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1 Corinthians 3:14
14If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward.
Our salvation is not of works, but of grace. But there are works which are required of the children of God. All will suffer loss, for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God, and continue to do so every day. They are all sinners, there is none righteous. But our loss is limited by our obedeince, for every work of righteousness will remain. Notice that, “if any man’s work abide”, suggests there will be few who have works that survive the test. And then, even more importantly, notice that even those who suffer total loss will be saved. The disobedient, who do no righteousness, will be finally saved because of the work accomplished by Jesus Christ for them. This is true grace, not of works, lest ye should boast. www.BaptistCommentary.com
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1 Corinthians 3:13
13his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man's work.
Our salvation is not of works, but of grace. But there are works which are required of the children of God. All will suffer loss, for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God, and continue to do so every day. They are all sinners, there is none righteous. But our loss is limited by our obedeince, for every work of righteousness will remain. Notice that, “if any man’s work abide”, suggests there will be few who have works that survive the test. And then, even more importantly, notice that even those who suffer total loss will be saved. The disobedient, who do no righteousness, will be finally saved because of the work accomplished by Jesus Christ for them. This is true grace, not of works, lest ye should boast. www.BaptistCommentary.com
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Ephesians 1:6
6to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
The chosen of God were predestinated to be adopted as children, when He also predetermined that “in due time Christ [would die] for the ungodly“. Therefore, Christ’s predetermined death was the event which resulted in the predetermined adoption, of this predetermined group of ungodly people. God first chose a people unto Himself. He then predetermined that Christ would die for this elect people. In doing so, He also predetermined that this group of people would be adopted, according to the good pleasure of His will. This means that His benevolence decided His actions. God’s own desire to do good was the driving force behind His decision to provide this gift, which is given freely. This is the core of free grace. It could not be any more plainly stated. Secondly, Paul says, “wherein“, meaning in this same respect, they are also made acceptable in the beloved. It was God who made us accepted, through the sacrifice of Christ for our sins. This does not occur when we believe, but must occur beforehand. Note carefully how Paul builds upon this truth. Next he teaches that as a result of this adoption, we have also “obtained an inheritance“. I use Paul’s exact wording because this conveys ownership without possession. It simply means that the person has been allotted a portion of the Fathers estate. This is the same manner that I have bequeathed my estate to my children through a will. They will not take possession until I have passed away, and they have reached the age of twenty-one. The person, having been adopted as a child, has been added to the legal declaration of how God wishes his estate to be handled. They will take possession when they depart this world, either by physical death or on the last day. This is the foundation of the gospel, the corner stone upon which we are called to place our trust and belief. And in Ephesians 1:13-14, Paul will reveal how a person can take immediate possession of the “the earnest of our inheritance” - a small amount given in advance. www.BaptistCommentary.com
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Ephesians 1:5
5heOr sight in love. 5 He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will–
The chosen of God were predestinated to be adopted as children, when He also predetermined that “in due time Christ [would die] for the ungodly“. Therefore, Christ’s predetermined death was the event which resulted in the predetermined adoption, of this predetermined group of ungodly people. God first chose a people unto Himself. He then predetermined that Christ would die for this elect people. In doing so, He also predetermined that this group of people would be adopted, according to the good pleasure of His will. This means that His benevolence decided His actions. God’s own desire to do good was the driving force behind His decision to provide this gift, which is given freely. This is the core of free grace. It could not be any more plainly stated. Secondly, Paul says, “wherein“, meaning in this same respect, they are also made acceptable in the beloved. It was God who made us accepted, through the sacrifice of Christ for our sins. This does not occur when we believe, but must occur beforehand. Note carefully how Paul builds upon this truth. Next he teaches that as a result of this adoption, we have also “obtained an inheritance“. I use Paul’s exact wording because this conveys ownership without possession. It simply means that the person has been allotted a portion of the Fathers estate. This is the same manner that I have bequeathed my estate to my children through a will. They will not take possession until I have passed away, and they have reached the age of twenty-one. The person, having been adopted as a child, has been added to the legal declaration of how God wishes his estate to be handled. They will take possession when they depart this world, either by physical death or on the last day. This is the foundation of the gospel, the corner stone upon which we are called to place our trust and belief. And in Ephesians 1:13-14, Paul will reveal how a person can take immediate possession of the “the earnest of our inheritance” - a small amount given in advance. www.BaptistCommentary.com
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Ephesians 1:14
14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession–to the praise of his glory.
Now… after being born again; after being adopted; after having been given the greatest inheritance of eternal life and eternal salvation; if the person will put his trust in this gospel message and then believe, he will receive the earnest (a small amount provided in advance) of the same inheritance that he obtained at adoption which is reserved in heaven. This earnest of eternal life and eternal salvation is for the present. This is taking possession of life and salvation now. This is the life that the person will have while in obedience to God, and the life he will loose if he is disobedient. This is the salvation he finds if he is obedeint to God, and the salvation he will loose unto destruction if he is disobedient to God. The earnest which a person receives for obedience is the only part of the inheritance a person can loose, or fall away from, no matter how great the sin, because our inheritance in heaven is given by grace, and not by works of righteousness. www.BaptistCommentary.com
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Ephesians 1:12
12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.
