How wonderful it is to know,
That God's elect are preserved in Christ.
Before they ever lived or sinned,
They were joined to Him, from eternity.
He is their surety, their Covenant Head,
Their Protector, from before the world began.
All aspects of their lives, ordained by God,
Preserved in Christ, before they knew His plan.
When they are called, and experience His love,
It may be new to them, but not to Christ.
He has preserved them, until that time,
When they come to know Him, and His love sublime.
God's elect cannot and will not die,
Until they are called, to the Lord on high.
Even if they're sick, with deadly disease,
They will be preserved, with Christ's love and peace.
God watches over His elect with care,
Preserving them, in His love and grace.
If we believe and love the Lord,
We too can be thankful, for His preserving embrace.
About Brandan Kraft
Brandan Kraft is a computer programmer from the Missouri Ozarks who has been writing about the sovereign grace of God since 1997. He started with a website called bornagain.net, built it into PristineGrace.org, and has published over two hundred articles, nearly sixty songs, and a growing catalog of podcasts from his living room in Ashland, Kentucky. All without permission from anyone.
He holds no seminary degree, no denominational endorsement, and no theological credentials. He has been writing software for the same employer since 1998. He thinks in systems and believes that the sharpest doctrine should produce the widest arms.
His systematic theology, A Thought in the Mind of God, derives every position from one sentence and applies it across every domain - from ontology to eschatology, from the nature of the human mind to the nature of heaven and hell. It is available at pristinegrace.org/mind.
Brandan lives in Ashland, Kentucky with his wife Angie and their son Cole. He plays trombone in the Marshall University Tri-State Brass Band and changes a diaper twice a day on a cat named OJ who was once paralyzed and whom nobody else wanted.
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