Did you know God threw out the salvation

eraser in heaven? That is right. There is no

salvation eraser in heaven. Let me explain. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” We know Jesus died once and for all. The act of salvation is done. It is complete. And it is ours. All of ours. Everyone’s. At the cross, God took up the cross pen, dipped it into the ink well of Christ’s blood, and

checked the box for eternity, “salvation for everyone.” Check. Done. Such

amazing Grace. What absolute assurance of salvation!

If this is so, then how is anyone lost? The

passage continues. “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned.” There you have it. There is no divine eraser to remove the check mark of salvation.

Now comes the “but”. “But whoever does not believe stands condemned already.” What does this mean? Heaven may not have an eraser to erase the salvation check mark, but I do. You do. We do.

According to scripture, we did not choose our salvation. God did so while we were sinners, aliens, enemies of God, and dead in our sins. He gave us salvation free of works or choice less we boast. But

he gave us a veto power, the power of unbelief, the eraser to remove the check mark beside our name. We do not choose to be saved. We choose to be lost.

Let me add a metaphor. We did not choose

to be physically born. The choice was made for us. But now that we are born and alive, we can say, “Forget this.” So it is with the spiritual life. God, our heavenly parent, gave us eternal life. Yet, we can say, "Forget this.”

Like my drawing teacher, I say, “Let us eliminate our unbelief eraser. It will destroy and ruin our life. Throw it out!”