{"id":42243,"date":"2026-11-06T22:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=42243"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T04:34:28","slug":"26-1107","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-1107\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Hold Is Sure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42247 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/261107_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/261107_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/261107_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many Christians think they\u2019re saved, hope they\u2019re saved, but still they doubt, wondering, \u201cAm I really saved?\u201d Our behavior gives us reason to wonder. We\u2019re strong one day, weak the next. Devoted one hour, flagging the next. Believing, then unbelieving.<\/p>\n<p>Conventional wisdom draws a line through the middle of these fluctuations. Perform above this line, and enjoy God\u2019s acceptance. But dip below it, and expect a pink slip from heaven. Salvation, then, becomes a matter of timing. You just hope you\u2019ll die on an upswing.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 language couldn\u2019t be stronger: \u201cAnd I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages\u2026and no one is able to snatch them out of My hand\u201d (John 10:28 AMPC).\u00a0God doesn\u2019t let go, and he won\u2019t let go of you.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42246\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1-unnamed-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a title=\"God Is with You Every Day\" href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/HWrK7xWuhgC?e=0716428f80&amp;c2id=5bf290fbae242615d38cb988837a3f28\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/HWrK7xWuhgC?e%3D0716428f80%26c2id%3D5bf290fbae242615d38cb988837a3f28&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1793764860218000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1HwFF0DJBPM4mvYwO1LEdv\"><em>God Is with You Every Day<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Christians think they\u2019re saved, hope they\u2019re saved, but still they doubt, wondering, \u201cAm I really saved?\u201d Our behavior gives us reason to wonder. We\u2019re strong one day, weak the next. Devoted one hour, flagging the next. Believing, then unbelieving.<\/p>\n<p>Conventional wisdom draws a line through the middle of these fluctuations. Perform above this line, and enjoy God\u2019s acceptance. But dip below it, and expect a pink slip from heaven. Salvation, then, becomes a matter of timing. You just hope you\u2019ll die on an upswing.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 language couldn\u2019t be stronger: \u201cAnd I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages\u2026and no one is able to snatch them out of My hand\u201d (John 10:28 AMPC).\u00a0God doesn\u2019t let go, and he won\u2019t let go of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42248,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42243\/revisions\/42248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}