Salvation In Totality.

“Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.” 1 Peter 1:2

 In this world of Christianity one of the most argued doctrines is salvation, but what is the salvation of the bible? Salvation in totality is found in this scripture right here, no more needs to be said. It is a fact that the vast majority of so-called Christians and churches hate the word elect, election, and elected, but they are in the scripture. It is also true that these very same so-called Christians and churches hate the Sovereignty of God. Therefore, these people want to pick and choose their doctrines and purposely eliminate these two most-valuable truths from their teachings. Which makes me wonder if they are actually Christians, only people that believe in Jesus Christ are saved. I find it difficult to understand how one can be saved if they do not understand what salvation truly is. It is true that one does not have to believe in the Sovereignty of God, Election, or anything outside of Jesus Christ to be saved, but these are essential doctrines to explain salvation. Why would men in the pulpits want to eliminate the teachings of the three most essential phases of salvation and teach phases that are lies and not scriptural? You do not choose salvation, salvation is a “GIFT” and a gift from God the Father. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” Ephesians 2:8 How are you saved, “by grace are ye saved” the word grace means – by mere favor, especially the divine influence upon the heart – Go ahead look it up in the Greek. Now please understand “by mere favor” does not mean it is by your own merit; because you do not have any claim to it. Salvation is not your choice, decision, it is not a prayer, nor is it in your works, it is in Jesus Christ and Him alone. The choosing is done by God, “Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father”. The “foreknowledge of God the Father” absolutely means – forethought of God, also to know beforehand, or to ordain – It does not mean that God looked into the future and saw who would choose Him and believe and those are the ones He “foreknew”. That is not true, nor does it fit this definition. Second, the word “elect” means - chosen – (past tense) it does not mean for us to choose Him, but that we were chosen. The truth is that God chose a remnant before the world began to be saved, instead of denying the truth, you might ought to hope you are one of those chosen few.

Peter went on to write “…through sanctification of the Spirit…” the word “sanctification” means – purification - …of the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit whom brings us (the elect) to salvation. We cannot bring ourselves, i.e. Romans chapter 3:11 “There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.” Therefore, we must be delivered to Christ, not by your pastor, nor by tricks, nor any other way, but by the Holy Spirit. Paul wrote in Romans 8:14 “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” The “sanctification of the Spirit” is the Holy Spirit delivering us to the blood of Jesus to be purified. We must be delivered because on our own we will never come to Christ to be cleansed of our sins. Just as a pig does not want a bath, nor a sinner wanting to leave sin, we have no desire to leave sin for righteousness, therefore we must be led by the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:7 - 9 “Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be…So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God…But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”

Now Peter concludes the third part of our salvation, “…unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ…” The thought here “unto sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ,” means the cleansing of us from sin, or to holiness, which is accomplished by sprinkling of that blood that they were to be made holy. The word “obedience” means - compliance or submission – to the blood of Jesus Christ for our cleaning. We can be cleansed no other way, only by the blood of Jesus Christ. “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;” Ephesians 1:7

Therefore, we conclude with this, God the Father chose us, the Holy Spirit delivers us, and we are purified through the blood of Jesus Christ. It you are saved any other way you need to listen to the scriptures and not the man in the pulpit. “And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not…Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me…And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” John 5:38 - 40

Jesus Is A Son given!

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 

This world is a dark gloomy place, a place of sin, darkness, and a place that hates the very God that created it. There is nothing good in the world, everything is tainted by the sinfulness of mankind. Adam and Eve once they sinned against the very God that created them, the very God whom have regular visits with them, hid themselves from God in shame. Giving the dominion of the earth, that God had given to them to Satan by their lust to follow Satan rather than the very God that created and supplied all their needs. This world has been at enmity with God ever since, even though He created everything that is in existence. Ever since the fall mankind has hated, fought, mocked, and belittled the very Creator. If one seriously looks at the world, they will see that there is no good in it. Most say that they are but in reality, there is none, because God said there isn’t. “And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.” Exodus 5:2 Pharaoh was a typical human being, no fear or honor for the very God who created him and inserted him as a king. Mankind believes that they are wise but called them fools, God always mocks the wisdom of man and says it must be destroyed before He can make them truly wise. “And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.” 1 Corinthians 3:20 

Now that we see the world as it truly is, let us look at the good in it. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given…” God said when He created the world that it was “… without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:2 This is the world to God once again after the fall, until God sent His own beloved Son to this world, Jesus The Christ. Jesus, the Saviour of sinful people, the light and the life in this evil dark world. In creation the Holy Spirit moved upon this dark, void world and made it have form, light, and life, and without the Holy Spirit it would have remained dark and without form. Today God has sent His beloved Son to this world, give His own beloved Son to do what the Holy Spirit did thousands of years earlier, to bring light and life to this dark, ugly, sinful world. However, let us not forget the Holy Spirit is still working in this dark world to bring light and life to a dead dark world thru Jesus Christ. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” Romans 8:14 With all the names our glorious Lord has, Saviour is the greatest of all of them. “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”  Luke 2:11 People want to give themselves and mankind to much credit and that credit causes people to think more of themselves than they should. People are lost, lost in every possible way to God the Creator. Mankind is so lost that God said, “Their feet are swift to shed blood: (16) Destruction and misery are in their ways: (17) And the way of peace have they not known: (18) There is no fear of God before their eyes.” Romans 3:15 – 18 Folks the only light, life, fear, and salvation is found in Jesus whom is God’s own dear Son and our Saviour. Without Jesus Christ in your heart there is nothing else good, and the only good in people is in Jesus Christ. You cannot bring about salvation, you are dark and void, God says you are dead, without Jesus Christ. People want to talk about the good in people, but God says, “there is none good no not one.” God said, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” John 5:39 they do not testify of you, they testify the very Son God sent to be the Saviour of mankind. “Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: (11) Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (12) Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.” 1 Peter 1:10 – 12

God Is Perfect.

