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I know that there are many different theories of the Atonement of which I am not going to address and dissect, but its my firm conviction that the scriptures teach a vicarious Atonement. That Christ actually died in the place of elect sinners, and consequently if this be True, and Christ did die...

Christ's Atoning Death ! You see sin resulted in alienation and hostility in our minds as is pointed out here Col 1:21 21And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled Let me say something here. This verse is not only describing the...

Christ's Atoning Death ! By Atonement is meant that Christ having died in the place of or in the stead of certain Chosen sinners, taking upon Himself the due and Just punishment that was due their sins, transgressions, iniquities, and offences, and for that made a sin offering, the Just for the...

Not a inward work ! Justification is not a work that was wrought in the elect sinner [inwardly], for it is not the New Birth, however it is the fruit of it. In other words all whom are Justified from everlasting will in time be the recipients of the New Birth by the Spirit. This is when God...

Eternal Justification and the Gospel ! Can the Gospel of God's Grace be Preached without Preaching Eternal Justification ? Absolutely not ! For this Truth is part of what Paul calls the " all the counsel of God" Acts 20:24-27 24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear...

The Beginning of Justification ! Justification has it's beginning [ If we can call it a beginning], not when a sinner believes or is converted, not even when Christ died upon the cross [in time] but before the world began in the Eternal Counsels of the God Head, in the Everlasting Covenant, at...

Who are the objects of Justification ? If we read the sacred writings in Rom 8:33-34 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God...

If one is Elect ! If one is of the Elect, they are Justified as Early as their Election was. Now Paul writes in Rom 8:33 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Election and Justification go hand in hand. Paul writes that it is God that Justifieth...

Justification before they believed ! The Justification of the Elect before they believed is Taught in Rom 4:25 25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. Here all the elect or the church were Justified in their Head and Representative, when He rose from...

What to know about God's Election ! Election is God's Sovereign work Rom 9:11-13 11(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth ) 12It was said unto her, The...

A word on God's Eternal Purpose ! Eph 3:11 11According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: Its quite appropriate to say a word on God's Eternal Purpose when considering such a subject matter as Eternal Justification. Most religionists fail in their...

The Book of Life ! Eternal Justification is taught in scripture by the fact that there is a book of Life with names inscribed in it from the foundation of the world Rev 13:8;17:8. These are the ones that God called or named in His Eternal Purpose Rom 8:30;2 Tim 1:9. In both of these verses the...

To be married to another ! Christ death accomplished that all for whom He died should be married to another. Rom 7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should...

To seek and to save that which was Lost ! Lk 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Now what was it that was Lost that Christ came to seek and to save ? It was the Sons of God that sinned in Adam, and Jesus Christ was successful in Saving all of them. This...

The Results of Christ Death ! Continuing with the thought that we cannot Preach Christ and Him Crucified without stating the results or consequences of His Death. We have stated that it actually brings us to God 1 Pet 3:18 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the...

An act of Sovereign Mercy ! Titus 3:5 5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; New Birth or Regeneration of any individual is an act of of Mercy, not a offer of mercy. It is...

Accepted in the Beloved, When ? Paul who taught the Eternal Justification of all who are True Believers in Christ, who come to believe in Him in time, that they were accepted in the beloved before the foundation of the world, in accordance with having been Chosen in Him at that date Eph 1:3-6...

I have finished the Work ! The Lord Jesus Christ in contemplation of His impending death and subsequent resurrection from the dead for all whom the Father hath given Him in the Everlasting Covenant, as Surety for their sins against the Law of God, stated this ! Jn 17:4 4I have glorified thee...

The Results of Christ Crucified ! We cannot preach Christ crucified without stating the objective and effects or results of His Death ! 1 Pet 3:18 18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but...

Preaching Christ Crucified ! To Preach the Cross of Christ, is to make known the very foundation and purpose of it, the Eternal Purpose of God. The Cross of Christ was not a backup plan [as most believe] to God's Eternal Purpose, because Adam sinned and brought sin into the world ! Christ was...