We see consistently in Genesis 1 that all of creation was made fully mature, they bring forth after their own kind, and the evening and the morning were each six 24 hour days. The pinnacle of creation was man, made in the image of God. That is why man is higher and human life is valued above the animals because every person is made in the image of God with innate value from its Creator.
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We consider the residue and movement of the Holy Spirit among God’s children in regeneration. God has saved and born again his people by the direct operation of his grace, calling them from darkness into light in Christ. None of God’s children that were saved by Christ on the cross will ever be lost but be with God in heaven.
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It is a very common struggle in this world for God’s children to wonder “am I really saved?” Let me first say before we dig into this lesson, that is never a question that a person will ever ask that is unregenerate, so just your desire to ask that question is evidence that you are already born again and the Spirit inside you is stirring for you to ask that question. God gave us the scriptures and the gospel that we would have “assurance” of our salvation; that we would “know” we have eternal life. That language of “I know” I am saved has got a lot of attention in Christian circles. Some might even say that you cannot “know” you are saved. This thought runs in direct contradiction to the assurances to “know” you are saved that we will study in 1st John. It is not prideful or presumptuous to use Biblical language that we can “know” we have eternal life. God does not intend for his children to be constantly doubting if they are his child or not and if he really loves them or not. To put it another way, I want my children to “know” I love them and never to doubt that. I want to verbally tell them I love them, but there are other ways they can see through my actions that I love them, and I want them to be assured to have total confidence of how much I love them. In a much greater sense, it’s obvious that God wants us to “know” he loves us, and he has given us great assurances to examine to “know” how much God truly loves us. We will study some specific language from the epistle of 1st John of actions where we can “know” we have eternal life.
It’s a very common struggle for a child of God to question, “Am I really saved?” We study from 1st John the evidences that one is already born again, already a child of God. Do you believe in Christ? Do you love God, love the brethren, and sacrifice for others? Do you desire to obey God’s commandments and do righteous works? Do you feel the movement of the Holy Spirit in your heart? If you can say “yes” to these questions, then take comfort and assure your heart that there is nothing that can separate you from God’s love!
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The core truth of the doctrines of grace is that salvation is based on God’s choice and sovereignty, not man’s choice. This is epitomized in the scriptural truth of unconditional election, that before the world began God chose a people to salvation, not based on any foreseen merit or good in them, not based on future good works, but solely chose them by his own good will and pleasure and his grace. We are thankful for the truth that God chose us before the world began because in our sin nature, we never would have chosen God to be saved.
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We consider the remnant or the residue of the Spirit among God’s elect in this world. God did not love the whole world, did not give his Spirit to all men, but he only gave his Spirit in the new birth to a remnant of this world in God’s born again children.
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When we consider the glory of the heavens, the universe, and the earth and the stars and that this majestic creation was only the work of God’s hands and fingers, we should be astounded by the glory of God manifested in creation. Not just the glory of God, but we should be humbled and astounded that the Lord would condescend to visit and bless and love and save bankrupt sinners like me and you.
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When we consider how the just are to live by faith, we need to examine the great cloud of witnesses from Heb. 11 to see examples that we can follow of how to live by faith. Many of the men and women in the hall of fame of faith were in situations where it did not make sense, they were perplexed, but they trusted God in faith anyway. We need to follow their example and trust God in faith regardless of how confusing things might look to our natural sight.
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From September to November 2025, Pastor David preached through the Book of Habakkuk. One of the major themes of the New Testament is how the just are to live by faith (Rom. 1:17). For us to properly understand how to live by faith and trust God even when it doesn’t make sense and even when the circumstances around us look bleak and dark, we must study the original setting of this verse in Habakkuk’s life, where he was called to live by faith in a culture that was wicked and going to get even worse. We must learn to trust God and live by faith, even when things don’t make sense to us and walk by faith, not by sight.
When we understand the fall of Adam into death in trespasses in sins in the garden, then the rest of the doctrines of grace should be pretty easy to understand. Man is not sick, injured, or drowning. All of mankind by nature is dead in sins. Dead men cannot do anything. Therefore, since dead man can never commit any action that might be required of them to be saved to heaven, then the only answer must be that men are saved by God’s sovereign grace alone.
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