hand” (10:28). The Lord will not revoke a believer’s salvation, and anyone else—whether the believer himself, another human being, or even Satan—cannot revoke it (cf. Rom. 8:28–38). Or if, as others maintain, a believer cannot lose his salvation but can lose his faith, disregard Christ’s lordship, turn from Him to complete disobedience, and continue to live in sin, his testimony is equally impaired, because his life gives no evidence of God’s saving power. As Paul states later in the present text,