Predestination
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009What change occurs at regeneration?
At regeneration one is adopted by God as His child. At regeneration one is adopted by God as His child. During regeneration a change in ownership also occurs. And there is a loosening which occurs, the shackles are removed and the way of escape is made possible.
Thursday, February 19th, 20093 Types: Romans 6
There are three (3) types which are used throughout the scriptures. They can be found as early as Genesis and are elsewhere in the Old Testament, especially in Israel and the tabernacle. They are found in the teaching of Christ and in Paul’s epistles. This study demonstrates how Paul uses them in Romans 6.
Monday, March 31st, 2008Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works
So often, so many think they can judge those who are regenerate by observing ones works, yet this passage teaches that works are not always manifested.
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son
At regeneration a person is rescued from the dominion of darkness and transfered to the dominion of Christ.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007John 6 - I am that bread of life
When Jesus is tempted in the wilderness, he reveals a great truth in his rebuke of the tempter as He proclaims, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”
Wednesday, October 31st, 20071 Peter 3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins
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.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Ephesians 1:11-12 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance
The chosen of God, being predestinated to adoption, were also predestinated to receive an inheritance of eternal life and eternal salvation.
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007Ephesians 1:5-6 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
The chosen of God were predestinated to be adopted as children, having been made acceptable by God to Himself by Jesus Christ. This is the core of free grace.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007Romans 11:15-25 For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
These trees are only capable of bearing good fruit, and as in John 15, are threatened to be removed because of unbelief and/or an absence of good works. If they do not start bringing forth fruit meet for repentance, as John warns them, they will be removed from the root.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007John 15:1-6 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Whether a tree or a branch, the primary lesson is that if a person does not produce fruit, he will be removed from the source that permits him to be fruitful.
Tuesday, October 16th, 20071 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
We love Him, because He first loved us. God acted first by forgiving His chosen people of their sins by providing a lamb without blemish to atone for their sins.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007Does Salvation result from Works or from Faith?
The key to properly understanding the salvation of God is in the inheritance. Salvation is taken possession of by both works and faith, but only if we have already received salvation by grace.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Romans 8:29-30 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate…
God did choose, did predestinate, did regenerate, and then offered the liberty of becoming the sons of God.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father draw him
Jesus was in fact stating that no man can come to Him, no one can convert, unless the Father first delivers the person into Christ’s care by rescuing him from the power of darkness, which is the second birth or regeneration.
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
When we are born again we are not only changed internally but we are also removed from one place to another. Our condition is changed and our position is changed.
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007How Predestination nullifies the misconception of foreknowledge (Revised)
It is illogical to define God’s foreknowledge as foreseeing when predestination is considered.
Sunday, February 4th, 2007Fruit Trees
Fruit Trees is an examination of the use of fruit trees in scripture.
Sunday, February 4th, 2007Salvation - Eternal vs. Temporal
Salvation - Eternal vs. Temporal is a study that examines the concept of salvation provided in the present as opposed to that which we receive when our time here has ended.