Then why was a Redeemer needed at all? "- Eph 2:8. What sacred force was that which turned you from sin to righteousness? The Gospels GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Well, but he is still in prison. No unregenerate person has lived so well that God is bound to give him further grace, and to bestow on him eternal life; else it were no longer of grace, but of debt. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. No. The man believes, but that belief is only one result among many of the implantation of divine life within the man's soul by God Himself. O soul, mayest thou have grace to lay hold of it, and then thou and I together will sing to the praise of the glory of divine grace. C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington. He will never take it back again; and if he does not take it from you, who can? Our children, who have learned “The Westminster Assembly’s Confession of Faith,” know more about the doctrines of grace and the doctrine of the Bible than hundreds of grown-up people who attend a ministry which very eloquently teaches nothing. Now if we have a new creation, there must have been a creator, and it is clear that not being then spiritually created, we could not have assisted in our own new creation, unless, indeed, death can assist life, and non-existence aid in creation. Apprehended in such a fashion, it would have come to you in some measure as the reward of work done, and its whole aspect would have been changed. Wisdom Literature He denies that salvation is even so much as in part due to our works, for if it be by work then he declares it is not of grace, otherwise grace is no more grace; and if it be of grace it is not of works, otherwise work is no more work. No: we believe that God the Father was the architect, sketched the plan, supplies the materials, and will complete the work. We now go a step further:-. Christ receiveth sinners, God has elected sinners; he has elected some of the blackest of sinners—why not you? No, you confess that you might have been what he now is if it had not been that there was a potent something which touched In the controversy, Pelagius objected strenuously to Augustine’s understanding of the fall, of grace, and … This live coal from off the altar needs the golden tongs of faith with which to carry it. Why, first then, it is clear from the connection that it has a tendency to embolden the man who receives it. May it be so with every one of us! Salvation is the gift of God: that is to say completely so, in opposition to the notion of growth. Is not this the reason why Puseyism spreads so, and all sorts of errors have such a foothold, because our people as a whole do not know what they believe? -------------------- How much more forcible than the pretty essays of many divines, which have no more power than bulrushes, no more light than smoking flax. What hand had you in it “before the world began?” Why, fly back if you can in imagination to the ancient years when those venerable mountains, that elder birth of nature, were not yet formed; when world, and sun, and moon, and stars, were all in embryo in God’s great mind; when the unnavigated sea of space had never been disturbed by wing of seraph, and the awful silence of eternity had never been startled by the song of cherubim—when God dwelt alone. naked! 5. God forbid that we should say a word against appealing to the feelings; this is most needful in its place, but then there is a due proportion to be observed in it. And this is God's plan, namely, that, inasmuch as we cannot be saved by our own obedience, we should be saved by Christ's obedience. Some try to lay hold upon salvation by grace through the use of ceremonies; but it will not do. IV. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy SOVEREIGN GRACE AND MAN ¶S RESPONSIBILITY NO. Here is a garment without seam, woven from the top throughout. Oh that you would yield to the first! He will not give to laws of nature or schemes of state the glory due to the Most High, but will have respect unto the unseen Ruler. If we can say of any man, or of any set of people, "Ye are saved," we shall have to preface it with the words "by grace." You may take the unregenerate man, and educate him to the highest; but he remains, and must forever remain, dead in sin, unless a higher power shall come in and save him from himself. But we praise God for salvation because it is not the payment of debt, but the gift of grace. "No; I will sit at the loom, and I will weave a raiment of my own!" The Christian is perfectly saved in God's purpose; God has ordained him unto salvation, and that purpose is complete. Spurgeon wants readers only to consume his work and ponder it, he asks nothing in return because he believes in the power of God to bring unbelievers to Him. Sproul. God spake the world out of nothing, but nothing did not aid in the creation of the universe. It seems to me that if we could by some unreasoning impulse move you to a certain course of action it might be well in its way, but it would be unsafe and untrustworthy, for you would be equally open to be moved in an opposite direction by other persons more skilful in such operations; but if God enables us by his Spirit to influence your minds by solid truth and substantial argument, you will then move with a constancy of power which nothing can turn aside. Pauline Epistles 15. My text is even more explicit yet, for the eternal purpose is mentioned. Do notice that; lest (for we are such straying sheep in this matter)— lest we should still slip out of the field, it is added, “purpose and grace which he gave us”—not “which he sold us,” “offered us,” but “which he gave us.” He must have a word here which shall be a death-blow to all merit, — “which he gave us”— it was given; and what can be freer than a gift, and what more evidently of grace? So the Lord Jesus Christ paid the debts of his people before they knew anything about it. Historical Books Not in his own experience, not as far as the work of the Holy Spirit goes, but he is saved in God’s purpose, in Christ’s redemption, and in his relationship to his covenant