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.
