Charles H. Spurgeon said, "Great care must be taken that this faith is exercised upon Christ for complete salvation, and for not just part of it. Numbers of people think that the Lord Jesus is available for the pardon of past sin, but they cannot trust Him for preservation in the future."
"Wherefore He is able to save them to the uttermost who come unto God by Him, seeing He ever lives to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25). Our salvation is complete in Christ. Spurgeon put it this way, saying, "Genuine faith trusts a whole Christ for the whole of salvation." The Lord Jesus Christ is our complete salvation, even to the uttermost.
"He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ" (Philippians 1:6). Therefore, Spurgeon was clear to maintain that believers in the Lord Jesus can "trust Him for preservation in the future." That means Jesus Christ not only begins our salvation, but Jesus is our complete salvation.
Spurgeon warned of Christians who could trust Christ to save them from past sins, but they did not trust Him for the future. Spurgeon said, "They trust Him for years past, but not for years to come." He was sure of complete salvation in Christ. He declared, "Salvation by grace is eternal salvation. Sinners must commit their souls into the keeping of Christ for all eternity." Complete salvation is in Christ alone.
