33 TRUTHS BEING IN CHRIST...RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE

                                           

                                   33 TRUTHS BEING IN CHRIST...RICHES OF DIVINE GRACE

 

THE FOLLOWING ARE REALITIES OF THE STUPENDOUS WORK OF GOD THAT TOGETHER COMPRISE THE SALVATION OF THE SOUL.  THEY ARE GROUNDED ON THE MERIT OF CHRIST AND THEREFORE ARE ETERNAL.  THEY ARE WROUGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY AND INSTANTANEOUSLY.

 

1.  IN THE ETERNAL PLAN OF GOD.

Rom. 8:30 and whom He predestined, these He also called; and whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

            A.  FOREKNOWN  ( Acts 2.23; 1 Pet 1.2, 20 ).

            B.  PREDESTINED  ( Rom 8.29; 1 Pet 1.2; Acts 2.23 )

            C.  ELECT OF GOD  (1 Thess 1.4; 1Pet 1.2; Rom 8.33 Col 3.12; Titus 1.1)

            D.  CHOSEN  ( Eph 1.4 )

            E.  CALLED ( Heb 1.14; 1 Thess 5.24 )

2.  REDEEMED.  (Gal 5.1;  Rom 3.24;  8.23; Eph 1.7 )

3.  RECONCILED. ( 2 Cor 5.19-21 )

4.  RELATED TO GOD THROUGH PROPITIATION.  ( 1 Jn 2.2 )

5.  FORGIVEN ALL TRESPASSES.  ( Col 2.13;  Eph 1.7; 4.32; Col 1.14; 3.13; Rom 8.33-34 )

6.  VITALLY CONJOINED TO CHRIST FOR THE JUDGMENT OF THE OLD MAN “UNTO A NEW WALK”. ( Rom 6.1-10; Col 2.12 )

7.  FREE FROM THE LAW. (Jn 1.17; Acts 15.10; 15.24-29; Rom 6.14; 7.2-6; 8.2; 2 Cor 3.11; Gal 5.1; 

3.25 ) 

8.  CHILDREN OF GOD:

            BORN AGAIN - (Jn 3.6; 1.12-13; 1 Pet 1.23)

            REGENERATED - (Titus 3.5)

            QUICKENED - (Eph 2.1; Col 2.13 ) 

            SONS OF GOD - (2 Cor 6.18; Gal 3.26; 1 Jn 3.2)

            A  NEW CREATION - ( Gal 6.15; 2 Cor 5.17 )

9.  ADOPTED: ( 1 Cor 3.1; Eph 1.4-5; Rom 9.4; 8.23 )

10.   ACCEPTABLE TO GOD BY JESUS CHRIST ( Eph 1.6; 1 Pet 2.5 )

            MADE RIGHTEOUS - (Jn 20.31; 2 Cor 5.21; Col 1.27; Jn 14.20; Jn 3.16; Rom 3.22 )

            SANCTIFIED POSITIONALLY - Jn 17.19; Matt 23.17, 19; 1 Cor 1.30; 6.11; Eph 5.27; 1 Jn 3.2)

            PERFECTED FOREVER - Heb 10.14

            MADE ACCEPTED IN THE BELOVED - ( Eph 1.6 )

            MADE MEET - ( Col 1.12; 1 Pet 2.5 )

11.  JUSTIFIED:  ( Rom 3.24, 26; 4.5; 5.1 )

12.  MADE NIGH:  ( Eph 2.13; Heb 10.22; Ja 4.8; 1 Jn 1.3 )

13.  DELIVERED FROM THE POWER OF DARKNESS:  ( 2 Cor 4.3-4; Eph 2.1-2; 1 Jn 5.19; Col 1.13; Eph 6.10-12; Acts 26.18 )

14.  TRANSLATED INTO THE KINGDOM OF THE SON OF HIS LOVE:  ( Col 1.13; 1 Thess 2.12; 2 Pet 1.11; Jn 3.5 )

15.  ON THE ROCK:   ( Matt 7.24-27; 1 Cor 3.9-15 )

16.  A GIFT FROM GOD THE FATHER TO CHRIST:  ( Jn 17.2, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 24; Ps 12.6-9 )

17.  CIRCUMCISED IN CHRIST:  ( Eph 2.11; Col 2.11; Rom 6.6 )

18.  PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY AND ROYAL PRIESTHOOD:  ( 1 Pet 2.5, 9; Rev 1.6; 5.10; 2 Tim 2.12...Ex 19.6 )

19.  A CHOSEN GENERATION:  ( 1 Pet 2.9 )

20.  HEAVENLY CITIZENS:  ( Phil 3.20; Lk 10.20; Heb 12.22; Eph 2.19; 2 Cor 5.8,20; 1 Pet 2.11; Heb 11.13 )

21.  OF THE FAMILY OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF GOD: (Eph 2.19; Gal 6.10;  2 Tim 2.19.20.21 )

22.  IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE SAINTS:  ( Jn 17.21-23, 11; Eph 4.1-3 )

23.  A HEAVENLY ASSOCIATION -  ( Eph 1.3, 20; 2.6; 3.10; 6.12 )

            PARTNERS WITH CHRIST IN LIFE - ( Col 1.27; 3.4; 1 Jn 5.11-12 )

            PARTNERSHIP IN POSITION -  (Col 3.1; Eph 2.6 )

