A Sure Foundation

The decree of election stands upon an unchangeable Foundation, to wit, that Rock of Ages, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” (Heb. 13:8) As the first Adam was the foundation stone in the decree of creation, so the last Adam, even Jesus, is the foundation stone in the decree of election. God hath blessed us in Him, yea and we shall be blessed; He hath chosen us in Him; pardoned us in Him; sealed us in Him; built us up and completed us in Him: “According to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.” (2 Tim. 1:9) All those acts of grace are said to be in Christ: hath blessed us in Christ, Eph. 1:3; chosen us in Him, v.4; in Whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, v.7; in Whom also after that ye believed, ye weresealed, v.13; rooted and built up in Him, Col 2:7 and we are complete in Him, v.10.