are buying clothes all the time. Even your friends change. Are your friends now the same friends you had twenty years ago? Maybe they are, but likely with time those friends have changed because you have changed. We live in a changing and changeable world. Thank God salvation is not changeable. God’s Son is not going to leave you high and dry. He is the only one, unchangeable, and eternal.

He is eternal. The Bible speaks of the many priests who died. In contrast, we have the Son of God who continues ever. He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God by Him because He lives forever to make intercession for them. He is permanent.  Nothing on this earth lasts forever, but our Savior never changes.

Today, you can live in a steadfast hope that can anchor your soul, not because you don’t change or the world doesn’t change, but because God does not change. Your salvation is as steadfast, strong, and sure both in eternity and today as the Savior that you trust. The Lord Jesus is singular, unchangeable, and eternal. May that give us hope in the life we live today.