Freewill religion is the Man of Sin !

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Who calls upon the Name of the Lord to be saved ? 2

Who calls upon the Name of the Lord to be saved ? 2

Again, who are the whosoevers that call upon the Name of the Lord in Rom 10:13

13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

We have shown previously that it is both jew and gentile elect and called ones, whom God has been rich in mercy towards them, and who had been quickened or made alive spiritually Ps 80:18; Eph 2:5.

But lets not stop there, for it is the Elect Remnant out of mankind spoken of here by the Prophet Joel Joel 2:32

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered or saved: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

The remnant whom the Lord shall call, agreeing with Rom 9:24

24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

Again,m it is a product of Christ's Riches that any call upon the Name of the Lord Rom 10:12

12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

Literally He is being rich to all them calling upon Him, for it is by His being rich to them that they are being enabled to call upon Him !

Its as Paul said that the Lord was merciful to him here 1 Tim 1:14

14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Also Paul had related the Prophecy of Joel 2:32 to his present time, where the remnant is named there, Paul names it here as that remnant according to the Election of Grace Rom 11:5-7

5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

This is very noteworthy because it Identifies the jewish remnant of Joel 2:32 as belonging to the outcalling of the Church, and not to be at some future time as the false teachers of today teach.

 

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Who calls upon the Name of the Lord to be saved ? 3

Who calls upon the Name of the Lord to be saved ? 3

In Identifying exactly who it is that calls upon the name of the Lord, from comparing Rom 10:13 with the prophet Joel 2:32, We identified that the Prophecy is fulfilled in the Church age, when God is calling out a remnant from amongst the jews and from amongst the gentiles Joel 2:32

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever Jew or Gentileshall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

Now to further confirm that the gentile remnant and jewish remnant are all the same, we need but compare what Peter wrote to a predominately jewish remnant of Elect believers, for He wrote of a spiritual house being built 1 Pet 2:5

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Again, Peter wrote to mostly jewish converts here, Now read what Paul wrote to a church or group that were predominantly gentile, He writes Eph 2:20-22

20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

Folks the Spiritual house of 1 Pet 2:5 and the Habitation of God through the Spirit in Eph 2:22 are the same

Also compare again 1 Pet 2:5 with Rev 5:9-10 where the spiritual kingdom of priest are definitely stated to be people of all nations Rev 5:9-10

9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

This exposes dispensationalism and the like to be satanic false teaching !

 

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Eph 2:8

Eph 2:8

Eph 2:8,9

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

The False teachers of the Antichrist have hijacked this precious truth to teach man glorifying condionalism, they say that faith here is the condition that man must meet or perform to get himself saved by Grace; but such wresting of scripture makes Salvation out to be by works, or the doings of men, the very thing that the verse is teaching against vs 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

The fact of the matter is nether Grace by which one is Saved, or the Faith through which one is Saved of themselves, but the Gift of God !

Now in what sense is Salvation through Faith ? Faith here means Gospel, as in we Preach the Gospel, We preach the Faith Rom 10:8

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

Rom 1:16-17

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Its by believing the Gospel of our Salvation [Eph 1:13] revealed to Faith: The Knowledge of ones Salvation is revealed to Faith by the Gospel Lk 1:77

77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,

This Knowledge is by a revelation of the Spirit, so through Faith in Eph 2:8 means a Knowledge given of Salvation by the Gospel, we come to know we are saved through Faith or Spiritual Knowledge !

 

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To Believe on Christ for Salvation !

To Believe on Christ for Salvation !

Contrary to the followers of false teachers, it is not in the ability of man to believe on Christ for Salvation, so Paul wrote to some this Phil 1:29

29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;

Two blessings are given here Faith and Perseverance to suffer for the cause of Christ, neither comes with the nature of man. Therefore to consider Faith or believing as a requirement man performs to get saved is great error, for Faith or Believing is a Covenant Blessing, A Covenant that was made with Jesus Christ for the People Ps 89:3-4

3 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,

4 Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

This Promise to the Antitypical David, the Lord Jesus Christ, is a Promise to establish His Seed, a Covenant Promise ! The Establishment of the Seed is in the Faith as Per:

Acts 16:5

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.


There is a Seed of Believers Rom 4:16

16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

The Lord Jesus Christ as the Covenant Head has fulfilled all the conditions, so His Seed must be Established in the Faith, and so all His Seed Isa 53:10 must have their Eyes of Faith opened Isa 42:6-7

6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Thats giving Faith, that is being given to believe on the Name of the Son of God !

