A Common Salvation
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The Common Salvation
The Common Salvation
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
“Common” (Gr. koinees).
“Common” (Gr. koinees).
Not the English meaning of “ordinary, everyday.”
Something held in common or shared by all.
Salvation is available to all and denied to none who accept it according to the terms of the New Covenant.
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16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
There are five “common” elements connected with the “common salvation.”
There are five “common” elements connected with the “common salvation.”
The Common Need
The Common Need
The common need of salvation can be seen in .
6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Men are without strength.
Men are ungodly.
Men are sinners.
Men are enemies of God.
All have sinned ().
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Sin separates man from God (, ).
1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will not hear.
All men have the common problem of sin and, therefore, have the common need of salvation.
The Common Remedy
The Common Remedy
To address the common need of mankind for salvation, God provided a common remedy.
The once-for-all sacrifice of Jesus was that remedy (, ).
12 But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,
14 For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
The common remedy is available to all sinners ().
15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
It “hath appeared to all men” ().
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.
The Common Access
The Common Access
Jesus Christ is the common access to obtain the common remedy for man’s common need ().
12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
He is the only way to the Father ().
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
It is Jesus that brings peace between man and God ().
1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
The author of our salvation (, ).
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
It is in him that we are children of God ().
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
The Common Task
The Common Task
Christians must seek those things which are above ().
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Christians must glorify the Father ().
16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
Christians must defend the faith ().
3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
God has set a common task before all the saved ().
8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, 9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ; 10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places, 11 according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord,
The Common Reward
The Common Reward
A crown of life awaits the faithful child of God ().
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Christians have an eternal heavenly home ().
1 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
Christians have an incorruptible inheritance reserved in heaven (; ).
4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
23 And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
Christians have confidence of their reward in heaven (, ).
34 for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
[1] Adapted from “The Common Salvation” by Felton Spraggins