Head; and he is saved, moreover, in this respect, that the work of his salvation is done, and he has only to receive it as a finished work. Charles Haddon Spurgeon January 1, 1970 It is through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus that the people of God become accepted in the Beloved. Why man, if it were by merit, what would become of you? Major Prophets “Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit.” — 1 Samuel i. But is a man saved before he is called by grace? I must feel so much sorrow and so much joy or else I will not admit that I am saved," you will find that this method will not answer. If you can conceive that time before all time, that vast eternity—it was then he gave us grace in Christ Jesus. Available in a range of colours and styles for men, women, and everyone. Those who have lived the most holy and useful lives invariably look to free grace in their final moments. What is to become of the past? Do you believe that the sheep of God, whom he has taken from between the jaws of the lion, could have rescued themselves? The feather flies in the wind, but it has no inherent power to move, and consequently when the gale is over it falls to the ground— such is the religion of excitement; but the eagle has life within itself, and its wings bear it aloft and onward whether the breeze favours it or no — such is religion, when sustained by a conviction of the truth. All of Grace is a simple and eloquent presentation of basic salvation through grace alone. Shall it be said that the stones of the building in which we are now assembled cut themselves into their present shape, and then spontaneously came together, and piled this spacious edifice? He gives in this verse—this parenthetical verse as some call it, but which seems to me to be fully in the current of the passage—he gives in this verse a brief summary of the gospel showing the great prominence which it gives to the grace of God, with the design of maintaining Timothy in the boldness of his testimony for Christ. Multiply your phrases, and expand your expositions; but salvation truly traced to its well-head is all contained in the gift unspeakable, the free, unmeasured benison of love. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Better still is it that this doctrine not only gives the man something to hold but it holds the man. But we have no control over railway delays, and breakdowns; and so it happened that I reached the appointed place considerably behind the time. He will not forget to see the hand of God in nature and in providence; he will, on the contrary, discern the Lord working in all places, and will humbly adore him. Passwords should have at least 6 characters. “No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him.” “Whosoever cometh to me I will in no wise cast out,” is a great and precious general text, but it is quite consistent with the rest of the same verse — “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me.” Our text tells us that our salvation is “according to his own purpose.” It is a strange thing that men should be so angry against the purpose of God. “It is not great faith, but true faith, that saves; and the salvation lies not in the faith, but in the Christ … I speak without any prejudice in this matter; but I have talked with a large number of persons in the course of my very extensive pastorate, who have been for years members of other churches, and when I have asked them a few questions upon doctrinal matters it did not seem to me that they were in error; they were perfectly willing to believe almost anything that any earnest man might teach them, but they did not know anything, they had no minds of their own, and no definite opinions. Cookie Notice: The purpose is not founded on foreseen merit, hut upon grace alone. I Will Never Leave Thee, Nor Forsake Thee by Charles H. Spurgeon (Free MP3) Justification By Faith Alone Through Grace Alone By Christ Alone and Peace With God (1 of 2) by Charles Spurgeon (Free MP3) Our body is fallen. Once he said, "Tell them that again, Charles," and, of course, I did tell them that again. So the apostle adds a negative: — “Not according to our works.""""" He may preach the gospel better than I can, but he cannot preach a better gospel; can you, Charles?" OF THE THINGS which I have spoken unto you these many years, this is the sum. Thank you for registering. Salvation is so purely, so absolutely a gift of God, that nothing can be more free. Let us be as clear on this point as he was, and let us never rest till we know that we are saved. We are not only raised from the dead with Christ, but we are spiritually raised into the heavenly places with him. When a man pays another his wage, he does what is right; and no one dreams of belauding him for it. Yes; but you really liberated him as soon as you paid his debts. Prophets ever be sure that he has performed enough of them to secure his salvation. When the apostle Paul was desirous to influence his son in the faith, Timothy, who was a diligent and earnest student and a man of gifts as well as of grace, he did not attempt to affect him by mere appeals to his feelings, but felt that the most effectual way to act upon him was to remind him of solid doctrinal truth which he knew him to have believed. Wisdom Literature The substitutionary work which Christ has offered is not a certain proportion of the work to be done, but “it is finished” was the cry of the Saviour ere he died. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.". The apostle says, "Ye are saved." No doctrine like it for putting a backbone into a man, and making him feel that he is made for something better than to be trodden down like straw for the dunghill beneath a despot’s heel. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point But be this known unto ye, O men that reply against God, that he giveth no account of his matters, but asks of you, “Can I not do as I will with mine own?” He ruleth in heaven, and in the armies of this lower world, and none can stay his hand or say unto him, “What doest thou?”. 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