Before this, all the Elect are by Nature shut up in unbelief Rom 11:32

32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

This word concluded is important here to see this point of unbelief. It is the greek word sygkleiō and means:



to shut up together, enclose

a) of a shoal of fishes in a net

2) to shut up on all sides, shut up completely

To enclose or:

to surround, as with a fence or wall

What does this remind us of ? What is enclosed behind a High Wall or Fence on all sides ? A Prison, Our Native Unbelief is being in a Prison, and what is one of the benefits of the Covenant being fulfilled by the Covenant Head ? Read Isa 42:7

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.

Out of the prison house of unbelief, and spiritual ignorance and darkness !

Everyone Christ died for must be released from the prison of unbelief, that all by the Judgment of God for sin was concluded in !

 

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Antichrist reigning !

Antichrist reigning !

One of the ways it is known that we are in the days of the reign of Antichrist, and that day of apostasy Paul describes here 2 Thess 2:3-4

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

This is so because the religious world in general has departed from the Faith that was once delivered to the Saints, foundational upon the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ and His Obedience minus any personal obedience and or conditions of our own, but His obedience alone being that which Justifies an Elect People before God !

This was notably preached by the Apostle Paul in Rom 5 where He Illustrates the basis of our Justification and Righteousness before God in a comparison between Adam and the Lord Jesus Christ in their Covenant Head Capacities, comparing the effects of Adam's headship disobedience and Christ's Headship obedience See Rom 5:19, and from this Paul highlights that Adam's disobedience is the meritorious cause of our sinnership, that disobedience being imputed to us without any personal or actual sin of our own, yet we were constituted sinners ! Now in like manner, The obedience of Christ, in offering Himself a sacrifice for our [The Church] sins, making satisfaction to God's Law and Justice, in obedience to His Father's command Heb 10:4-10; Jn 10:18, and this being the meritorious effectual cause of our being constituted Righteous, by imputation without any personal obedience of ours to go along with it ! This is the Gospel that Paul Preached, A Righteousness Imputed without works or conditions, or personal obedience, and any Gospel that deviates from this one is a False Gospel and Characterizes the Apostasy in these last days right up to the Second Coming ! Antichrist is now reigning supremely, because every religion without exception has some kind of condition man must meet !

 

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When a Person comes to believing, it is because he or she has come to apprehend their Salvation, Justification and Righteousness has been freely given them of God, they have been convinced of that, and so it is error to teach that believing is a condition one performs to make these things True of them, but we are convinced of them to be already true of us because of Christ's Work, then we believe or Trust in the things revealed to and by Faith !

Also when they come to truly believe of their Justification by Faith for the first time as it is declared to them, they also come to realize that it [Justification by Christ] was a reality hid in God before the foundation of the World, because from everlasting, Christ did satisfy God's Law and Justice, in that He became a Surety for the their sins, and God ever rested well pleased in the Suretyship of Christ Matt 3:17, therefore He laid aside all wrath and condemnation against them, laying it squarely on the shoulders of their Surety to bear it in due time !

 

[beloved57]

1 Jn 2:2 has been corrupted !

1 Jn 2:2 has been corrupted !

1 Jn 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

This is one verse the Antichrist crowd has hijacked to promote their false teaching. Christ our Propitiation or our satisfaction or our appeasing for our sins, before God's Law and Justice. How can any member of this world, that John is pointing out here, how can any member of it be under God's wrath and condemnation as per Jn 3:18,36 ?

For the world here is the world which Christ died for and therefore whose sins were never imputed to it 2 Cor 5:19

19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

And Christ is continually being a propitiation for this World before God's Law and Justice, for He is it's Advocate ! The words He is in 1 Jn 2:2 are in the present tense, He is in a continual state presently being our Propitiation for our sins before God's Law and Justice, and against all accusations of the law, and the Devil and our enemies.

Christ has in fulfillment of the Type, offered Himself in dying, and then as our intercessor and advocate entered into within the veil, into Heaven itself, to present His Blood before God; To sprinkle it as it were on and before the Mercy Seat, and to present His Satisfaction or Propitiation continuously there for us, that is the Whole Elect World or Church for which He died ! Heb 8:1-2,6

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Now in propitiation Christ is presently, for all whom He died 1 Jn 2:2 ,presenting His perfect obedience and Death with its infinite merit before the Father in Heaven, and this merit needs not to be applied to any to effect its benefits, for it [Christ's Blood] has been applied to God's Law and Justice, By Christ Himself to sustain the propitiation. Remember He went as it were into the veil to apply His Blood before and Upon the mercy Seat Heb 9:12

12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Those who carelessly rush to 1 Jn 2:2 for a proof text for Christ dying for every human being without exception, have acted foolishly, for God cannot and will not execute wrath upon any whom Christ hath died, shed His Blood Rom 5:9

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

That is, His Blood being a propitiation for our sins, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. False teachers will give an account for this their wresting of scripture in the Day of Judgment !

