The Vocabulary of Salvation - message #3

The Vocabulary Of Salvation                9/23/07 A.M.

                          Message #3

17 Key Words

Repentance, Faith, Substitution, Reconciliation, Propitiation, Remission, Regeneration, Redemption, Imputation, Adoption, Supplication, Justification,

Sanctification, Glorification, Election, Foreknowledge, Predestination

Sanctification—God setting us apart for growth and service

Completely;

1 Thess 5:2323 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.



Not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but being Holy

Eph. 5:25-27     25 ….. Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her  with the washing of water  by the word, 27  that He might present her to Himself a glorious church,  not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Sanctified by Your truth

John 17:17; 17  Sanctify them by Your truth.  Your word is truth.

This is the will of God

1 Thess. 4:3-4; 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4  that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

Glorification—the ultimate, eternal, and absolute physical, mental, and spiritual perfection of all believers

Rom. 5:2      the glory of God.

Col. 3:4   When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in  glory.

1 Pet. 5:1 …….   the  glory that will be revealed:

Rom. 8:18,  ….. the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Rom. 8:23,  the redemption of our body.

1 Cor. 15:43; 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Election—being chosen by God

Eph. 1:4; 4 …..  He chose us in Him  before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

2 Thess. 2:13; 13 But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God  from the beginning chose you for salvation  through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth,

1 Pet. 2:9 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of  darkness into His marvelous light;

Foreknowledge—that attribute of God which provided him in advance with all the facts concerning the elect

God has always known what He was going to do;

Acts 15:18; 18 “Known to God from eternity are all His works.

God has always known who would serve Him

Rom. 8:29; 29 For whom He foreknew,  He also predestined  to be conformed to the image of His Son,  that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

God has always known who the elect would be because He of His foreknowledge

1 Pet. 1:2     elect  according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,  in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and  sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ:

Predestination—God’s eternal plan whereby all believing sinners are conformed to the image of Christ

Knowing before hand who would serve Him, He chose & planned their ministery

Rom. 8:29-30; 29 For whom  He foreknew,  He also predestined  to be conformed to the image of His Son,  that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also  justified; and whom He justified, these He also  glorified.

He has made known to us the mystery of His will

Eph. 1:9-12 9 having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure  which He purposed in Himself, 10 that in the dispensation of  the fullness of the times He might gather together in one  all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. 11  In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to  the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.

• the mystery of His will
• according to His good pleasure  
• which He purposed in Himself, (His own purpose)
• In Him we have obtained an inheritance,
• being predestined
• (knowing all beforehand, He made His plans, according to His will, to fulfill His purpose, in our lives)
• according to  the purpose of Him who works all things
• according to the counsel of His will,