Salvation is of the Lord !2
Salvation is of the Lord !2
All three Persons of the Godhead, Father, Word/Son, and The Spirit, work in Covenantal Unity
to Save God's Elect from their ruin out of the Fall in Adam their Natural , and Federal Head !
Lets start with the Father, The Salvation of the Elect originated in His Bosom, by His Sovereign Choice of them, His Electing Love of them, His Predestinating them unto Open Adoption and Sonship in Christ before the foundation of the World Eph 1:3-5
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
All for the Praise of the Glory of His Grace Eph 1:6
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
These verses witness to us the meaning of Salvation by Grace !
Deut 7:6-7
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not
set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
Secondly, There is the recognition of the Sons Work in Salvation, His coming to specifically do and fulfill the Law of God in Covenant engagement in behalf of God's Elect Heb 10:4-9
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
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Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
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Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,)
to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
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Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Thats the same Will of God mentioned here Jn 6:38-40
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will,
but the will of him that sent me.
39 And
this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me [Jn 17:2] I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
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And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
He came to render a Covenant Obedience to God's Law and Justice, to those the Father had given Him, those the Father had Chosen in Him, which Obedience unto death Phil 2:8; Rom 5:19 cancels out all of their sins, as well as provides them with a Robe of Righteousness, a Perfect Law Obeying Righteousness, one which Merited them the Gift of Eternal Life, a Righteousness given them far exceeding that which the most moral men in society can muster, like the scribes and pharisees of Jesus day Matt 5:20
20 For I say unto you,
That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Well, since the Righteousness that Christ's Active Obedience accomplished for them does exceed that of the scribes and the pharisees,
they shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven !