Look at this promise. Do you see any expiration date? Any fine print? Christ doesn't say, "I won't cast out a sinner when they first come to me." No! He says, "I will in no wise cast out." In the original language, it reads even stronger: "I will not, not cast out." "I will never, never cast out." Double negative. Absolute. Final.

This means Christ won't reject you at the beginning, and he won't reject you at the end. Not ever.

But wait, you say. What if the believer sins after coming to Christ? "If anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

But what if believers backslide? "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, for my anger is turned away."

But surely believers will face overwhelming temptation! "God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape."

But what if a believer falls into terrible sin, like David did? Yes, even then. He will purge them with hyssop and they will be clean. He will wash them and they will be whiter than snow. From all their iniquities will he cleanse them.

Once in Christ, in Christ forever. Nothing from his love can sever.

"I give my sheep eternal life," he says. "They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand."

What do you say to this, trembling, feeble soul? Is this not a precious mercy? When you come to Christ, you're not coming to someone who will treat you well for a little while and then send you about your business. He receives you. He makes you his bride. And you are his forever.

So receive no longer the spirit of bondage to fear! Take up the spirit of adoption instead, whereby you cry, "Abba! Father!"

Oh! the grace of these words: "I will in no wise cast out."