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John 17:2 KJV — As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him."
i. Jesus has been exalted as the King over
all flesh.
- Matthew 28:18 KJT — And Jesus came and
spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- Romans 14:11 KJT— For it is written, As I
live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall
confess to God.
ii. Jesus is the giver of eternal life, to
those dead in trespasses and sins.
- those dead in trespasses and sins are in
enmity against God; they are incapable of anything to get eternal life; it is
FREELY given to the spiritually dead.
- Ephesians 2:1 KJV — And you hath he
quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 5 even when we were dead in
sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
- John 10:28 KJT — And I give unto them
eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out
of my hand.
- Romans 6:23 KJT — For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
iii. "... as many as..." i.e. an
exact number, not one more and not one less.
- the exact number God had elected and
predestinated unto eternal glory, and given to Christ to secure their eternal
redemption
- John 6 38-9 KJT "For I came down from
heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this
is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I
should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day."
- as many as God has given to Jesus to
redeem shall be resurrected for glorification on the last day.
- No other considerations come between the
two, zilch, none whatsoever. These passages speak of the eternal salvation by
the sovereign and gracious activities of the Triune God.
Romans 8:29 KJT "For whom he did
foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son,
that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did
predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified:
and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
- There are absolutely no human activities
anywhere in the chain of divine activities. That is what it means to be saved
by free grace. It's the eternal salvation spoken of.
- The number acted upon by all the divine
activities stated is EXACTLY THE SAME, not one more and not one less.
Here are some related articles on Romans 8:29.
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2008/01/some-observations-on-romans-829-30.html
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2012/09/some-plain-observations-from-romans-829.html
https://things-new-and-old.blogspot.com/2013/03/twisting-and-perverting-by-adding.html
May the Lord bless you to know these gospel truths. Amen.
