Ro 8:32 "He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us
all, how shall he not with him also freely give us ALL THINGS?"
He ALSO freely give us ALL THINGS - what are they? As you ponder over that question, don't forget the adverb "freely"!
He ALSO freely give us ALL THINGS - what are they? As you ponder over that question, don't forget the adverb "freely"!
Joh 19:28 "After this, Jesus knowing that ALL THINGS were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst."
Romans 8:28 And we know that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
ALL THINGS accomplished by Jesus Christ for His people are also the
ALL THINGS given FREELY to each of God's elect personally - no more and
no less. They are co-extensive.
'ALL THINGS' must be defined by the Scriptures itself. Scriptures is its own interpreter.
"ALL THINGS" that were accomplished by Jesus Christ for His people are the same as ALL THINGS freely given to His people. Not a single thing that Jesus Christ accomplished for His people shall be withheld from anyone of God's elect.
If this be the case, then many things that people IMAGINE to be among the "ALL THINGS" are just figments of their own imaginations.
For example, the perseverance of the saints in a life of faith and obedience to the end of their lives - is this among the "ALL THINGS" that Christ accomplished for His people? If it is, then every elect will manifest this thing in their life. However, this is obviously not true. There are God's children who do not even have the capability to hear and be converted... and there are others who do not have the opportunity to hear the gospel and be converted. How then can these persevere in a life of faith and obedience???
However, the biblical truth of perseverance of the saints IS this: every one for whom Christ accomplished their salvation shall REMAIN in the STATE OF GRACE. Jesus Christ did accomplish this STATE OF GRACE for every elect who were by nature in the STATE OF CONDEMNATION. And each elect is brought into the STATE OF GRACE, without a single exception, wholly freely by grace alone, and forever remains in it, because Christ accomplished it for each and every one of the elect.
But to remain in a life of faith and obedience is a BIG THING THAT a child of God must WORK OUT for himself with fear and trembling, through the grace of God working in them. It is not a thing given to him FREELY
Christ did not accomplish that for them, nor does the Father give it to them.
They must WORK OUT it for themselves, the Holy Spirit working in them to will and to do BUT they must do! And some do, and some don't. Those who do, they work it out for themselves to varying degrees and measures - some 30 folds, some 60 and other 100!
'ALL THINGS' must be defined by the Scriptures itself. Scriptures is its own interpreter.
"ALL THINGS" that were accomplished by Jesus Christ for His people are the same as ALL THINGS freely given to His people. Not a single thing that Jesus Christ accomplished for His people shall be withheld from anyone of God's elect.
If this be the case, then many things that people IMAGINE to be among the "ALL THINGS" are just figments of their own imaginations.
For example, the perseverance of the saints in a life of faith and obedience to the end of their lives - is this among the "ALL THINGS" that Christ accomplished for His people? If it is, then every elect will manifest this thing in their life. However, this is obviously not true. There are God's children who do not even have the capability to hear and be converted... and there are others who do not have the opportunity to hear the gospel and be converted. How then can these persevere in a life of faith and obedience???
However, the biblical truth of perseverance of the saints IS this: every one for whom Christ accomplished their salvation shall REMAIN in the STATE OF GRACE. Jesus Christ did accomplish this STATE OF GRACE for every elect who were by nature in the STATE OF CONDEMNATION. And each elect is brought into the STATE OF GRACE, without a single exception, wholly freely by grace alone, and forever remains in it, because Christ accomplished it for each and every one of the elect.
But to remain in a life of faith and obedience is a BIG THING THAT a child of God must WORK OUT for himself with fear and trembling, through the grace of God working in them. It is not a thing given to him FREELY
Christ did not accomplish that for them, nor does the Father give it to them.
They must WORK OUT it for themselves, the Holy Spirit working in them to will and to do BUT they must do! And some do, and some don't. Those who do, they work it out for themselves to varying degrees and measures - some 30 folds, some 60 and other 100!
