God Salvation
Paul’s revelation was given to him personally by Jesus Christ and it constitutes the final gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a whole new gospel not given anywhere else in the Bible. Two of the most important aspects
of this new gospel can be summed up in this way.
One, it presents God’s work for us in and through Jesus Christ.
Two, it presents the work done in us by the Holy Spirit.
Understanding how to keep these two awesome works of grace separate in our minds is most important to the renewing of our minds. The first element deals with what God does outside of us through the person of Christ. This is the true gospel given only to Paul. It is the fulfillment of one of God’s first thoughts found in Ephesians 1:4, which simply says that the believer was chosen to be in Christ. This is God’s act of redemption by and through Jesus Christ.
The second element deals with what God does in our hearts, our soulish part, by the Holy Spirit. This is the ultimate fruit of the gospel that brings the Holy Spirit to work in our soul. This is an important key to Paul’s message. Christ is joined to our spirit (1 Cor. 6:17) and the Holy Spirit, our teacher, is joined to our soul (John 14: 26).
Now these two great truths must not be confused with each other and neither should they be divorced from each other. The salvation of the believing sinner, who has put faith in Christ, by simply believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, allows the Father to give the believing sinner all
of grace, the whole bucket of grace
dumped on him immediately. Thus by simply believing on the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, the sinner has entered into the finished work of Christ on the Cross as well as the fullness of God’s grace. Christ in the believer gives the believer the sav-
ing life of Christ and at the same time the renewing of the mind starts and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit begins in the heart (soul).
The believing sinner has nothing to do with his salvation other than having a need and simply believing on Christ. It is like a newborn baby, the baby has no choices, no alternatives to it’s birthing.Everything is done by the parents outside of the baby. The father puts the seed in the mother’s egg and nature takes care of the rest. So it is when a believer is born again, the sinner cries out for a Savior and the heavenly Father puts His seed, Christ, in the believer.
Paul’s revelation was given to him personally by Jesus Christ and it constitutes the final gospel of Jesus Christ. It is a whole new gospel not given anywhere else in the Bible. Two of the most important aspects
of this new gospel can be summed up in this way.
One, it presents God’s work for us in and through Jesus Christ.
Two, it presents the work done in us by the Holy Spirit.
Understanding how to keep these two awesome works of grace separate in our minds is most important to the renewing of our minds. The first element deals with what God does outside of us through the person of Christ. This is the true gospel given only to Paul. It is the fulfillment of one of God’s first thoughts found in Ephesians 1:4, which simply says that the believer was chosen to be in Christ. This is God’s act of redemption by and through Jesus Christ.
The second element deals with what God does in our hearts, our soulish part, by the Holy Spirit. This is the ultimate fruit of the gospel that brings the Holy Spirit to work in our soul. This is an important key to Paul’s message. Christ is joined to our spirit (1 Cor. 6:17) and the Holy Spirit, our teacher, is joined to our soul (John 14: 26).
Now these two great truths must not be confused with each other and neither should they be divorced from each other. The salvation of the believing sinner, who has put faith in Christ, by simply believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, allows the Father to give the believing sinner all
of grace, the whole bucket of grace
dumped on him immediately. Thus by simply believing on the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, the sinner has entered into the finished work of Christ on the Cross as well as the fullness of God’s grace. Christ in the believer gives the believer the sav-
ing life of Christ and at the same time the renewing of the mind starts and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit begins in the heart (soul).
The believing sinner has nothing to do with his salvation other than having a need and simply believing on Christ. It is like a newborn baby, the baby has no choices, no alternatives to it’s birthing.Everything is done by the parents outside of the baby. The father puts the seed in the mother’s egg and nature takes care of the rest. So it is when a believer is born again, the sinner cries out for a Savior and the heavenly Father puts His seed, Christ, in the believer.