Preaching the Gospel !

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The Gospel of God's Grace !

The Gospel of God's Grace reveals that not one part of salvation is conditioned on the sinner, yes even believing is through Grace Acts 18:27

27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through [ DIA because of] grace:

Faith is not of our nature, nor of the so called freewill of man, but its a gift of God's Grace, yes His saving grace !

All of Salvation is based or conditioned upon God's Grace Eph 2:8 !

Now listen, if God has done everything in saving His People by Grace, then quite appropriate it is for the Gospel of their salvation [ Eph 1:13] for it to be a full and accurate explanation of How He does it ! How could the Gospel of God's Grace neglect to set forth details of that redeeming Grace necessary to save God's People from their sins ?

 

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Preaching the Gospel of God's Grace Acts 20:24

Now it appears in scripture that Grace, Salvation, and the Gospel form a common union, a whole Eph 2:8;1:13;Acts 20:24, For Grace and Salvation are spoken of in the Gospel, and Salvation and the Gospel are all about Grace, and Grace and the Gospel are about Salvation, the Former [ Grace] makes [ Salvation] happen and the Gospel Proclaims it ! So without question the Gospel is about the Grace of God in the Salvation of men, especially the Elect, the Election of Grace Rom 11:5; 2 Tim 2:10

In light of this, how could the Gospel not be a systematic setting forth of those doctrines of Grace in regards to the Salvation of God's Chosen People, which He foreknew ? So in the Gospel of God[ Rom 1:1] and His Grace, could God leave out any one part of His Grace that it took for Him to save His People out of the Gospel ? He designates as the Gospel of God's Grace Acts 20:24 ? Would God consider any portion of His Grace as not being very important or essential to His Salvation Purpose as delineated by the Gospel of His Grace ? Any Gospel which neglects any Doctrine of Grace, which reveals fully how God saves His People is a False Gospel, and those believing it are accursed of God Gal 1:8-9 !

 

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Let other religion's say whatever. But for those who are Bible believing Lovers of GOD'S Word!Who Want to argue that there is no "Elecet", and "Chosen" people of GOD! When from the very beginning of His Word, unto the very end! He is "electing", and "chosen" people, and using the those exact "terms" to describe what He's doing throughout His Entire Word, and is Clear as day to anyone who has the ability to read! So first these true despisers of the GOD Whom The Bible does actually Reveal. 1 Want to take our Election away from us! Which is the Entire Constitution, and Foundation Upon Which The Umerited Favour of GOD'S GRACE toward's men Stand's, and 2. Then they have the audacity to strip us of believing in our Eternal Sercurity That we have because we received the "Eternal Life" of Christ In His Salvation of our soul's when we were born again of His Spirit , being By GOD'S GRACE Chosen In Him Before the Foundation of this world! Which is absolute pure insanity! This is a good example of how Pelagian-Roman-Armanian believers think, and twist GOD'S Word's around to their own destuction: if the word "red" was given in a text, they would say: (((But))) actually that isn't the word "red", and if it is. That's not what it really means!(LOL...) Their whole belief system is nothing but a miserable hell of "But's" and "if's"!! It's like me sitting on a limb 90 feet in the air, and cutting off the very limb i am sitting on! Because the reality is that their "faith"(Not really) is not Rooted in GOD but in "themselves".

 

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Preaching the Gospel of God's Grace Acts 20:24

There is no Gospel of God's Grace if we fail or neglect to point out as the Great Apostle did, that Saving Grace was given or bestowed upon Chosen sinners in Christ before the world was made 2 Tim 1:9

9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

It should be made clear from scripture that God's work of Grace for His People's Salvation was finished in Eternity, and this fact of our Eternally accomplished Salvation by Grace Eternal is Stated Three Times in the New Testament one of which is 2 Tim 1:9-10. Here the inspired writer tells us that God saved us [The Church] and called us before the world began, and that this Grace given or bestowed upon us in Christ in eternity is brought to light by the Gospel, hence there is no preaching the Gospel of God's Grace without expounding this Truth !

 

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Preaching the Gospel of God's Grace Acts 20:24

So in Preaching the Gospel of God's Grace, Paul through the Holy Spirit writes That God [Within the realm of His own Eternal Purpose] That God saved us [ His Church] and called us before the world began and that Grace [which makes it eternal] was given to us in Christ in eternity, this is brought to light by the Gospel 2 Tim 1:9-10

Also in Rom 8 we are told that we [The elect or chosen] were Loved, Justified, called and Glorified in God's Eternal Purpose of Grace Rom 8:28-30

28 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.

29 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.

30 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.


And in Eph 1:3-6 the Spirit through Paul explains to us how we are saved by God's Sovereign Grace in Christ before the foundations of this world, and that it was all accomplished in Eternity for The Praise of the Glory of His Grace !


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:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, Not according to our will !

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

This is how Paul and every True Preacher preaches the Gospel of God's Grace !

 

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Why Preach Total depravity in Gospel of God's Grace ?

