Three On My Team

The security of any believer involves the whole Trinity. And what is fascinating is that some of the roles each One fills are interchangeable. No one snatches us from the Father's hand (or Christ's), Christ's atonement saves forever, and the Holy Spirit intercedes for us before the Father (as does Christ).

Francis Schaeffer speaks of the Holy Spirit's work in our preservation in The Finished Work of Christ:

"The Holy Spirit would have to fail for you to be lost again...He will not fail in His work of intercession. Some people talk of the 'perseverance of the saints' as though it were some mechanical thing. But ...it is a living, vibrant thing as 'the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.'"