“Biblical ‘ELECTION’ – 201” …Blog. [2/2]
… Recently, I had someone… say to me, “What about those that ‘do
not’ come to Christ, did Christ die for their sins also…? Is there a “Limited
Atonement”… only for those that come to Christ Jesus? Absolutely Yes! Perhaps I
may share with you my understanding of this fact?
1. I give you a check for… “10,000 dollars!”
2. You thank me and ‘Never’ cash that check!
3. You think that it is charity but I tell you it is ‘grace’ with no strings attached.
4. Still… you want to succeed on your own, with the help of no one.
5. You DIE…! [Ecclesiastes 3:2 & Hebrews 9:27]
6. Your heirs close your estate and find my check to you for the money.
7. They go to the Bank… and try and cash my check, made out to you.
8. The bank informs them… sorry the person is Dead; the funds are “Non-Transferable!”
That is a ‘word picture’… of “Salvation”. God calls “All” mankind to Himself. Many refuse His gift of Grace in payment for their… “Sin / Sins.” Their ‘Refusal’ to cash their check, the… “Gift of God”… will leave one… without the ‘eternal’ payment for their… “Sin / Sins!” This… Atonement by Christ Jesus for YOU… is paid for by the… “Death, Burial and Resurrection of Himself”… But…rejected by You! Where then do you expect to spend eternity… after spitting in the face of God and refusing His gift of Grace to you? This is the Gospel… that we communicate as… “Evangelism = You are Witnesses of these Things… “Luke 24:44-to-49”
1. I give you a check for… “10,000 dollars!”
2. You thank me and ‘Never’ cash that check!
3. You think that it is charity but I tell you it is ‘grace’ with no strings attached.
4. Still… you want to succeed on your own, with the help of no one.
5. You DIE…! [Ecclesiastes 3:2 & Hebrews 9:27]
6. Your heirs close your estate and find my check to you for the money.
7. They go to the Bank… and try and cash my check, made out to you.
8. The bank informs them… sorry the person is Dead; the funds are “Non-Transferable!”
That is a ‘word picture’… of “Salvation”. God calls “All” mankind to Himself. Many refuse His gift of Grace in payment for their… “Sin / Sins.” Their ‘Refusal’ to cash their check, the… “Gift of God”… will leave one… without the ‘eternal’ payment for their… “Sin / Sins!” This… Atonement by Christ Jesus for YOU… is paid for by the… “Death, Burial and Resurrection of Himself”… But…rejected by You! Where then do you expect to spend eternity… after spitting in the face of God and refusing His gift of Grace to you? This is the Gospel… that we communicate as… “Evangelism = You are Witnesses of these Things… “Luke 24:44-to-49”
*** (Luke 24:44-to-48) And He [Jesus] said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you
while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were
written in the Law of Moses and in the Prophets and in the Psalms about Me.
(Luke 24:45)
and He opened their mind to understand the Scriptures.
(Luke 24:46)
And He said to them, So it is written, and so it behooved Christ to suffer and
to rise from the dead the third
day,
(Luke 24:47)
and that “REPENTANCE” and remission
of sins should be proclaimed in His name among all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.
(Luke 24:48)
And you are witnesses of these things.
Limited atonement – 101 Blog.
1. Does
mankind have a ‘Free Will’…
or does “His Election” negate his ‘Free Will’.
Answer:
*** (Rom 1:19-to-25) For what can be known about God is plain
to them, because God Himself has made it
plain to them.
(Rom 1:20)
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes-his eternal power
and divine nature-have been understood and observed by what he made, so that people are without excuse.
(Rom 1:21)For
although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God; nor gave thanks to
him. Instead, their thoughts turned to
worthless things, and their ignorant hearts were darkened.
(Rom 1:22 Though claiming to be wise, they became fools
(Rom 1:23)
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal
human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
(Rom 1:24) For this reason, God gave them over to
impurity to follow the lusts of their hearts and to dishonor their bodies with
one another.
(Rom 1:25) They exchanged God's Truth –> for a LIE
and worshipped and served the creation rather than the Creator, Who is blessed
forever. Amen.
*** (Joshua 24:15-16) And if it seem evil unto you to serve
the LORD, choose you this day whom you
will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
(Jos 24:16) And
the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to
serve other gods;
*** (Colossians 3:23-24-25) And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not
to men;
(Col 3:24) knowing
that from the Lord; you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. For you
serve the Lord Christ.
(Col 3:25)
But he who does wrong shall receive justice
for the wrong which he did, and there is no respect of persons.
*** (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14) Let us hear the conclusion of the whole
matter. Fear God; and keep His commandments. For this is the whole duty
of man.
(Eccl 12:14)
For God shall bring every work into judgment; with ‘every’ secret thing;
‘whether’ it is Good; or
‘whether’ Evil.
*** (Isaiah 6:8) And I heard the voice of the Lord,
saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? [Genesis 1:26] Then I said:
–> Here am I: –> send me
[Isaiah]!