In order to rightly understand why it is that only the Sovereign Grace of God can save, then one must be brought to believe that Grace Doctrine the total depravity of natural man and spiritual deadness and inability. Hence one of the fundamental facets of Salvation by Grace is to relay that natural man is not able to come to God, nor will he seek God, the True God that is. The True Gospel of the Grace of God proclaims loud and clear that no part of salvation is ever dependent or conditioned on the dead sinner, upon what the natural man must do [repent or believe] and so all salvation is conditioned on the Sovereign electing Grace of God.

 

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The Gospel of God's Grace !

The Main cause for a Salvation plan that was totally and 100% of Sovereign Grace, which entailed the Saviour coming into the world
was because men were totally without hope in becoming saved Matt 19:25-26

25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

All of Salvation from Election in Eternity past to final Glory is realized solely by the Sovereign Grace of God. In light of this fact, any Gospel teaching that neglects to cover all aspects of Salvation
as revealed in the written word, and those things that point out all
The requirements for Salvation have been completely dealt with by
God's Grace is a False Gospel. Those not believing the fact that men are dead to God, alienated from God, and spiritually without hope in the world, are liken to the lie told to Eve by satan "that she would not surely die" but only now its " You are not surely dead". Those rejecting the Truth of all men Rom 5:12, is in league
with the serpent, who is the Father of lies. Such Persons will not be submitted to all of Salvation being totally dependent upon the Sovereign Electing Grace of God. For all men by nature feels that there is something living in them by nature that enables them to seek and understand and come to the True God in spite of Rom 3.

If this is True, there would be in reality no Gospel that declares all Salvation is dependent upon Sovereign Grace, if men are not totally dead in sin. The Grace of God is no less needed if man could make themselves acceptable to God by his obedience, hence then the Saving obedience of Christ is dispensable. Rom 5:19

19For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one not two shall many be made righteous.

 

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The Gospel of God's Grace should be Explained !

As stated earlier, preaching the Gospel of God's Grace entails an explanation of the same. Paul does this in the book of Ephesians, especially in Chapters 1-3. Remember, the things rehearsed are not things the readers did not hear before from Paul's Preaching of the Gospel to them, but as was customary of Paul, He would write and confirm the hearts of Gospel believers, because of the many Gospel perverter's. Acts 14:21-22

21And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch,

22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

That word confirm means to Establish, and Paul does that how ? Rom 16:25

Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

So that's the Purpose in writing the Epistle to Ephesians, to establish them in the Gospel of God's Grace.

He explains in Chapter 1, Paul explains what God had done for them by His Sovereign Unmerited Grace in Christ. This Grace was given them in Christ Jesus before the world began 2 Tim 1:9. This Grace given was of His own Eternal Purpose, for the Praise of the Glory of His Grace Eph 1:6.

This Grace of God flows to them from The Three Persons of the One Godhead, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, according to the Father's Purpose, the Son's Purchase, and the Spirits Power. See Zech 4:6

Paul begins by reassuring that God's Chosen ones had been blessed of Him with all Spiritual Blessings [Covenant Blessings] in Christ [Their Covenant Head] from Eternity Eph 1:3, and that these Spiritual Covenant Blessings come to them according to God's Purpose of Grace in Election Eph 1:4, hence there is no possibility of Grace, Salvation, nor Spiritual Blessings aside from God's Eternal and Sovereign Election in Christ Rom 9:11 !

 

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Election in the Gospel of God's Grace !

Paul states Election as the First Blessing named Eph 1:3-4

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:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

The word Chosen is the greek word eklegomai:

to pick out, choose, to pick or choose out for one's self

Its in the middle voice, meaning He has Chosen for Himself !

This also denotes God's intimate foreknowledge of these Chosen for Himself, He knew them by Name. The word Chosen is made of the root word legō:


to call by name, to call, name

f) to speak out, speak of, mention

This has to do with their names being written in the Lambs book of Life.[ Rev 13:8;17:8] Thats what to be foreknown means.

The Father Chose a multitude of sinners unto Salvation in Christ before the world began. He chose us to make them Holy Experimentally [A work of the Spirit in Us and for Us] and to be without blame before Him in Love. And He of course will accomplish His Eternal Purpose of Grace unto them. Eph 5:27 and Jude 1:24-25

 

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Predestination is preached in the Gospel of God's Grace !

Next, Paul sets forth Predestination as a blessing of God's Grace, Eph 1:4-5

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

According to the Good pleasure of HIS WILL ! The false teachers of our day, speak that God does these things according to mans freewill. Lets look at this phrase however "according to His will" or similar statements in this book !

Eph 1:9

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

Now, In Eternal Love for His Chosen, The Father predestinated all of them to the open adoption and glorious liberty of the Children of God.

Rom 8:21-23

21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

This of course leads us into Paul's third blessing of Grace Adoption. The word is made up of Two greek words:

huios which means Son and the word tithemi which means to set or to place hence to place or set as a Son.