 “He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.” Deuteronomy 32:4

I you are looking for perfection, then look no farther than God. The problem in the world, especially the “Christian” world is they do not know God. They call themselves worshipping God, but the true God they do not know. I hear many of these so-called “Christians” who talk about their god, and he does not think this way, say these things, or execute this way, but the truth is everything their god is not Jehovah God, or the True God of the bible is. Always remember this about God, “His work is perfect” all His works no matter what they are. The Psalmist wrote in Psalms 19:7 - 8 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple…The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.” The Psalmist just told us that the laws of God are perfect because His laws are “converting the soul”. Why is His laws converting the soul, because it turns it from the ways of sin to holiness. And that is because we ought to fear God, but in todays watered down, useless, can’t do anything god, then there is no fear of God. But to those who know God, they fear Him and understand that God will chasten us if we disobey. But why obey a “watered down god” which most people believe. People do not obey the bible (which is the law of God) because they do not understand or believe the truth about the bible. People deny the Sovereignty of God, how dare we believe that God is bigger, better, smarter, and more powerful than we are. The only thing that causes us to walk a straight line in life is our fear of God. Once that fear no longer exist then our true worship of God does not exist. If I ever hear another biblically uneducated preacher ever say again that “God cannot change the heart, because you must change it”, it will be far to soon. This is a lie out of Satan’s book of deception.  John 6:29, 44 “Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. (44) No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” The absolute truth is no person can be saved unless God changes their evil heart and calls or draws them. It is our fear of the breaking of Gods Holy law that makes us fearful and causes us to seek salvation. Man does not change their own heart, they can’t. Romans 3:11 “There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.” Moses went on to say “…for all his ways are judgment…” Not only is God’s ways perfect, all His ways are judgment. I hear so many talking about that their god doesn’t judge, well my God is judgment in all His ways. God walks perfectly in righteousness, just as Jesus did when He walked on this earth. Everything with God is about judgment, and everything is judged. We are saved only by love, mercy, grace, and Jesus Christ, but Jesus was judged for us. We will not be judged for our sins because God judged Jesus Christ for them, just as He did for yours if you are saved. The Psalmist wrote, Psalms 9:16 - 17 “The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah…The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” All people do not go to heaven, there is certainly many more that go to hell, this is God’s judgment. God never fails, He never judges wrongly, He is never not right. “…a God of truth and without iniquity…” This is who He is, He is truth and without iniquity in everything. The Bible says that Jesus, whom is in the image of God is also truth. This is not a just an attribute it is their being, God who cannot lie. Titus 1:2 “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” 1 Samuel 15:29 “And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.” Yes beloved, our God is perfect in every way.

The True Blessing Of Election.

 “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, (6) To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians 1:3 – 6

There is a true blessing in our understanding of the Election of God, and that blessing is that He elected us that are saved. There is so much false teaching about salvation that it over shadows the truth. This is what is such a blessing about election, God saves sinners regardless of their ignorance. You rarely see a preacher preaching truth anymore because they do not understand truth, and therefore they are preaching lies, but please be assured God still saves sinners. I know election is hard to understand, and I know it can be mind blowing, but God before the foundation of the world elected to save a remnant of lost people. While so many reject this blessing, let us listen to Jesus Christ when He says, “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” John 15:16 Lost people do not seek Jesus Christ, they seek a work on their part, they seek to save themselves, even though God without question said that is impossible. “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (11) There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.” Romans 3:10 – 11 How can one save themselves if God says they cannot. How is God blessed in sinners saving themselves, how is Jesus Christ blessed in that? God said, “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10 how is He seeking and saving if people are saving themselves? I cannot understand when people are told to choose Jesus Christ, when they are told to make a decision for Christ, when that are told to turn over a new leaf, or ETC. This is what Jesus said, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:37 how many will come to Christ? How many, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me…” as many as God the Father elected and gave to His Beloved Son before the foundation of the world, and not one single more nor one single less. It doesn’t matter what your church believes, it doesn’t matter what your pastor tells you, and it does not matter how many “out of context” scriptures you use to convince yourself otherwise, you are wrong. Now let us look at this, “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:44 If God does not “draw” you then you have no chance of being saved, absolutely none. Now look at this blessing of God, “And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.” John 6:39 Every single soul that God elected will be saved. How is this possible, this is the blessing of election, God elected, God gave to the Son, God prepared salvation in Christ Jesus, God draws, God brings us to Christ, and Christ saves us. That is the salvation that cannot fail, because it is God and not us that saves, and God cannot fail. And God said, “…wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.” Wow what a true blessing, we are accepted in Jesus Christ because we are washed in His blood. Jesus Christ is paying our debt to God, everything we owe God, Jesus has paid it. There is nothing we have to do, no choices, no decisions, no works, no anything because Jesus paid our entire debt and it is acceptable to the Father because that is what the Father chose to accept before the foundation of the world. This reminds us of Paul writing to Philemon to encourage him to accept his runaway slave, Onesimus, using the same argument. “If he owes you anything, I will pay it”.  Philemon 1:17 - 19 “If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. (18) If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; (19) I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.” Folks, election is not bad it is a blessing for the elect, election does not send people to hell because people have already sent themselves there. Folks, Election is a true blessing from God, because without it we would all go to hell.