            PARTNERS WITH CHRIST IN SERVICE – (1 Cor 1.9; 2 Cor 6.1, 4, 14; 15.57, 58; 3.6, 9 )

            PARTNERS WITH CHRIST IN SUFFERING -  ( 2 Tim 2.12; Phil 1.29; 1 Pet 4.12-13; Col 1.24; 

                Rom 8.18; 1 Thess 3.3; Rom 9.1-3 )

            PARTNERS WITH CHRIST IN PRAYER - ( Jn 14.12-14 )

            PARTNERS WITH CHRIST IN BETROTHAL - ( 2 Cor 11.2; Eph 5.25-27 )

            PARTNERS IN EXPECTATION - ( Titus 2.13; Heb 10.13 )

24.  HAVING ACCESS TO GOD:

            ACCESS INTO HIS GRACE - ( Rom 5.2; Eph 2.8; 2 Pet 3.18; 2 Cor 3.18 )

            ACCESS UNTO THE FATHER -  ( Eph 2.18; 1 Cor 2.18; 12.13; 2 Cor 13.14 )

            ACCESS IS REASSURING - ( Heb 4.16: 10.19,20 )

25.  WITHIN THE MUCH MORE CARE OF GOD: ( Rom 5.8-10 )

            OBJECTS OF HIS LOVE - Jn 3.16; Tom 5.8; 2Jn 3.16)

            OBJECTS OF HIS GRACE...

                        - SALVATION ( Eph 2.7-9 )

                        - SAFEKEEPING ( Rom 5.2 )

                        - SERVICE ( Jn 17.18; Eph 4.7 )

                        - INSTRUCTION ( Titus 2.12-13 )

            OBJECTS OF HIS POWER - (Eph 1.19; Phil 2.13 )

            OBJECTS OF HIS FAITHFULNESS- ( Heb 13.5; Phil 1.6; 1 Thess 5.24 )

            OBJECTS OF HIS PEACE- ( Rom 5.1; Jn 14.27; Col 3.15; Gal 5.22 )

            OBJECTS OF HIS CONSOLATION - ( 2 Thess 2.16-17 )

            OBJECTS OF HIS INTERCESSION -  ( Rom 8.26,34; Eph 6.18; Jude 1.20; Heb 7.25; 924 )

26.  HIS INHERITANCE:  ( Eph 1.18; Jn 17.22; Rom 8. 30; Col 3.4; Eph 1.6 )

27.  THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS:  ( 1 Pet 1.4; Eph 1.14; Col 3.24; Heb 9.15 )

28.  LIGHT IN THE LORD:  (1 Jn 1.5,7; 2 Cor 4.6; Eph 5.8; Ps 119.105 )

29.  VITALLY UNITED TO THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT: 

        ( Jn 17.21; 1 Cor 6.19 )

            - The believer is in God the Father ( 1 Thess 1.1)

            - That God the Father is in the believer ( Eph 4.6 )

            - That the believer is in the Son ( Tom 8.1 )

            - That the Son is in the believer ( Jn 14.20

            - That the believer is in the Spirit ( Rom 8.9 )

            - That the Spirit is in the believer ( 1 Cor 2.12 )

This peculiar relationship to the Son is amplified by a sevenfold declaration or under seven figures:

            - The believer is a member in Christ’s Body ( 1 Cor 12.13 )

            - The believer is to Christ as a branch to the vine ( Jn 15.5 )

            - The believer is to Christ as a stone in the building of which Christ is the Chief Cornerstone 

                ( Eph 2.19-22)

            - The believer is to Christ as a sheep in His flock ( Jn 10.27-29 )

            - The believer is a priest in a kingdom of priests over which Christ is High Priest forever 

                ( 1 Pet 2.5-9 )

            - The believer is a part of the New Creation of which Christ as the Last Adam is the Head 

                ( 2 Cor 5.17 )

Three great truths are declared as those which the believer is to know specifically in this age, namely 

                ( Jn 14.20 ):

            - Christ is in the Father 

            - The believer is in Christ, and 

            - Christ is in the believer

30.  BLESSED WITH THE EARNEST OR FIRST-FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT: “earnest”  

        (2 Cor 1.22; Eph 1.14; “first fruits” Rom 8.23 of the Spirit) There are five of these present riches:

            - The believer is born of the Spirit ( Jn 3.6 ) by which operation Christ is begotten in the one who 

                exercises saving faith.

            - The believer is baptized by the Spirit ( 1 Cor 12.13 ) which is a work of the Holy Spirit by which

                 the believer is joined to Christ’s Body and comes to be in Christ, and therefore a partaker of all

                 that Christ is.

            - The believer is indwelt or anointed by the Spirit 

                ( Jn 7.39; Tom 5.5; 8.9; 2 Cor 1.21; Gal 4.6; 1 Jn 2.27; 3.24 ), by which Presence the believer is

                 equipped for every conflict and service.

            - The believer is sealed by the Spirit ( 2 Cor 1.22; Eph 4.30 ), which is the work of God the Holy Spirit by which the children of God are made secure unto the day of redemption.

            - The believer may be filled with the Spirit ( Eph 5.18 )

31.  GLORIFIED: (Rom 4.17; 8.18,30; Col 3.4)

32.  COMPLETE IN HIM: (Col 2.9-10 )

33.  POSSESSING EVERY BLESSING:  ( Eph 1.3 )