Do you understand that accomplishment ? What did the death of Christ purpose to do according to Eph 5:25-26 ?
However, my point was that you stated in Post #15:
"Another accomplishment of the Death of Christ, it ensured the Spiritual cleansing and sanctification of all those He died for. The church."
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The church is not comprised of "all those He died for". There are others who came before Day of Pentecost when the church was established. Christ died for many more than you allow.
Ephesians 5:
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word
In Post #5, @oyster67 stated:
"Eternal salvation for all those who believe, receive, and abide in the vine."
Do you know what it is to abide in the Vine? Here is what Jesus said:
John 15:
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
Notice that Ephesians 5:26 indicates we are sanctified (set apart) and cleansed (made pure) by the washing of water by the Word.
And in John 15:3 Jesus told His disciples that they were clean through the Word He had spoken to them. Jesus further encouraged His disciples to abide in Him. This abiding in Jesus is crucial in the life of the believer.
It is God's Word which cleanses us and we must be careful that we stick to God's Word. It is in God's Word that we learn about the Lord Jesus Christ ... that He is the living Word and the born again one is to live in Him:
Ephesians 5:
31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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