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Introduction:
Tonight we are going to take a look under the hood of our salvation and what drives our ministry in Christ.
If you have ever gone car shopping, you go to the lot and look at the car and you first notice the body of the car, the color of the paint, the price and all of that.
You make a decision based on what you see, but you don’t really pop the hood and trace the wires and ask how does the car move and how does everything work.
What is happening under the hood is often taken for granted.
Well, that’s how things can be with salvation too.
We look at a person coming down the aisle and praying to receive Christ.
We focus on the person and what the person does.
We sometimes make the gospel more about what we do as people, as evangelists or pastors and teachers, than on what God is doing in the person’s heart and through our words.
Well, tonight we are going to look under the hood and you might find yourself challenged a little tonight.
You are going to see that God has been involved in your salvation from before time began, from start to finish.
What you are going to learn has incredible implications for how we do ministry and how we grow the church.
Let’s take a look!
1. God Saved Us (v. 9)
2. God called us (v.9)
Calling is not based on works Eph.2.8
Calling is based on grace and God’s sovereign will
God’s calling is from eternity past
Christ is the manifestation and fulfillment of what began in the past and has been completed in the present (v.10)
Manifestation means that it has now been revealed
There is one question I have to ask you tonight.
Do you believe what you believe about the gospel based on what your emotions tell you or do you believe it based on what the Scripture says?
Think about it this way.
I know that you are questioning, “Well is this fair?”
Is it fair that God does not call everyone to salvation and give everyone the same chance to believe?
Well, let me ask you two questions.
First of all, is salvation a gift, like the Scripture says, or is it a wage?
The Bible says that the wages, which is payment, for our sins is death.
We deserve it and we get it.
But a gift is not deserved.
It isn’t earned.
It is given, not out of obligation, but based on the will of the giver.
Salvation is a gift.
It is based on the gift of the Giver, who is the Lord.
Now for the second question.
Suppose that God decided to let everyone that wanted to be saved on their own accord, based on their own will, come to salvation.
Do you know any lost people who are currently being kept from coming to know Christ by the Lord?
You see, God helping us believe does not mean that He is also actively keeping others from believing.
They don’t believe because they don’t want to.
John said this,
So the world does not want to believe.
It is only with the help of God that any of us will believe.
3. God Preserves Our Salvation (v.12)
Immediately after this verse, Paul goes on to explain the doctrine of election and predestination.
The application of this we will look at next week.
Application:
Paul was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher of this gospel (v.11)
Suffering is a part of this calling
Paul is not ashamed of this calling
Paul is confident in God’s ability to fulfill his calling (v12)
Timothy should follow the pattern of Paul
Application:
1. Preach the same gospel
2. Have the same faith
3. Have the same love
4. Guard the Gospel
Conclusion
You know, I don’t know why people get so upset over the biblical view of salvation.
I am so glad that my salvation starts and finishes with the Lord.
I am so glad that my evangelism and ministry rises and falls with the will of the sovereign Lord.
It gives me confidence in the gospel, confidence in the success of the mission, and confidence that
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