If God should lose even one of his elect, he would be exposed as weak and impotent and helpless to accomplish his purposes or fulfill his promises. Consider Jesus’s words concerning his sheep in John 10:28–30: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” Jesus grounds his confidence concerning the safety