God's Plan of Redemption in Christ Jesus - Part 2 God's Sovereign Election
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· 29 viewsWhat is God's plan of redemption in Christ Jesus? In this series we examine what the bible has to say on this subject.
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1. There are none righteous (no not one) among human beings in their default state. No one understands and no one seeks for God. All have turned aside and have become worthless - no one does good not even one! (Romans 3:10-20; Psalm 14:1-4)
1. There are none righteous (no not one) among human beings in their default state. No one understands and no one seeks for God. All have turned aside and have become worthless - no one does good not even one! (Romans 3:10-20; Psalm 14:1-4)
as it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.” “Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of asps is under their lips.” “Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.” “Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known.” “There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?
2. [Side Note] By default, humans are in rebellion against their creator and are running as fast and as far as they can from Him. God’s snatches some from the fire by election because if He didn’t then hell would be completely full and heaven would be empty. Men cannot be saved apart from the triune God working on their behalf. The Father elects for salvation (Eph 1:4-6), the Son propitiates for salvation (Matt 1:21), and the Spirit makes the salvation effectual for God’s people (John 3:8).
2. [Side Note] By default, humans are in rebellion against their creator and are running as fast and as far as they can from Him. God’s snatches some from the fire by election because if He didn’t then hell would be completely full and heaven would be empty. Men cannot be saved apart from the triune God working on their behalf. The Father elects for salvation (Eph 1:4-6), the Son propitiates for salvation (Matt 1:21), and the Spirit makes the salvation effectual for God’s people (John 3:8).
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
3. [Side Note] We are saved by Grace alone, through Faith alone and in Jesus Christ alone, and we are saved for God’s glory alone. He has given us the Holy Scriptures as our single authority alone. These five slogans were the battle cry of the Reformation.
3. [Side Note] We are saved by Grace alone, through Faith alone and in Jesus Christ alone, and we are saved for God’s glory alone. He has given us the Holy Scriptures as our single authority alone. These five slogans were the battle cry of the Reformation.
4. God has an elect people and He has predestined them to salvation or given them eternal life if you will. (Psalm 33:12, 65:4, 106:5; Matthew 11:27, 22:14, 22, 24, 31; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:28-30, 33, 11:28; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2, 2:8-9; Revelation 17:14)
4. God has an elect people and He has predestined them to salvation or given them eternal life if you will. (Psalm 33:12, 65:4, 106:5; Matthew 11:27, 22:14, 22, 24, 31; Luke 18:7; Romans 8:28-30, 33, 11:28; Colossians 3:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Titus 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1-2, 2:8-9; Revelation 17:14)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
Blessed is the one you choose and bring near, to dwell in your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, the holiness of your temple!
that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
For many are called, but few are chosen.”
When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.
saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’
And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers.
Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness,
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
and “A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”
5. [Side Note] God’s choosing particular individuals for salvation was not based on any forseen response or act by the person and faith and good works are a result of Him choosing them and not the cause.
5. [Side Note] God’s choosing particular individuals for salvation was not based on any forseen response or act by the person and faith and good works are a result of Him choosing them and not the cause.
6. God did the choosing (Mark 13:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13)
6. God did the choosing (Mark 13:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13)
And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
7. God’s choice was made before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 1:9; Revelation 13:8, 17:8)
7. God’s choice was made before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 1:9; Revelation 13:8, 17:8)
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
8. God chose particular individuals unto salvation—their names were written in the book of life before the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8, 17:8)
8. God chose particular individuals unto salvation—their names were written in the book of life before the foundation of the world. (Revelation 13:8, 17:8)
and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.
9. God’s choice was not based upon any foreseen merit residing in those whom He chose, nor was it based on any foreseen good works performed by them. (Romans 9:11–13, 9:16, 10:20; 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; 2 Timothy 1:9)
9. God’s choice was not based upon any foreseen merit residing in those whom He chose, nor was it based on any foreseen good works performed by them. (Romans 9:11–13, 9:16, 10:20; 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; 2 Timothy 1:9)
though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.
Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek me; I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
10. Good works are the result, not the ground, of predestination (Ephesians 1:12, 2:10; John 15:16)
10. Good works are the result, not the ground, of predestination (Ephesians 1:12, 2:10; John 15:16)
so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
11. God’s choice was not based upon foreseen faith. Faith is the result and therefore the evidence of God’s election, not the cause or ground of His choice (Acts 13:48, 18:27; Philippians 1:29, 2:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; James 2:5)
11. God’s choice was not based upon foreseen faith. Faith is the result and therefore the evidence of God’s election, not the cause or ground of His choice (Acts 13:48, 18:27; Philippians 1:29, 2:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; James 2:5)
And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed,
For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?
12. It is by faith and good works that one confirms his calling and election (2 Peter 1:5–11)
12. It is by faith and good works that one confirms his calling and election (2 Peter 1:5–11)
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
13 Election is not salvation but is unto salvation. Just as the president-elect does not become the president of the United States until he is inaugurated, those chosen unto salvation are not saved until they are regenerated by the Spirit and justified by faith in Christ (Romans 11:7; 2 Timothy 2:10; Acts 13:48; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; Ephesians 1:4; Romans 16:7)
13 Election is not salvation but is unto salvation. Just as the president-elect does not become the president of the United States until he is inaugurated, those chosen unto salvation are not saved until they are regenerated by the Spirit and justified by faith in Christ (Romans 11:7; 2 Timothy 2:10; Acts 13:48; 1 Thessalonians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; Ephesians 1:4; Romans 16:7)
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened,
Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you,
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
Greet Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me.
14. Election was based on the sovereign, distinguishing mercy of Almighty God. It was not man’s will but God’s will that determined which sinners would be shown mercy and saved (Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 7:6-7; Matthew 20:15; Romans 9:10–24, 11:4–6, 33–36; Ephesians 1:5)
14. Election was based on the sovereign, distinguishing mercy of Almighty God. It was not man’s will but God’s will that determined which sinners would be shown mercy and saved (Exodus 33:19; Deuteronomy 7:6-7; Matthew 20:15; Romans 9:10–24, 11:4–6, 33–36; Ephesians 1:5)
And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills. You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?” But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use? What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory— even us whom he has called, not from the Jews only but also from the Gentiles?
But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
15. The doctrine of election is but a part of the much broader Biblical doctrine of God’s absolute sovereignty. The Scriptures not only teach that God predestined certain individuals unto eternal life, but that all events, both small and great, come about as the result of God’s eternal decree. The Lord God rules over heaven and earth with absolute control; nothing comes to pass apart from His eternal purpose (1 Chronicles 29:10–12; Job 42:1-2; Psalm 115:3, 135:6; Isaiah 14:24, 27, 46:9–11, 55:11; Jeremiah 32:17; Daniel 4:35; Matthew 19:26)
15. The doctrine of election is but a part of the much broader Biblical doctrine of God’s absolute sovereignty. The Scriptures not only teach that God predestined certain individuals unto eternal life, but that all events, both small and great, come about as the result of God’s eternal decree. The Lord God rules over heaven and earth with absolute control; nothing comes to pass apart from His eternal purpose (1 Chronicles 29:10–12; Job 42:1-2; Psalm 115:3, 135:6; Isaiah 14:24, 27, 46:9–11, 55:11; Jeremiah 32:17; Daniel 4:35; Matthew 19:26)
Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all.
Then Job answered the Lord and said: “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.
Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all deeps.
The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?
remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it.
so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”