e.
Covenant of Grace. The Covenant of grace between the Father
and the Son, under which covenant God's elect are saved, was entered
into before the world began. Pursuant to this covenant the Lord Jesus
Christ undertook and completed the salvation and redemption of all of
God's chosen people:
Psalms 89:3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn
unto David my servant,
Psalms 89:28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my
covenant shall stand fast with him.
2 Samuel 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath
made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and
sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although
he make it not to grow.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
John 17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he
should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
f.
Eternal Security. God's children are eternally secure
and can never lose their eternal salvation. Eternal salvation is from
God who is supreme, and therefore nothing can deprive one of God's children
of their salvation:
John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they
shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
Philippians 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which
hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus
Christ:
Colossians 3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then
shall ye also appear with him in Glory.
Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
g. God Alone Saves.
God's chosen are redeemed and saved by Jesus Christ. Jesus does not offer
salvation to them and hope that they will accept it, but rather he saves
them. Jesus did not assume a robe of flesh and die on the cross to make
salvation possible to those who might hear of some condition and meet
it's requirements; but rather Jesus Christ died on the cross for the express
purpose of saving all His people:
Matthew 1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou
shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their
sins.
Luke 1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited
and redeemed his people,
Titus 2:13-14 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing
of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself
for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto
himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Revelation 5:9-10 For thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to
God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and
nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we
shall reign on the earth.
h. Fruit of Salvation. Those for whom Christ died
shall all be born of the spirit, and they shall bear the fruit of their
new life. They will show by their works that they have been born of the
spirit of God and that they have a new nature. While they still have their
old Adam nature, there is also a new nature that shows forth in their
lives. God's children bear evidence of their spiritual life in bearing
this fruit of the Spirit. If one believes that Jesus is the Christ or
loves the Lord, it is the result of having been born of His spirit. These
things are the result of eternal salvation, not the cause of it! Some
of the scriptures that declare these principles are the following:
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law. 1 John 4:19 We love him, because he
first loved us. 1 John 5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God: Revelation 5:9 ... For thou wast slain, and
hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue,
and people, and nation ... .
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