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#GraceAlone
"Salvation by grace alone" - I hear
your emphasis on the adverb "alone". But what do you mean?
"Salvation by grace alone" means
this to us at Sungai Dua Church; does it mean the same to you? Probably not. We
have been called nasty names for our beliefs.
Salvation by grace alone:
- God purposed the eternal salvation of the
elect in eternity.
- Christ secured the eternal salvation for
the same elect on the cross.
- God, through the eternal Word and the
Spirit, effectually calls each elect, personally, to eternal salvation when
they were still in their native state of sin and death; in the effectual call,
justification (vital), regeneration, and adoption occur, therefore bringing an
elect out of his native state of sin and death into that state of grace and
salvation. Adoption is accompanied by the gift of the Holy Spirit to dwell in
the adopted.
- The gospel ministry is divinely ordained to
call out those whom God has already effectually called to grace and salvation
to believe the truth of their eternal salvation freely bestowed by the grace of
God in Jesus Christ.
- All the elect shall be effectually called
unto eternal salvation, each at the time appointed by God; many of these shall
be reached by the gospel call and be gathered into the communities of the
redeemed people of God, the churches of Jesus Christ. Others are not capable of
being outwardly called by the gospel ministry.
- Those called out by the gospel ministry are
commanded to work out their own salvation with fear and trembling, teaching
them that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, they should live soberly,
righteously, and godly, in this present world (Titus 2:12); to observe all
things whatsoever the Lord has commanded (Mt 28:20).
- All the effectually called unto eternal
salvation shall be glorified at the return of Christ.
- There shall be no literal 1000-year reign
on earth after the second coming. That's a fable. Christ's return shall be the
end of time and the dawn of the eternal state of blessedness.
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Bill Taylor
Amen and Amen!
Dan Samons
In my experience, those who insist on
referring to "Salvation by Grace ALONE" often intend "Salvation
by Grace REFORMED." Understanding this helps explain why they define ALONE
in unusual ways.
