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I. CHRIST WILL LOSE NONE THAT ARE GIVEN TO HIM.

1. How doth God give us to Christ?

(1)  By making us sensible of our sin and misery (Jeremiah 8:6; John 16:7, 8).

(2)  By making us humble (Isaiah 64:6; Matthew 5:3; Matthew 11:28).

(3)  By inclining us to piety by His preventing grace (James 4:6).

(4)  By convincing us that Christ was sent to be our Saviour.

2. How shall those not be lost? They shall have —

(1)  Their sins pardoned (1 John 2:1-2).

(2)  Their hearts renewed (Ezekiel 36:25; Titus 3:5).

(3)  God reconciled (Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18).

(4)  Their graces confirmed (Luke 22:32).

(5)  And so their souls eternally saved.

(6)  This Christ is able (Hebrews 7:25) and willing (Luke 13:34) to do.

II. CHRIST'S CARE OVER HIS PEOPLE REACHES TO THE DAY OF THEIR RESURRECTION.

1. God's justice will raise the wicked —

(1)  To judge (Ecclesiastes 12:14; 2 Corinthians 5:10).

(2)  To condemn.

(3)  To punish (Matthew 25:46).

2. Christ will raise the saints to bless them —

(1)  With freedom from all evil (Revelation 21:4).

(2)  With the confluence of all good (1 Corinthians 2:9).

III. USES.

1. Carefully attend those means which God gives to bring your souls to Christ.

2. Commit your souls only to Christ's care (1 Peter 4:19).

3. Live as becomes Christians.

(Bp. Beveridge.)

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KJV: For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

WEB: For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.