The chosen of God, being predestinated to adoption, were also predestinated to receive an inheritance of eternal life and eternal salvation. Again, they were predestinated according to the purpose of God, who does this according to the decision He made, in accordance with His own desire. Clearly stated, His decision was not based upon what we would or would not do. See my exposition on the foreknowledge of God for further study. www.baptistcommentary.com
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Ephesians 1:11
11In him we were also chosen,Or were made heirs having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will,
The chosen of God, being predestinated to adoption, were also predestinated to receive an inheritance of eternal life and eternal salvation. Again, they were predestinated according to the purpose of God, who does this according to the decision He made, in accordance with His own desire. Clearly stated, His decision was not based upon what we would or would not do. See my exposition on the foreknowledge of God for further study. www.baptistcommentary.com
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Ephesians 1:13
13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
Now… after being born again; after being adopted; after having been given the greatest inheritance of eternal life and eternal salvation; if the person will put his trust in this gospel message and then believe, he will receive the earnest (a small amount provided in advance) of the same inheritance that he obtained at adoption which is reserved in heaven. This earnest of eternal life and eternal salvation is for the present. This is taking possession of life and salvation now. This is the life that the person will have while in obedience to God, and the life he will loose if he is disobedient. This is the salvation he finds if he is obedeint to God, and the salvation he will loose unto destruction if he is disobedient to God. The earnest which a person receives for obedience is the only part of the inheritance a person can loose, or fall away from, no matter how great the sin, because our inheritance in heaven is given by grace, and not by works of righteousness. www.BaptistCommentary.com
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1 Peter 3:18
18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit,
Christ suffered one time, a single act for all of whom He was the sacrificial offering, the righteous for the unrighteous; the innocent for the guilty. “Once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself“. “Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many“, for if this were not true, then “must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world“, each time a person believed and converted. But Christ did not die for the believers, nor did He die only for those who have become children of God since His death. But instead, He died for all of God’s chosen, since beginning of time to the last day. Once for all He died, but not for all of mankind. He was “put to death in the flesh“, so that “we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].” Yes, sanctified - to purify by expiation: free from the guilt of sin -through His death, one time forever more, and not through our faith! “For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified“. Then after three days in the grave, He was “quickened by the Spirit“. Three days separate His death from His resurrection. These are two different events, each one bearing its’ own significance and accomplishing different things. By His death we have been purified and freed from the guilt of sin. By His resurrection, death has been swallowed up in victory, for under the Old Testament, death reigned. But now, “a new and living way” has been made possible. Also by His death, He tore down the veil that separated the first tabernacle from the second. Under the Old Testament “the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God]“. The priests, which were a shadow of the body of believers, accomplished the service of God, void of the Holy Spirit, “for the Holy Ghost was not yet given“, “the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest“. But of the New Testament, which was to come, Jesus “spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive“. And now under the new, by our faith, we enter into this “new and living way“. For now, “after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory“. “Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh“. In the Old Testament, God dwelled among a chosen nation of His elect, in the Tabernacle made with hands. Leviticus 26:3 & 11 “If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them… I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you…” Deuteronomy 4:30-31 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. In the New Testament, God dwells among the believers of His elect, in the tabernacle not made with hands - this is the Holy Spirit of promise. John 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?”
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John 6:35
35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
Now we have another key piece of information regarding how one comes to eat of the bread. The person that “cometh” to Him will never hunger because his hunger is satisfied. This person has eaten of the bread, His flesh. The word “cometh” in Greek typically means to come from one place to another but also means - to come into being, to arise, or to be established. Keep in mind that for one to come from one place to another it can be by their own means or by being transported by another means. We must be careful to properly understand these passages in order to rightly divide them. We must be able to determine if the eating of the bread is an analogy for regeneration or conversion. If this is an analogy for regeneration this passage could read “he that comes to be established in me”, “he that is transported to me”, “he that comes to exist in me”, “he that comes to belong to me”, or even “he that originates in me”. See John 6:44 next or visit www.BaptistCommentary.com for my study on John 6 Living Forever vs. Having Eternal Life \n ======= SECOND NOTE ======== In this passage that we looked at earlier, Jesus introduces another analogy stating that those who believe shall never thirst. As we have already seen in previous passages, Jesus says that this is the second of two criteria that must be met in order to possess eternal life. One must first eat the bread and then drink of His blood. See John 6:47 next or visit www.BaptistCommentary.com for my study on John 6 Living Forever vs. Having Eternal Life
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