How are you doing, Friend?

Even though believers can stumble and become barren and unfruitful, God never abandons them. God might deliver them “to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.” Saints may go so far astray as to be delivered to Satan, yet the spirit is saved. We are told that Jonah “cried out of the belly of hell,” and yet he was not lost. So, men may fall so low as to be in the power of Satan, and even “in hell”, and yet not be finally lost.

The Lord directs the steps of the godly.
    He delights in every detail of their lives.
Though they stumble, they will never fall,
    for the Lord holds them by the hand.

Psalm 37:23-24 NLT

In Luke 15, three parables show our Savior’s care for us. He never abandons, rejects, or forgets His children.

Matt

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