*** (Psalms 33:4) For the Word of the Lord is right; and all His works are in Truth.
“Free
Will – 101”…Blog.
2. How have You… responded to God and His Holy Word…?
Answer:
***
(2Corinthains 5:19-20-21) For in Christ God; was reconciling the world
[any that would come] to Himself; by not counting their sins against them
through His forgiveness]; and He has committed to us; the message of
reconciliation. [in Christ alone]
(2Co 5:20) Therefore, we are Christ's representatives; as though God
were pleading through us [to You!]. We plead on Christ's behalf: “[You] Be
reconciled to God!”
(2Co 5:21) God made the One [Jesus]; Who did not know sin; to be sin
for us [Christ our Passover]; so that we might become God's righteousness in
Him [Jesus].
“Will
‘You’ be: “Reconciled to God?” – 101” …Blog.
…
“MANY”… miss that the Holy Spirit... “John 7:38-39”... and the Spiritual Baptism... “1Corinthians 12:13 & Ephesians 4:5”... is a “Divine Transaction”: Done by “GOD ALONE!” Did ‘You’ purposely miss.... “Acts 15:8-9”... where GOD sees their “Hearts”... and HE ‘Only’... gives them: His Holy Spirit… “Ephesians 4:30 & Romans 8:9 & 2Corinthains 1:21-22”!
*** (Romans
8:9) You, however, are not of the flesh but under the control of the Spirit;
since God's [Holy] Spirit lives in you. And if anyone ‘does not’ have the
Spirit of Christ, he does = ‘NOT’ = belong to Him.
*** (Galatians 2:16) Knowing that a man is “Not Justified”:
-> by works of the Law: -> but through Faith in Jesus Christ; even we
believed in Jesus Christ: -> that we might be Justified by the faith in
Christ: -> and ‘Not’ by works of the Law. For ALL flesh -> will ‘Not’ be
justified: ->by works of law.
***
(Galatians 3:11) Now it is obvious that no one is justified in
the sight of God by the law, because "The righteous will live by
faith."
“What
is ‘Salvation?’ – 101” …Blog.
…
… MOST do not realize that it was: ‘NOT’… the Roman soldiers –> that nailed Christ Jesus to the Cross…! It was the “SINS” of…
“ME, My Sins”… that Nailed ‘HIM’ to that Cross…! True Biblical Confession
happens ‘Only’ –> when we are
willing to take that… “Personal Responsibility” of: –> “My Sins Nailed ‘HIM’ [Christ Jesus]:–> there to that Cross”…!
“What
is ‘Confession’ of SIN – 101” …Blog.
…
*** (1Jn
1:9-10) If we make it our habit to confess our sins, He is faithful and
righteous to forgive us those sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
[Proverbs 28:13 & Romans 6:1-2]
(1Jn 1:10) If we say that we have never sinned, we make Him a liar and
His word is ‘not’ in us.
*** (Matthew
11:27-to-30) All things have been entrusted to Me [Jesus] by My Father [God]. No
one fully knows the Son except the Father; and no one fully knows the Father
except the Son and the person to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
(Matt 11:28) "Come to Me [Jesus], all of you who are weary and
loaded down with burdens, and I will give you rest.
(Matt 11:29) Place My yoke on you and learn from Me; for I [Jesus] am
gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
(Matt 11:30) For My yoke is pleasant; and My burden is light."
Please allow me to ask you
a “Question”…? How does
a ‘Finite Human Being’… earn their “Eternal Salvation”… from an “Infinite
God”…? He or She… “Can Not!” Mankind is “Sinful” by nature… born in ‘Sin &
Trespasses’… passed on to the Human Race… by the ‘Rebellion &
Disobedience’… of Adam & Eve…! We are born “Sinful”… and that is why Christ
Jesus came… to redeem a Lost Human Race! How then can a sinful person… earn
salvation… from a Holy Eternal God…? IF: IT CANNOT BE “EARNED”... THEN: IT
CANNOT BE “LOST” EITHER...! They “Cannot earn salvation”… it is the “Gift of
God”… by His Grace, Love & Mercy…! What it gets down to is… Who do ‘You’
Believe…? God and His Holy Word… or what some “Church or Denomination or Group”…
“Teaches”…?
*** (2Peter 3:15-16) And think of the long-suffering of our
Lord as salvation; as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you;
according to the wisdom given to him.
(2Pet 3:16)
as also in all his letters, = speaking in them of these things; = in which are
some things ‘hard’ to be understood, = which the ‘unlearned’ and ‘unstable’ =
“Pervert”; = as also they do the rest of the = “SCRIPTURES”; = to their own
“Damnation”. [1Corinthains 16:22]
“Which
‘Church’ is Right? – 101” Blog.
…
***
(Acts 17:11) And these were more noble = than those of Thessalonica, = in that
they received = the Word = with all readiness of mind = and = searched the
Scriptures = “DAILY” = to see if those things were so [or Not].
Love;
in Christ, Roger // “Psalms 138:2”…!
Ende…!
