SALVATION'S BESTOWALS, COMMONNESS AND CERTAINTY

  SALVATION'S BESTOWALS, COMMONNESS AND CERTAINTY

AS TO ITS BENEFITS, SALVATION BESTOWS ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS

                      (1) Two classic texts:
                        Eph. 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ.”

                        2 Pet. 1:3 “According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.”

                      (2) In a sense, there are no "second" blessings cf. 1 Cor. 3:21-23 they are all present possessions

AS TO ITS POSSESSION, SALVATION IS SHARED BY ALL BELIEVERS ALIKE

            (1) Shared by all alike: Jude 3 - Koinos "common salvation"  “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation”

            (2) Of like value to all: 2 Pet. 1:1 - isotimos "Like precious" “Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.”

            (3) There may be progress in experience, but none in possession  Grace never increases, just the knowledge of it - 2 Pet. 1:3
Our experience of it - 2 Pet. 3:18 cf. 1 Pet. 1:2

          

           AS TO ITS FINAL ISSUE, SALVATION IS CERTAIN BECAUSE IT PROVIDES FOR ALL POSSIBLE CONTINGENCIES. Heb. 5:9 "Eternal Salvation" -- to be eternal, salvation must cover everything. “And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.”

(1)   It certainty is found in God:

1 Thess. 5:24 “Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it.”

Phil. 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

                  2 Thess. 2:13-14 “But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

(2)   All possible contingencies are foreseen and provided for:

      Rom. 8:28-30 From eternity to eternity “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.”

                        1 Pet. 1:3-5 Granted an inheritance, and kept for the inheritance “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”