 

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Salvation as the Gift of God !

Salvation as the Gift of God !

Salvation as the Gift of God is not something men get because of anything they did, like accepting a proposed offer, or because they believed or repent, but it is a Gift that is revealed to those for whom it has been accomplished for, it is revealed to them by the Gospel, Rom 1:16-17; The Gospel of their Salvation Eph 1:13. The Righteousness of God that is revealed from Faith to Faith is their Salvation, and its not because of their Faith, but it is revealed to their Faith; Also it can be very well stated Rom 1:16-17

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the Salvation of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

Because the Gospel is the Good News of their Salvation Eph 1:13

13 In whom ye also trusted, 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,

So they believed the revealed fact of their Salvation by the Gospel !

So to all workmongers, Salvation is a matter of Revelation, and its not the result of something he does. Christ has done it all, and then it is revealed to them as a Gift !

 

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1 Jn 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

This is one verse the Antichrist crowd has hijacked to promote their false teaching. Christ our Propitiation or our satisfaction or our appeasing for our sins, before God's Law and Justice. How can any member of this world, that John is pointing out here, how can any member of it be under God's wrath and condemnation as per Jn 3:18,36 ?

For the world here is the world which Christ died for and therefore whose sins were never imputed to it 2 Cor 5:19

19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

And Christ is continually being a propitiation for this World before God's Law and Justice, for He is it's Advocate ! The words He is in 1 Jn 2:2 are in the present tense, He is in a continual state presently being our Propitiation for our sins before God's Law and Justice, and against all accusations of the law, and the Devil and our enemies.

Christ has in fulfillment of the Type, offered Himself in dying, and then as our intercessor and advocate entered into within the veil, into Heaven itself, to present His Blood before God; To sprinkle it as it were on and before the Mercy Seat, and to present His Satisfaction or Propitiation continuously there for us, that is the Whole Elect World or Church for which He died ! Heb 8:1-2,6

Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.

6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.

Now in propitiation Christ is presently, for all whom He died 1 Jn 2:2 ,presenting His perfect obedience and Death with its infinite merit before the Father in Heaven, and this merit needs not to be applied to any to effect its benefits, for it [Christ's Blood] has been applied to God's Law and Justice, By Christ Himself to sustain the propitiation. Remember He went as it were into the veil to apply His Blood before and Upon the mercy Seat Heb 9:12

12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

Those who carelessly rush to 1 Jn 2:2 for a proof text for Christ dying for every human being without exception, have acted foolishly, for God cannot and will not execute wrath upon any whom Christ hath died, shed His Blood Rom 5:9

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

That is, His Blood being a propitiation for our sins, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. False teachers will give an account for this their wresting of scripture in the Day of Judgment !

Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1Jn 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Yeah your exactly right. Because obviously in these verses GOD is speaking of two intirely different worlds! Otherwise you would have a direct contridiction if HE were speaking of the same world!

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Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

1Jn 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1Jn 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

Yeah your exactly right. Because obviously in these verses GOD is speaking of two intirely different worlds! Otherwise you would have a direct contridiction if HE were speaking of the same world!

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Thats True. Like the World Here 2 Cor 5:19

19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

Is different from the World Here 1 Cor 11:32

32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.

This is obvious, and only an honest person will admit that !

 

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Mans spiritual inability !

Mans spiritual inability !

When scripture indicates that none can come to the Son except the Father draw him Jn 6:44, or that it must be given to come Jn 6:65, it means that one has to be given repentance of God Acts 11:18; 5:31, hence the coming to Christ to believe on Him is but EVIDENCE that God hath granted to one repentance, if we believed the Truth as an result, for both God given Faith and Repentance results in the acknowledging and embracing of the Truth 2 Tim 2:25

In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

Titus 1:1


Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;

This is to acknowledge the Truth as it is in Christ, the Mystery of the Faith 1 Tim 3:9

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

The deep truths of the Gospel !

And the natural man cannot do that ?

 

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God's Command to Repent !

God's Command to Repent !

Acts 17:30

30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

When this command, order, charge of God goes out to every man that it is intended for, if the every man does not repent as God Commanded, then God's powerful word of Command has been defeated of its purpose, God's Word of Command has been made of no effect. However this cannot be the case because God's Word of Command always effects what He commands according to purpose. Those whom God purposes to believe the Gospel 2 Cor 4:6

6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

In other words, if a man or woman personally commanded by God to repent, the chances of them not repenting are the same as those in Gen 1:3

3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

God said [commanded] let there be light, and the light refused to come into manifestation.

