https://www.facebook.com/sing.f.lau/posts/10213402277746876
March 9, 2019
The Lord saves and the gospel saves; they save quite differently; the former is prior and independent of the latter.
When God saves, He saves to the
uttermost, always complete and perfect every time, from predestination all the
way unto glorification, never misses one beat on any elect. And He does not
need any help from anyone whatsoever. God saves by turning condemned dead
sinners into justified regenerated children of God, all equally, and perfectly
fitted for eternal glory, and all by His own free grace, based on the same
finished work of Jesus Christ. That's eternal salvation. In this, there is no
variation or deficiency; it is always complete and perfect. All are equally
saved in every sense of the word. That deals with the BEING of God's children.
God appoints the gospel ministry for
the instruction and conversion of His children to the truth of their salvation
by His free and sovereign grace. This deals with the WELL BEING of God's
children. The well being of God's children is through the gospel ministry; and
a whole host of different human factors are involved in the gospel ministry.
God's children are at different stages
of conversion through the gospel ministry... but they are perfectly and equally
God's children by the free and sovereign grace of God.
Apostle Paul called the believers in
Corinth SAINTS... as well as those in the church in Thessalonica. Look at the
saints in the seven churches in the book of Revelation.
There is a vast degree of practical
sanctification in the children of God through the gospel ministry.... EVEN
THOUGH all of them are equally and definitively sanctified from their state of
condemnation and death unto justification and eternal life.
May the Lord grant you understanding.
Amen.
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Comments
Vicki
😃
Jonathan
Very, very well
stated
Jerry Chapin
Thank you, Bro.
Sing...and, Bro. Bill for posting it. What comforting thoughts for the child of
God who, in this evil world sometimes have doubts to their eternal home.
Scripture is replete with examples of those who's lives were less than perfect,
but still, they were children of God and have a home in eternal glory. This
indeed, gives us hope and assurance that we too, will join them when we leave
here...
Bill Taylor
It is the only hope
I have that the act of God's regeneration is an instantaneous application of
the finished work of Christ on the Cross, done by God alone without man's helpm
knowledge, or understanding; and that; if I had died immediately after that
instantaneous work of being born again, I would have been perfectly fitted for
Heaven and immortal glory!
Bill Taylor
Such is the hope of
the babe in the womb, the "brain-dead" patient on life support, the
person who in incapable of a clear and logical thought, and the sinner dead in
trespasses and in sins! Praise God's holy name!
Bill Taylor
Salvation is of the
Lord!
Bill Taylor
How I do pray for
more of God's people to be converted to this precious truth!
Bonnie Hendrickson
Thank you for your
comment regarding the babes in womb, 'brain-dead' etc. Last night I was
struggling with the futility of life after spending a lot of time in the
nursing hospital my mother is in. A lot of these people are "useless"
from a practical perspective and their lives are lost from their memories. I
needed to be reminded that we are here for God to love--directly and through
his children.
Virginia Sohns
I, too, pray for
more of God's people to converted to this precious truth. It is so great to
live by and nothing better to die believing.
Virginia Sohns
Keep posting, Bro.
Bill!
Ellen Tolley Lovett
I pray that more of
God's little ones will break free of the chains that tie them to the lies of
Satan and that they may fully embrace the beautiful, finished work of our Lord,
Jesus Christ!
