We consider the love of God towards his people from the word of God, which is considerably different than the general thoughts towards God’s love in the Christian marketplace today. God saw fit to love not the whole world, but he chose to love an elect people before the world began to save and send his Son to die for their sins.
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Right after Jesus Christ declares victory on the cross and gives up the ghost, we look at the amazing events that occurred: the sun began to shine again, the veil of the temple was rent in twain, and there was a massive earthquake. In the aftermath of these events, we see the conversion of the centurion who had supervised the whole crucifixion, declaring that truly Jesus was the Son of God!
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Following the pattern of Jesus Christ’s love for his bride, the church, husbands are exhorted to press towards that high mark of Christ’s love for the church. Husbands are called to be the provider, protector, savior, sanctifier, nourisher, and cherisher of their brides, following the love of Jesus Christ.
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Justification is a topic in scripture similar to salvation that requires great precision in rightly dividing what the word justification means in the right context. How can we be justified by both grace, but also justified by works, when they are directly opposing? We discuss the various aspects of justification in scripture and the correct rightly dividing of justification by faith which offers assurance for God’s children in their heart and conscience.
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They seem to be opposite extremes, so how can mercy and truth meet together and how can righteousness and peace kiss each other? Only through the mediator, Jesus Christ, can righteousness, peace, mercy and truth be brought into harmony and kisses through his work on the cross.
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Since church membership is not an admittance ticket to public worship or a ticket to heaven, so what then is the value of church membership? Instead of remaining on the other side of Jordan, pressing into Canaan’s land will provide a much deeper knowledge and fellowship with Jesus Christ. We can experience a greater degree of the abundant life by fully pressing into the kingdom of God.
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As we examine the different aspects of faith, we study vital faith, or simply the indwelling nature and substance of Christ inside us. While the outworking of our faith may wax and wane and even falter, the true substance of Christ inside of us can never be corrupted and will ultimately overcome the world.
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We now arrive at the climax of all our eternal redemption, Jesus Christ on the cross. We see the regeneration and conversion of the thief on the cross, showing God’s sovereignty in immediate Holy Spirit regeneration. Jesus declared it is finished, so what was finished? We see he finished saving his people from their sins, making those given to him righteous, purging their sins, obtaining eternal redemption, and perfecting forever those that are sanctified. Praise God for a Successful Savior!
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God’s people are exhorted towards a God-honoring marriage, for husbands to love their wives, and wives to submit to the loving authority of their husbands, based on the standard of Christ’s love for this bride, the church. God has given us the relationships of marriage and parenthood for us to learn more about his love for us as his bride. Also, our marriage preaches a gospel sermon to those around us, and the sobering question for us all is – what gospel does my marriage preach to others? The true gospel of unconditional love of Christ, or the false gospel of conditional love?
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“4) But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5) Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)” Ephesians 2:4-5
In the midst of the deplorable condition of man by nature, dead in trespasses and sins, and apart from God (Eph. 2:1-3), the Lord intervened in a dramatic way – “But God” – to show his mercy to undeserving sinners. But God did not stop with just showing mercy upon his children and not exacting the fullness of the judgment upon them that they had justly earned, but he went even farther to give them grace – unmerited favor – that they had done nothing to deserve. Mercy is God “not giving” us what we “do deserve”, and grace is God “giving” us what we “do not deserve”. Mercy saved us “from hell”, but grace saved us “to heaven”. We are thankful for “mercy” to escape the damnation of hell, but it’s through the exceeding riches of God’s “grace” that we have been blessed to be raised up to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Eph. 2:6).
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