SALVATION SERIES: Part 29 - Introduction to God's Salvific Plan

OUTLINE:

God’s Sovereignty & Man’s Will
The following are equally true Biblical doctrines:
Man is Not a Robot
Man has a will and he is able to make choices for himself. For example, did not the last unbeliever you gave the Gospel to say “no thank you”? Did you, as a believer, not choose to say “yes” to the Gospel in the past?

God’s Sovereignty & Man’s Will
Exercise faith that, since God is perfectly just and righteous and intrinsically good, He will always do what is right.

God’s Sovereignty & Man’s Will
No man, woman, or child in Heaven or Hell is there by mistake. God is perfectly just in decreeing every person’s final destination.

Eph 2:1a,3c
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins...and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

Ro 5:11
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned

The Will of an Unbeliever
A person in his natural estate will always spit the Gospel out of his mouth. Does this person freely choose this response? Indeed. God does not have to force an unbeliever to reject the Gospel. They do it naturally. Since it is their personal choice, God is righteous in sentencing them to Hell.

Ro 5:6, 8
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly… but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Jn 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Grace Makes the Impossible Possible
The simple fact that God would love anyone in their natural, sinful estate…enough to elect them for salvation…to spend eternity with Him… that's pure grace and mercy in action.

Ro 7:24-25a
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

The Will of a Believer
A person whose heart and nature (mind, emotions, will) have been supernaturally changed by the grace of God will always choose Jesus as Lord and Savior. Is this a free choice made by a believer? Yes. God never forces anyone to believe.

God’s Sovereignty & Man’s Will
The following are equally true Biblical doctrines:
Man is Not a Robot
Man has a will and he is able to make choices for himself. For example, did not the last unbeliever you gave the Gospel to say “no thank you”? Did you, as a believer, not choose to say “yes” to the Gospel in the past?

The Will of an Unbeliever
A person in his natural estate will always spit the Gospel out of his mouth. Does this person freely choose this response? Indeed. God does not have to force an unbeliever to reject the Gospel. They do it naturally. Since it is their personal choice, God is righteous in sentencing them to Hell.

The Will of a Believer
A person whose heart and nature (mind, emotions, will) have been supernaturally changed by the grace of God will always choose Jesus as Lord and Savior. Is this a free choice made by a believer? Yes. God never forces anyone to believe.

Jn 3:16
For God so loved the world [aka “Jews and Gentiles” – Nicodemus thought only Jews were saved], that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Zec 3:1-2
Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.  And the Lord said to Satan, "The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?"

God's Salvific Plan
This is not our burden. We just sow the seed of the Gospel. This is God’s business and God’s salvation. (Mt 13:1-9)

“We are not the Savior; we are the sower.”
Jim Merchant

What Are the Purpose and Results of Salvation?
God’s Effectual Calling
There is a calling for believers only. (“for those who are called according to his purpose” - Ro 8:28