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rom 11:
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Many today are expressing that they are saved by grace through faith. They say this because its cleary a truth declared in the word of God.
eph 2:
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
But what is this verse teaching ? Is it teaching that we have to excercise faith to get saved by grace ? No it is not..nowhere near that..
Its actually saying that we have been saved by sovereign electing grace and faith has revealed this to us..
It is faith a spiritual grace imparted at the newbirth that we[ the elect] recieve the knowledge of the gospel truth of election by grace..
So what am I saying here ? I am saying that not only is limited particular atonement a foundational gospel truth, but so is unconditional election by sovereign grace..
Notice pauls statement in rom 9:
1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
The contextual commentary stands for itself , that paul was explaining the misunderstanding of the jews..That the gracious covenant promises were never to the fleshly decsendants of abraham but to a chosen portion, those regarded as children of promise..
Now what constitutes a child of promise ? A child of promise is a person who is brought into being soley based on Gods word of promise alone apart from any human contribution..
This truth is displayed in the birth of Isaach to sarah and abraham. God told them that they would have a son at a time in the history of their physical lives when it was humanly impossible for this to happen..
Sarah knowing this concluded that God must be got to be talking about fulfilling this promise of having a son through a handmaid hagar , and not her own bowels[ she was too old]..Of cousrse this was wrong and we wind up with ishamael, a son born of the common way of human beings..But this is not what God had promised was it ? God promised that sarah would have a son inspite of the odds that it was humanly impossible..
But as we know sarah did have a son as the promise or word of God had said , hence this birth of Issach..Issach was born not by the will of man, or the flesh nor his own decision, but soley by The purpose and power of God..It is only the election of grace that God brings into being by way of new birth and hence the reason for christ words in jn 1:
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
So the born again ones those being so by the sovereign work of the spirit, these are the true israel rom 9:6
these were born as a direct result of promise contingent soley on the word and power of God..the promise given to abraham is this:
gen 12:
1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
More specifically restated in gen 17
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
notice in the verse abraham is declared to be already made a father to many nations to people of those nations that had not even been born phsically yet but God says he is their father ??
And the born again ones , the children of promise , are of and for the reason of rom 9: 11
11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
I have showed from rom 9 as it regards Isaac for the teaching of election of grace in the gospel and of course paul gives a second illustration with the twins jacob and easu but for now I will not elaborate on that..
So faith takes hold of the truth of the election of grace , and gives the elect sinner assurance of their election by grace :
heb 11:
1NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
The above is the amplified version of the verse but I believe it conveys the true nature of faith quite well..It is God giving His elect a spiritual persuasion and conviction that they are partakers of the election of grace revealed in the preaching of the gospel of jesus christ..
Thats why paul said in 1 thess 1
4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
How could paul make a statement as he did in vs 4 we know beloved that God has chosen you, how would a statement like that have had revelance to the thessonlicans except paul had made that truth known to them in preaching the gospel to them ??
He basically is saying you are part of the election of grace , because of their readiness of mind and eagerness to believe this gospel truth..
He witnessed their belief in the truth as they had been elected to or chosen to..2 thess 2:
13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Belief in the truth of sovereign election as to those whom christ died..
Paul has grace as his theme for the gospel of jesus christ
How do I know this ? Take a look at acts 20:
24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
How would paul testify to the grace of God ?
rom 11:
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Amen he preached it to the jew and to the greek , yeah the gospel of Gods grace..
So when one says that I am saved by grace through faith and yet is ignorant to or rejects the truth of unconditional sovereign election by grace..
They have not believed the gospel paul preached and if man preaches a gospel that omits the teaching of election of grace is preaching a false gospel and should be accursed..
There is no salvation by grace through faith without the knowledge of the spiritual knowledge of the election of grace..
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Many today are expressing that they are saved by grace through faith. They say this because its cleary a truth declared in the word of God.
eph 2:
8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
But what is this verse teaching ? Is it teaching that we have to excercise faith to get saved by grace ? No it is not..nowhere near that..
Its actually saying that we have been saved by sovereign electing grace and faith has revealed this to us..
It is faith a spiritual grace imparted at the newbirth that we[ the elect] recieve the knowledge of the gospel truth of election by grace..
So what am I saying here ? I am saying that not only is limited particular atonement a foundational gospel truth, but so is unconditional election by sovereign grace..
Notice pauls statement in rom 9:
1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
3For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
6Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
7Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
10And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
The contextual commentary stands for itself , that paul was explaining the misunderstanding of the jews..That the gracious covenant promises were never to the fleshly decsendants of abraham but to a chosen portion, those regarded as children of promise..
Now what constitutes a child of promise ? A child of promise is a person who is brought into being soley based on Gods word of promise alone apart from any human contribution..
This truth is displayed in the birth of Isaach to sarah and abraham. God told them that they would have a son at a time in the history of their physical lives when it was humanly impossible for this to happen..
Sarah knowing this concluded that God must be got to be talking about fulfilling this promise of having a son through a handmaid hagar , and not her own bowels[ she was too old]..Of cousrse this was wrong and we wind up with ishamael, a son born of the common way of human beings..But this is not what God had promised was it ? God promised that sarah would have a son inspite of the odds that it was humanly impossible..
But as we know sarah did have a son as the promise or word of God had said , hence this birth of Issach..Issach was born not by the will of man, or the flesh nor his own decision, but soley by The purpose and power of God..It is only the election of grace that God brings into being by way of new birth and hence the reason for christ words in jn 1:
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
So the born again ones those being so by the sovereign work of the spirit, these are the true israel rom 9:6
these were born as a direct result of promise contingent soley on the word and power of God..the promise given to abraham is this:
gen 12:
1Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
2And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
More specifically restated in gen 17
Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
notice in the verse abraham is declared to be already made a father to many nations to people of those nations that had not even been born phsically yet but God says he is their father ??
And the born again ones , the children of promise , are of and for the reason of rom 9: 11
11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
I have showed from rom 9 as it regards Isaac for the teaching of election of grace in the gospel and of course paul gives a second illustration with the twins jacob and easu but for now I will not elaborate on that..
So faith takes hold of the truth of the election of grace , and gives the elect sinner assurance of their election by grace :
heb 11:
1NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, [a]the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
The above is the amplified version of the verse but I believe it conveys the true nature of faith quite well..It is God giving His elect a spiritual persuasion and conviction that they are partakers of the election of grace revealed in the preaching of the gospel of jesus christ..
Thats why paul said in 1 thess 1
4For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5because our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
How could paul make a statement as he did in vs 4 we know beloved that God has chosen you, how would a statement like that have had revelance to the thessonlicans except paul had made that truth known to them in preaching the gospel to them ??
He basically is saying you are part of the election of grace , because of their readiness of mind and eagerness to believe this gospel truth..
He witnessed their belief in the truth as they had been elected to or chosen to..2 thess 2:
13But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
Belief in the truth of sovereign election as to those whom christ died..
Paul has grace as his theme for the gospel of jesus christ
How do I know this ? Take a look at acts 20:
24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
How would paul testify to the grace of God ?
rom 11:
5Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Amen he preached it to the jew and to the greek , yeah the gospel of Gods grace..
So when one says that I am saved by grace through faith and yet is ignorant to or rejects the truth of unconditional sovereign election by grace..
They have not believed the gospel paul preached and if man preaches a gospel that omits the teaching of election of grace is preaching a false gospel and should be accursed..
There is no salvation by grace through faith without the knowledge of the spiritual knowledge of the election of grace..