TCH MINI-STUDY 35
GOD ALONE INITIATES SALVATION
“The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye
were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep
the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house
of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth
covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations” (Deuteronomy 7:7-9).
“Before
I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations” (Jeremiah 1:5).
“And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and
drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel” (Luke 22:29-30).
“Jesus answered, Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born
of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The
wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is
every one that is born of the Spirit” (John 3:5-8).
“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” (John 6:39).
“No man can come to me, except the
Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me” (John 6:44-45).
“Henceforth
I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have
heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and
bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you” (John
15:15-16).
“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth” (Romans 8:33).
“But when it
pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him
among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood” (Galatians 1:15-16).
“According as he hath chosen us in
him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto
the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will” (Ephesians 1:4-5).
“Wherefore,
my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Philippians 2:12-13).
“Put
on therefore, as the elect [chosen, selected, favorite] of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ
forgave you, so also do ye (Colossians 3:12-13).
“Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. For our gospel came not unto
you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you
for your sake” (1 Thessalonians 1:4-5).
“But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereuntohe called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14).
“Who hath saved
us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us
in Christ Jesus before the world began” (2 Timothy 1:9).
“Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to
the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness” (Titus 1:1).
“Peter, an apostle of Jesus
Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, Elect according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you,
and peace, be multiplied. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten [procreated,
regenerateed] us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:1-3).
“Forasmuch as ye
know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from
your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: Who verily was foreordained before
the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you” (1 Peter 1:18-20).
THE CHRISTIAN HERALD
A
Judeo-Christian Bible Study
I HAVE MADE THE EARTH, AND CREATED
MAN UPON IT
"Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive
with the
potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that
fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe unto him
that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or
to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? Thus saith the
LORD, the Holy One of
Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things
to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my
hands command ye me. I have made the
earth, and created man upon
it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their
host have I commanded"
(Isaiah 45:9-12).
"In our lifetime, wouldn't it be sad
if we spent more
time washing dishes
or swatting flies or mowing the
yard or watching television
than
praying for
world missions?”
Dave Davidson
"Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which
ye have learned; and
avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly;
and by good words
and fair speeches deceive
the hearts
of the simple"
(Romans 16:17-18).
HE IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE
NEW TESTAMENT
"For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an
heifer sprinkling the
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of
the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through
the eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator [Greek,mesites, a go between, an internunciator, reconciler, intercessor] of the new testament, that
by means of death, for the redemption
of the transgressions that
were under the first testament, they which are called might
receive the promise of eternal inheritance. For
where a testament
is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator”
(Hebrews 9:13-16).
"I charge THEE therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and
his kingdom; Preach
the word [of truth, the gospel]; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering
and
doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves
teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables
(2 Timothy 4:1-4).