Speaking of Commanding His Purpose Ps 148:5

Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.

How do you think one becomes a New Created Man ? Eph 4:24

24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.



Ps 33:9

For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Ps 105:8

He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.


Ps 111:9

He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.

Ps 147:15

He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.

Of the Command of Christ Mk 1:27

And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

Notice the writer says with Authority Commandeth He and it produces obedience of the unclean spirits who we know had their own will Vs 24,25

Now the same word Authority is used of Christ when He sends His disciples out to teach all nations Matt 28:18-20

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

So when the Disciples Preached Repentance in His Name it was in view of Christ Power or Authority producing the effects of Repentance, and Acts 17:30 is an opportunity for demonstration Christ's Authority in Commanding all men every where to Repent, those whom it was intended for did repent according to the Purpose of God, His Word of Command produces the desired result ! I know that unbelievers will not except this Truth !

 

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Not Justified by works of the law !

Not Justified by works of the law !

Gal 2:16

16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

The works of the Law is not limited to the moral or ceremonial law of moses, but does also includes any and all human effort and obedience, anything that we do that results us in being approved of God, that results in God Justifying us; Yes, once we factor in any obedience on our part as being in the deciding factor as to our Justification before God, we default to Justification by the Law or by works, its just that simple !

Scripturally there is only One act of Obedience that makes them that Christ died for Righteous Rom 5:19

19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

The same Truth here was Taught in the OT here Isa 53:11

11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

ESV Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.

So again, once we factor in our personal obedience, it becomes Justification by Two and Justification by Law or Works !

 

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Imputation of Christ's Righteousness !

Imputation of Christ's Righteousness !

Rom 4:6

6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

The greek word for imputeth is logizomai and means:


to reckon, count, compute, calculate, count over

a) to take into account, to make an account of


God's imputation of something is unlike that of men, but it is with Him an immediate Act of God Almighty Himself, issuing it into an effectual operation that transfers the Righteousness of Christ to be upon us, whom He was made for 2 Cor 5:21


21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

This imputed Righteousness upon those that Christ died for is not inherent and active, but objective and passive, as it was with our sins imputed upon Christ, for our sins did not make Him actually and inherently sinful; God's imputing and reckoning, since He is God, gives a Real Being and true Existence of the thing [ imputed righteousness] before Himself, and so He counts it Rom 4:17

17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were

 

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Imputation of Christ's Righteousness ! 2

Imputation of Christ's Righteousness ! 2

Now it is all those whom God hath in Himself reckoned Righteous, with the Righteousness of His Son, they shall in the future, during their life time, they shall all be made experientially Righteous by New Birth, so that they will be made evidentially Righteous and Subjectively Righteous, and be that actually what they already are in God's Sight by Imputation of Christ's Righteousness !

Rom 5:19 also teaches that here Rom 5:19

19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

The word made here is the greek word kathistēmi and means:


to set, place, put

a) to set one over a thing (in charge of it)

b) to appoint one to administer an office

c) to set down as, constitute, to declare, show to be

d) to constitute, to render, make, cause to be

e) to conduct or bring to a certain place

f) to show or exhibit one's self

1) come forward as

So Rom 5:19 is declaring that all those Christ rendered obedience for, that they shall be shown to be Righteous, and that by New Birth !

 

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2 Cor 13:5 except ye be reprobates?

2 Cor 13:5 except ye be reprobates?

2 Cor 13:5

5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Those who say they are saved may be fooling themselves, and the truth being told, may be just reprobates.

Those who say they are saved or made Just before God based upon their faith or act of believing, or repentance, or whatever they did, they are in essence saying, they are made Righteous or Just before God by their act of obedience, which denies the Faith Paul is speaking of in 2 Cor 13:5, which faith says Rom 5:19

19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

The emphasis is on the Word ONE, The Faith that Paul Preached states we are made Righteous by the Obedience of One, that One being the Lord Jesus Christ and His Obedience unto Death alone ! Phil 2:8

8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Now if we claim we are Justified before God because we believed, which believing is called the obedience to the Gospel, in that not believing it is called not to obey the Gospel 2 Thess 1:8

8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

So it stands to reason, those who profess Justification before God because of their own obedience, they are denying the Faith of the Gospel, and very well, if they continue in that mindset, are reprobates !

 

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We must be saved out of Unbelief !

We must be saved out of Unbelief !

