Good morning,
What happens when a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ? Instantly, their lives are changed.
How they are changed will be our focus for the next several weeks.
We will look at what happens when a sinner gets saved, in relation to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and between each other.
In relation to God the Father…
4) The child of God is elected. Once a man receives Christ as his Savior, he is elected. 1 Pet 1v2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father… Eph 1v4 – According as he hath chosen us in him (Christ) before the foundation of the world, NO MAN is chosen before the foundation of the world OUTSIDE of Christ. God doesn’t choose anybody but the people who are IN Christ, & nobody was IN Christ BEFORE the foundation of the world. As a matter of fact, Abraham, Isaac & Jacob were NEVER in Christ EVER! So the man is NOT elected until AFTER he is saved. When a man receives Christ as his Savior, then he is elected because he is IN Christ!
5) He becomes a child of God – John 1v12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 1 John 3v1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
6) He gets heavenly citizenship – Phil 3v20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:
Once we are saved, we become God’s elect, His chosen ones.
We also become His children. God the Father will take care of us better than any earthly father. He knows everything about us and will provide for us while here on earth.
Although we are citizens of the United States, our actual citizenship resides in Heaven.
Ephesians 2:4-7 states that we are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. “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;)6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.”
Consider your standing in relationship to God the Father and rejoice!
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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