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Some people say we believe God the Father and we believe in the Son as man. No. We believe in the Son as the God man. We look to Christ as God and man and that's how God imparts faith. We must take a whole Christ or we do not take a complete Christ. Thus, certain religious sects do err in their understanding of not only who Jesus Christ is but what he came to do. They believe that Christ came to save every single soul and of course along with this presumption is the idea or belief in the free will of man.
Man is said to have a free will meaning that he can either choose to accept Christ or to reject Christ. The fact of the matter is that nobody would accept Christ unless Christ first accepted him.
No man can come to me, said Christ, except the Father which hath sent me draw him and he, the Father, draws those whom the Father chose. Thus, every member of the Trinity is involved in our salvation. (2 Thess. 2:13; John 6:44)
God the Father does the electing. Before the foundation of the world we were chosen in Christ. (Ephesians 1:4)
God the Son provides the atonement or pardon for our sin. Actually, the Father pardons on the basis of the work of the Son and the Spirit regenerates them, that is, makes them spiritually alive who were once dead sinners.
(Eph. 2:1)
So you see what a wonderful thing salvation is. It has nothing to do with our obedience or our goodness because in us there is nothing to commend ourselves to God outside of Jesus Christ. (NOTE: This means we are saved not because of our good works but we are saved unto good works. Ephesians 2:10.
Every child of God will obey God's word, howbeit, not perfectly, or he proves himself/herself to be an unbeliever in the final analysis. See Titus 1:15,16
God sees us only in Christ or he sees nothing but condemned sinners dead and unfit for a holy heaven.
Carlton Pruitt ministers the gospel to the Los Angeles area. Formerly a Hollywood actor (SAG member)and junk removal expert he now spends most of his time studying the scriptures, writing articles, hymns and poems and doing street preaching. See his videos on www.YouTube.com LAStreetPreacher. CONTACT at [email protected]
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