What does the Scripture say about when we were saved. Scripture supports five actual aspects or phases of salvation.
1.) Salvation from eternity
2.) Salvation when Christ came into the world
3.) Salvation when the Spirit regenerates man
4.) Salvation when man responds to regeneration at conversion
5.) Salvation in its finality when we receive our glorified bodies on the Last Day.
In this first blog I will discuss the first aspect of salvation, the eternal phase.
In (2 Timothy 1:9) Paul speaks of salvation before the world began.
"[God] who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began"
So in this verse we see that God, before He created the earth or Adam and Eve saved us to a holy calling by grace (a gift) which He gave us in Christ Jesus!
(Ephesians 1:11) says,
" In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will"
Here in Ephesians 1:11 we see our salvation was predestined and occurred in the will of God.
(Ephesians 1:3-4)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love"
Here Paul says God the Father chose us (the elect) in Christ before the foundation of the world. So this aspect of salvation as we see from these verses is eternal.
Now some have said and I personally heard it taught that God looked down the corridors of time and saw who would chose Him and who would not choose Him. As we will see in Psalm 14 this concept flies in the face of Scripture.
(Psalm 14:2-3)
"The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after God.
This is the eternal phase, the first aspect of salvation. In the next blog we will be looking at the second phase. of salvation, when Christ entered the world
2.) Salvation when Christ came into the world
3.) Salvation when the Spirit regenerates man
4.) Salvation when man responds to regeneration at conversion
5.) Salvation in its finality when we receive our glorified bodies on the Last Day.
In this first blog I will discuss the first aspect of salvation, the eternal phase.
In (2 Timothy 1:9) Paul speaks of salvation before the world began.
"[God] who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began"
So in this verse we see that God, before He created the earth or Adam and Eve saved us to a holy calling by grace (a gift) which He gave us in Christ Jesus!
(Ephesians 1:11) says,
" In Him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will"
Here in Ephesians 1:11 we see our salvation was predestined and occurred in the will of God.
(Ephesians 1:3-4)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love"
Here Paul says God the Father chose us (the elect) in Christ before the foundation of the world. So this aspect of salvation as we see from these verses is eternal.
Now some have said and I personally heard it taught that God looked down the corridors of time and saw who would chose Him and who would not choose Him. As we will see in Psalm 14 this concept flies in the face of Scripture.
(Psalm 14:2-3)
"The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man,
to see if there are any who understand,
who seek after God.
They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt;
there is none who does good,
not even one."
there is none who does good,
not even one."
The LORD didn't look down the corridor of time, God is outside of time (2 Peter 3:8). He viewed humanity, as a whole, sinful and not seeking after Him. God "in love" (Eph. 1:4) chose a people as a love gift for Himself.
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