_John 10:28, 29_—“_they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand_”; _Rom. 11:29_—“_For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance_”; _1 Cor. 13:7_—“_endureth all things_”; _cf._ _13_—“_But now abideth faith, hope, love_”; _Phil. 1:6_—“_being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ_”; _2 Thess. 3:3_—“_But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and guard you from the evil one_”; _2 Tim. 1:12_—“_I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day_”; _1 Pet. 1:5_—“_who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time_”; _Rev. 3:10_—“_Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth._” _2 Tim. 1:12_—τὴν παραθήκην μου—Ellicott translates: “_the trust committed to me_,” or “_my deposit_” = the office of preaching the gospel, the stewardship entrusted to the apostle; _cf._ _1 Tim. 6:20_—“_O Timothy, keep thy deposit_”—τὴν παραθήκην; and _2 Tim. 1:14_—“_Keep the good deposit_”—where the deposit seems to be the faith or doctrine delivered to him to preach. Nicoll, The Church’s One Foundation, 211—“Some Christians waken each morning with a creed of fewer articles, and those that remain they are ready to surrender to a process of argument that convinces them. But it is a duty to _keep_. ‘_Ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know_’ (_1 John 2:20_).... Ezra gave to his men a treasure of gold and silver and sacrificial vessels, and he charged them: ‘_Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them ... in thy chambers of the house of Jehovah_’ (_Ezra 8:29_).” See in the Autobiography of C. H. Spurgeon, 1:225, 256, the outline of a sermon on _John 6:37_—“_All that which the Father giveth me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out._” Mr. Spurgeon remarks that this text can give us no comfort unless we see: 1. that God has given us his Holy Spirit; 2. that we have given ourselves to him. Christ will not cast us out because of our great sins, our long delays, our trying other saviors, our hardness of heart, our little faith, our poor dull prayers, our unbelief, our inveterate corruptions, our frequent backslidings, nor finally because every one else passes us by. B. From Reason. (_a_) It is a necessary inference from other doctrines,—such as election, union with Christ, regeneration, justification, sanctification.