Our eternal security and blessed hope lies in Christ and Our Father, not ourselves nor the world system.
HE IS COMING!
"Behold, I come quickly" (Rev.22:7).
"Looking unto Jesus, the author and FINISHER of our faith..."(Heb.12:2 )
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20:
19 "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For ye are our glory and joy."
1Peter 5:4
"4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will not fade away."
2 Timothy 4:8
" 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
"But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" 1 Cor 15:57
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God"(Rom.8:14).
KNOWN BY YOU, BORN FOR YOU, CALLED BY YOU, CONVICTED, FORGIVEN, BORN AGAIN, WE LIVE THROUGH YOU, SINNERS WASHED BY YOU DAILY, AND WE GIVE YOU, LORD, THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY
JOHN 17:1-26 The Great Prayer Of Jesus To His Father.
Predestined From The Father To The Son
In His plan for the ages God the Father made an infallible blueprint. This is the one for the church.
1. "According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him, in love" (Eph. 1:4).
2."Having predestined us to the adoption of sons and daughter's by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will (Eph.1:5)
3."To the praise of the glory of his grace, through which he has made us accepted in the Beloved" (Eph.1:6).
4. "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will, that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ; in whom you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in who after you believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, Who IS the earnest of our inheritance UNTIL the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."(Eph.1:11-14 )
CHOSEN US IN HIM
"But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved in the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereby he called you to our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thess. 2 :13-14).
1 Pet. 1:2, "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ..."
No one knows who the elect are, only God knows. We are to preach His Gospel of Grace to all.
There is no such thing as limited atonement. Christ died for all humanity.
The elect are those who heed God's call. Those who don't, have by their free will chosen sin over salvation and are not elect (Romans. Chapter 9 ).
Predestination means that when God saves you He will see you through to the end. This is all about our sanctification, our spiritual development. It is the work of God in the heart and life of the believer. Our salvation and development as a son and daughter of God is guaranteed by His perfection and His responsibility towards us. Jesus is the author and finisher of the faith He gave us in Him. No one will be lost who is found in Christ according to God's predetermination. See Luke15 and the parable of the one lost sheep. There were 99 left but that one who strayed was as important as the 99. All of us are of equal importance with God. This is election! God will NOT lose one of us! (Rom.8:28-39).
Paul says in Romans 8:1: "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus..." .
NOT OF THIS WORLD
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Eph.6:12).
"You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you, then he that is in the world."(1John 4:4).
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."(John 14:27)
HE IS COMING!
"Behold, I come quickly" (Rev.22:7).
"Looking unto Jesus, the author and FINISHER of our faith..."(Heb.12:2 )
1 Thessalonians 2:19-20:
19 "For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
20 For ye are our glory and joy."
1Peter 5:4
"4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that will not fade away."
2 Timothy 4:8
" 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing."
"But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ" 1 Cor 15:57
"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God"(Rom.8:14).
KNOWN BY YOU, BORN FOR YOU, CALLED BY YOU, CONVICTED, FORGIVEN, BORN AGAIN, WE LIVE THROUGH YOU, SINNERS WASHED BY YOU DAILY, AND WE GIVE YOU, LORD, THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY
JOHN 17:1-26 The Great Prayer Of Jesus To His Father.
Predestined From The Father To The Son
In His plan for the ages God the Father made an infallible blueprint. This is the one for the church.
1. "According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him, in love" (Eph. 1:4).
2."Having predestined us to the adoption of sons and daughter's by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will (Eph.1:5)
3."To the praise of the glory of his grace, through which he has made us accepted in the Beloved" (Eph.1:6).
4. "In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will, that we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ; in whom you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in who after you believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, Who IS the earnest of our inheritance UNTIL the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory."(Eph.1:11-14 )
CHOSEN US IN HIM
"But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved in the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereby he called you to our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thess. 2 :13-14).
1 Pet. 1:2, "Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ..."
No one knows who the elect are, only God knows. We are to preach His Gospel of Grace to all.
There is no such thing as limited atonement. Christ died for all humanity.
The elect are those who heed God's call. Those who don't, have by their free will chosen sin over salvation and are not elect (Romans. Chapter 9 ).
Predestination means that when God saves you He will see you through to the end. This is all about our sanctification, our spiritual development. It is the work of God in the heart and life of the believer. Our salvation and development as a son and daughter of God is guaranteed by His perfection and His responsibility towards us. Jesus is the author and finisher of the faith He gave us in Him. No one will be lost who is found in Christ according to God's predetermination. See Luke15 and the parable of the one lost sheep. There were 99 left but that one who strayed was as important as the 99. All of us are of equal importance with God. This is election! God will NOT lose one of us! (Rom.8:28-39).
Paul says in Romans 8:1: "There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus..." .
NOT OF THIS WORLD
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places" (Eph.6:12).
"You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you, then he that is in the world."(1John 4:4).
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."(John 14:27)
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