 

                    WHY DID CHRIST DIE?
                          PART 2




 ****READ****  John 6:44- Predestination is exclusive of any
 merits we might have and is totally through God's  soverign
 will.

 ****READ****   Romans  9:23- "He  selects"  does  NOT  show
 discrimination!  Keep  in mind that we are ALL sinners  and
 GOD  has EVERY RIGHT to treat His rebellious  creations  in
 the manner that HE pleases.

      WE  SHOULD  NOT BE SO AMAZED THAT GOD  WITHOLDS  MERCY
 FROM  SOME  -- WE  SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND  AMAZED  THAT  HE
 SHOULD SHOW GRACE AND MERCY TO ANY!!!!

           The  purpose  that  the Bible  teaches  us  about
 ELECTION  and  PREDESTINATION is to show that SALVATION  is
 ALL  from God and cannot be won,  or earned or received  by
 any  action or doing on our part.  SALVATION is  GIVEN!  By
 showing an ELECTION before the world began,  God shows  and
 tells  us,  graphically,  that our SALVATION is ETERNAL and
 CERTAIN (Secure).

           A  skeptic says,  "If I am elected then I'll  get
 into  Heaven,  anyway - if I'm not elected then there's  no
 use  trying!".  God  ELECTED,  and ONLY GOD  knows  WHO  is
 elected.  Until we come into His Kingdom, we do NOT KNOW if
 we are among the chosen - But I do know that NO ONE in HELL
 will  ever be able to say,  "I wanted to be saved,  but  my
 name was on the wrong list!".

  FOREKNOWLEDGE IS NOT FORE-ORDINATION OR FORE-ELECTION....

      o JUSTIFICATION

           This  can be paraphrased,  "Just as if I'd  NEVER
 sinned" but is far more that just an Acquittal of sins.  It
 actually   means   that  we  are  RIGHTEOUS   before   God.
 Justification  is  OBJECTIVE  in that it does not  make  us
 "personally" righteous but declares us righteous in a LEGAL
 sense to make right our relationship with God.

           Christ's death in our place satisfied the  claims
 of God's holy law against our sins

 ****READ**** Romans 5:8,9

           Christ's  perfect obedience (Romans 5:19) gave us
 the example we are to follow,  but we are reminded of faith
 in His atonement.

 IT  ISN'T SALVATION BY WHAT WE CAN DO BUT BY WHAT  GOD  HAS
 DONE!!!

      o SANCTIFICATION

           This  is  the PROCESS of being saved.  It is  the
 PROCESS  (continual  action) of  becoming  more  holy.  The
 actual  meaning  is "set aside" or "holy".  The word  SAINT
 uses the same root word,  and helps us understand a  little
 more of what we are to be in the process of...

 -Justification   is   our  standing  before  God   and   is
 instantaneous

 -Sanctification  has to do with our character and lifestyle
 and daily lives and is continual in nature.

 ****READ*** I Corinthians 6:11
             Galatians 5:16 & 22,23

      o GLORIFICATION

 ****READ**** I John 3:2 and I Thessalonians 5:9

         - This is the "FUTURE" part of SALVATION.

         - o JUSTIFICATION  - we  are SAVED from the PENALTY
                              of sin.

         - o SANCTIFICATION - we are SAVED from the POWER of
                              sin

         - o GLORIFICATION  - we are to be REMOVED from  the
                              PRESENCE of sin.

                  SECURITY OF OUR SALVATION

 o  The  HOLY SPIRIT places us in the BODY OF CHRIST as told
    to  us  in I Corinthians 12:13,  and no  scripture  even
    hints that removal from the body is possible!

 o  The  HOLY SPIRIT seals us as told in Ephesians 1:13  and
    4:30 until redeption.  The seal would have to be  broken
    to remove salvation, and this is not scriptural.

 o  Father's  purpose is to KEEP US as told in John 10:28-30
    to present us FAULTLESS before His THRONE.

 o  In  Romans  8:29,30  the past tense of  a  future  event
    PROVES  the CERTAINTY of SALVATION.

      SALVATION  TAKES US OUT OF THE MIRE AND PUTS  US  INTO
    THE CHOIR

       SALVATION  MAY  COME QUIETLY BUT WE CANNOT  BE  QUIET
    ABOUT IT


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