God's Part in Salvation

GOD REVEALS AND MAN RESPONDS

 

GOD SHOWS HIMSELF TO US SO THAT WE MAY BELIEVE

MAN RESPONDS BY CHOOSING TO:

• OBEY OR DISOBEY
• REPENT AND MAKE JESUS LORD OR CONTINUE TO REBEL AGAINST GOD
• ACCEPT OR REJECT WHAT CHRIST DID ON THE CROSS
• LOVE OR HATE
• BE FAITHFUL OR UNFAITHFUL TO WHAT HE HAS BEEN SHOWN
  

MAN IS NOT A ROBOT, HE DOES HAVE A CHOICE

SALVATION IS NOT A TRAP

 

IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN, IT IS BECAUSE GOD HAS CHOSEN TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU FIRST

OUR CHOOSING GOD AND REMAINING IN HIM IS EVIDENCE THAT HE HAS CHOSEN US

WE CANNOT BE SAVED UNLESS WE CHOOSE TO MAKE JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

OUR CHOOSING TO FOLLOW CHRIST IS A NECESSARY STEP IN BECOMING A CHRISTIAN

SALVATION IS A GIFT. GOD MUST OFFER IT FIRST SO THAT WE CAN ACCEPT IT.

WE CANNOT SEE GOD UNLESS HE REVEALS HIMSELF TO US FIRST.

Obedience is a choice. Disobedience is sin.

If God did not create us with free will then we could not sin (disobey) and God would be directly responsible for all the evil in the world.

Maybe the world would be perfect if we did not have the capacity to sin / disobey God and decide for ourselves who to obey but this would not glorify God as much.

God sent his Son to pay the price for our sin so that we can be restored to fellowship with Him by repenting and accepting what Christ has done.

God foreknew those who would love and obey Him and He predestined them to be conformed to the image of His Son Jesus Christ.

 
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WE COME TO A SAVING KNOWLEDGE OF GOD ONLY BY REVELATION

Mat 11:25  Mat 16:17  Luke 2:26  Luke 10:21   John 1:13 John 1:31 John 2:11 John 12:38  John 17:6 Rom 1:17  Rom 1:18  Rom 2:5  Rom 8:18 Rom 8:19 Rom 10:20  Rom 16:26  1 Cor 1:7   

1 Cor 2:10 1 Cor 3:13 2 Cor 4:10  2 Cor 4:11 Gal 3:23  Eph 3:5  2 Thess 1:7  2 Thess 2:6  2 Tim 1:10 1 Pet 1:5 1 Pet 1:7  1 Pet 1:12  1 Pet 1:13  1 Pet 1:20 1 Pet 4:13  1Pet 5:1 Rev 15:4

GOD CALLS US Rom 10:14-21

GOD LOVED US FIRST

1John 4:19

Mat 22:14 Mark 13:20 Luke 6:13 John 6:70 John 13:18 John 15:16 John 15:19 Acts 1:2 Acts 1:24 Acts 9:15 Acts 10:41 Acts 13:17 Acts 22:4 Rom 8:33 Rom 11:5 Rom 16:13 1 Cor 1:27 

1 Cor 1:28 Eph 1:4 Eph 1:11Col 1:27 Col 3:12 1 Thess 1:4 2 Thess 2:13 James 1:18 James 2:5 1 Pet 1:2 1 Pet 1:20 1Pet 2:4 1 Pet 2:6 1 Pet 2:9 Rev 17:14  

WE ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE

Isaiah 65:9 Colossians 3:12  1 Peter 2:9

HE CHOSE US ACCORDING TO HIS FOREKNOWLEDGE

Rom 8:29 Rom 11:2 1 Pet 1:2    

GOD WANTS ALL MEN TO BE SAVED Rom 11:32 2Pet 3:9

IT IS BY GRACE THAT WE ARE SAVED

Acts 18:27 Eph 2:8  

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WE CANNOT SAVE OURSELVES, WE DO NOT DESERVE SALVATION, SO WE SHOULD NOT BOAST IN OURSELVES

Rom 4:2 Rom 11:18 1 Cor 1:29  1 Cor 1:31 1 Cor 4:7  1 Cor 9:16  1 Cor 13:4  2 Cor 1:12 2 Cor 1:14 2 Cor 10:8 2 Cor 10:13 

 2 Cor 10:17 2 Cor 11:21  2 Cor 11:30 2 Cor 12:5  2 Cor 12:9  Gal 6:14  Eph 2:9  James 4:16  Jude 1:16

 

GOD CHOSE PEOPLE, CITIES AND NATIONS  IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

1Samuel 10:20 1Samuel 16:1 2Samuel 16:18 1Kings 8:16 1Kings 11:32 1Kings 14:21 2Kings 21:7 1Chronicles 16:13 1Chronicles 28:5 2Chronicles 6:5 2Chronicles 6:6 2Chronicles 12:13 2Chronicles 33:7 Psalms 135:4 Isaiah 13:4 Isaiah 41:8 Isaiah 44:1 Isaiah 45:4 Isaiah 49:7

SIMILARLY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, GOD CHOOSES MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL PEOPLES TRIBES AND NATIONS

Acts 9:15 Revelation 5:9 Revelation 7:9