# “Christ’s everlasting arms” by Thomas Brooks

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“God hath still His everlasting arms under His people, so that they shall never 
totally nor finally fall.

And the root _samach_, from whence this word is derived, signifies to sustain or
uphold, as the tender mother doth the little babe.

The safety and security of the child lies not so much in the child’s hanging about
the mother’s neck, as in the mother’s holding it fast in her arms.

So our safety and security lies not so much in our weak holding upon Christ, but
in Christ’s holding of us fast in His everlasting arms.

This is our glory and our safety, that Christ’s ‘left hand is always under us, and
his right hand does always embrace us,’ (**Song of Songs 2:6**).

If the soul be forsaken by friends, then that promise relieves it, ‘I will never
leave thee nor forsake thee.’ (**Hebrews 13:5-6**)”

–Thomas Brooks, “[**The Unsearchable Riches of Christ**](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851513026?tag=toletaupanre-20),”
[_**The Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 3**_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0851513026?tag=toletaupanre-20),
ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1866/2001), 3: 107-
108.

[⌊The Works of Thomas Brooks Volume 3⌉⌊The Works of Thomas Brooks Volume 3⌉[

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