Rom 11:32

32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

The word here for unbelief is the greek word apeitheia and means:

obstinacy, obstinate opposition to the divine will


The word is also meaning disobedience as here Eph 2:2; 5:6 ; Col 3:6 !

The word concluded is the greek word sygkleiō and means:


to shut up together, enclose

a) of a shoal of fishes in a net

2) to shut up on all sides, shut up completely

So the meaning of the verse is like

ESV For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.

ISV For God has locked all people in the prison of their own disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

WNT For God has locked up all in the prison of unbelief, that upon all alike He may have mercy.

The Ideal here is that God delivered all His Elect, Both Jew and Gentile, He delivered or handed them over into unbelief, which is disobedience.

This is something God did, and what does scripture say about that which God doeth ? Ecc 7:13

Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?

Who can deliver themselves from Unbelief to Faith, Yes even the obedience of Faith ?

Many today in false religion believe they deliver themselves from unbelief, and by their believing they secure Salvation and or Justification before God unto themselves !

If we say we believed, and as a result of our believing God saved us, we are actually crowning our own selves our Saviour's or Co Saviour's since one must first be delivered out of the prison of unbelief we are all born into by nature, like the children of disobedience !

However the Testimony of the True Believer, as Paul, our Testimony is that Jesus Christ saves us from Unbelief, for thats part of how He saves sinners 1 Tim 1:13-15

13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

This is Paul's Testimony of How God saved Him out of His unbelief of vs 13, and in doing so, He confirms that Christ Jesus came into the World to Save Sinners, Unbelievers !

And He states that His Salvation from Unbelief by the Grace of God, was an example of how all will be saved out of unbelief unto the believing unto Life Eternal Vs 16

16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

Every sinner that Christ died for as Paul, will be saved out of their unbelief just as Paul was his, for it may not be in the same dramatic fashion as Paul's was, but nevertheless, God will give each of us our own damascus road experience, tailor made for each of us to bring us out of unbelief, the prison of it !

Isa 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

This is the prison of unbelief, of which all by nature are bound Rom 11:32 !

 

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Justified by Faith ! Who is ?

Justified by Faith ! Who is ?

Gal 3:24

Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Who are the We here ? Its the all whom belong to Israel that it is promised in scripture that Israel shall be Justified in the Lord, its the whole Seed of Israel, but not ethnic Israel !

Isa 45:25

In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

Faith is only valid God given Faith as when it rests upon the promise and Word of God.

It is written of Sarah Heb 11:11

11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Now there is only one Promise given in Scripture as to who shall be Justified in the Lord, and that is the Seed of Israel ! Thats all the Seed here also Rom 4:16

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

That Promise does include being Justified in the Lord ! The Promise is limited to a Elect People, Israel.

If you are one now who supposes themselves Justified in the Lord, and yet you deny Limited Atonement and Election, then you are not Justified by the Faith spoken of in Gal 3:24

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

For that Justification is solely due those it was promised to Isa 45:25, the Seed of Israel, an Elect People !

 

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The Antichrist crowd, they speak as if they give Christ all the credit for Salvation, but they really give themselves the credit for getting saved, instead of acknowledging that Christ's death alone is the meritorious cause of the Salvation of everyone He died for, though they would say they do, but yet, they really place the meritorious cause to the freewill of man, or mans decision making, the will of the creature ! If you press any of them far enough, they will come right out and admit, that the death of Christ in and of itself, saves no one, and some go as far as to say that the death of Christ in and of itself is absolutely worthless !

All such are Antichrist, they are against His Death being the Solitary meritorious cause of effecting Salvation for all whom Christ died ! 1 Pet 2:24

24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

The word healed here is the greek word ἰάομαι and actually means:

to free from errors and sins, to bring about (one's) salvation

 

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No Conditions Required for Justification !

No Conditions Required for Justification !

That there are no conditions on man's part required for Justification before God, and that it is totally of Grace apart from any work of ours, is seen most clearly in Paul's statement here Rom 4:4-5

4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

There are Two points here Paul makes intelligible to show that Justification before God is freely by Grace with no conditions, for first he states " But to him that worketh not "

That means nothing man say's ,does, or thinks, is taken into account in the matter of Justification before God ! Notice " he that worketh not " the word for worketh here is ergazomai the middle voice of ergon which means:

business, employment, that which any one is occupied

a) that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking

2) any product whatever, any thing accomplished or performed by hand, art, industry, or mind

3) an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which is less than work

The word work is defined therefore as any act, deed, or thing done, performed by the mind:

Such as believing, accepting or what have you, all of such must be excluded by Paul's statement " he that worketh not " ! If there is no working in Justification before God, then any conditions on man's part is forbidden ,plain and simple !