As this epistle begins it does so with one long sentence in the original Greek elaborating on God's sovereign work in bringing sinners into a right relationship with Himself. He has revealed that He is one God existing supernaturally as three separate persons all whom had a vital role in the salvation of man. God's choice so save some from the mass of sinful humanity was for His glory with no one deserving of being chosen or having earned His favor. He has no obligation to save any or who to chose as all deserve His punishment being under His wrath. Only by His direct intervention in individual lives by His plan of salvation accomplished by His Son is His holiness, justice, and love without compromise or contradiction.
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“ Fine sermon - listen to it for details! ” From my free Bible program that has the Easton Bible Dictionary, I removed some Bible verses indicated by ellipses to highlight Ephesians!
¶Details in the sermon!
¶Easton's Bible Dictionary
¶Election of Grace The Scripture speaks
¶(1) of the election of individuals to office or to honour and privilege, e.g., Abraham, Jacob, Saul, David, Solomon, were all chosen by God for the positions they held; so also were the apostles.
¶(2) There is also an election of nations to special privileges, e.g., the Hebrews ( Deut. 7:6 ; Rom. 9:4 ).
¶(3) But in addition there is an election of individuals to eternal life ( ...Eph. 1:4...). The ground of this election to salvation is the good pleasure of God ( Eph. 1:5...). God claims the right so to do ( Rom. 9:16 , 21 ). It is not conditioned on faith or repentance, but is of soverign grace (...Eph. 1:3-6 ). All that pertain to salvation, the means ( Eph. 2:8... ) as well as the end, are of God ( ...Eph. 2:5 , 10 ). Faith and repentance and all other graces are the exercises of a regenerated soul; and regeneration is God’s work, a “new creature.” Men are elected “to salvation,” “to the adoption of sons,” “to be holy and without blame before him in love” (...Eph. 1:4 ). The ultimate end of election is the praise of God’s grace ( Eph. 1:6 , 1
In the fall of 1969, Gil began a full-time teaching ministry as Senior Pastor of Indian Hills Community Church. He also earned his Ph.D. from the California Graduate School of Theology. The focus of Pastor Rugh’s ministry is systematic, verse-by-verse teaching of the Bible. As a...