Now this initially occurred with Election in the Son before the world began Eph 1:4 and it is made manifest in time by the providence of predestination, its manifested by their Faith in time and will be manifested by their glorification, which includes the redemption of their bodies as per Rom 8:23.

These truths are proclaimed in the Gospel of God's Grace. Paul said the Colossians heard of these things by the Gospel preached unto them Col 1:4-5

4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints,

5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;

This lets us know, that the Gospel Paul Preached was detailed and extensive, and spoke of Glorious Truths and Eternal Hope and an Inheritance in Heaven 1 Pet 1:3-4

3 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,

4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

This is part of the Gospel Message, though its not mentioned in portions like 1 Cor 15:1-4, yet thats because those portions are not exhaustive of all what entails the Gospel of God's Grace.

 

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Made accepted in the Beloved a Gospel of Grace Truth!

In Preaching or going over the Gracious Gospel themes Paul once preached to the Ephesians, He reminds them how God in Grace, made us accepted in the Beloved !

Eph 1:3-6

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Not that He made us acceptable, but accepted, this by an Sovereign act of Grace. He accepted all the objects of His Eternal Love in Christ before the world began, and those He accepted in Eternity will never become or made unaccepted in time, as when they sinned in Adam.

The Chosen one's acceptance with God is not in any way or degree conditioned upon the fallen elect soul. The Father hath already made them accepted in the Beloved. To the praise of the glory of his grace.

One cannot Preach the Gospel of God's Grace, and neglect such a Truth as revealed here about His Grace !

 

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Redemption by His Grace !

In Preaching the Gospel of God's Grace, we should proclaim that redemption which comes through His Grace unto them Chosen in Christ before the foundation. Eph 1:7

7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

This Redemption and forgiveness of sins they have is not through or because of their believing, their repentance, their water baptism, not anything they have done, but its according to the riches of His Grace. Paul writes the same blessed Truth in Rom 3:24

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

Where there is redemption accomplished there is also attending it forgiveness or pardon. Paul explains what He means by redemption by saying redemption means forgiveness.

The word redemption in the verse is the greek word apolytrōsis: which is comprised of the root word lytron which means:

the price for redeeming, ransom

a) paid for slaves, captives

b) for the ransom of life

2) to liberate many from misery and the penalty of their sins

So thats why forgiveness or pardon comes with redemption, which also renders one Justified, those who have been redeemed from the penalty of their sins by Christ blood are Justified.

In whom we [The Chosen vs 4] have [not offered] redemption through His blood [not freewill, faith, repentance] the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His Grace.

Grace therefore does not proclaim a redemption or forgiveness that is offered or conditional on the sinner doing something, like believing, or repenting, but a redemption that has demanded forgiveness, because of satisfied Justice. This acceptance with God vs 6, this redemption by the blood of Christ, this forgiveness of sins belongs to all those Chosen in Christ, " according to the riches of God's Grace"

Those not proclaiming this in their Gospel of God's Grace are not Preaching the Gospel but a false one, and those who condition any of these blessings upon any obedience of the sinner is preaching a false gospel.

 

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This is essential to Preaching the Gospel of God's Grace !

The Main cause for a Salvation plan that was totally and 100% of Sovereign Grace, which entailed the Saviour coming into the world
was because men were totally without hope in becoming saved Matt 19:25-26

25When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

The religionists of our day do not believe that with men, salvation is impossible, for they think in their minds, that salvation is possible with man contributing some how to it, which denies here the very words of Christ here. Salvation is only made possible [in reality] by God, as Jonah proclaimed Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Jonah had been put in the circumstances [which was a type] to make him realize, that his deliverance or salvation was not dependent on his freewill, his accepting, his believing, his repentance, none of that, but solely upon the Sovereign prerogative and mercy of God. Salvation out of the whale's Belly was not possible by Jonah.

Therefore the doctrine that instructs of the total depravity of man by nature or total inability of us ever being able to come to God or to desire Him, is a essential Gospel of Grace doctrine. If there is nothing man can do or must do to be saved [as Jonah in the belly of the whale], then it shows that man must be totally dead to God, in that he could never have acceptance with God apart from a Divine intervention of His Power and Grace as Eph 2:4-5

4 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 )

You see how Paul used the fact of total inability of what men are by nature vs 3, and set up the Truth of Divine Quickening Grace that Saved us ! This was Paul's Gospel.

To believe in Salvation solely by the Grace of God, One must believe that man was not capable, unable to come to God and seek Salvation. Jesus Taught the same Truth John 6:44 and Paul again in Rom 3:11.

To understand Rom 11:6 which states:

6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

This cannot be believed aright if one has not been convinced that man has no ability to come to God, to believe God.

If men were to have been convinced that they were totally dead, and not able to believe, then they could understand that believing is through or by means of Grace Acts 18:27

27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

 

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More on the Gospel of God's Grace and Depravity !

The Gospel of God's Grace will include all those doctrines that set forth the reason why it was so imperative that God saved His People by Grace. Our native depravity is upmost in that regards. Jesus Christ Himself stated that men have not the ability to come to Him, which means Believe in Him unless the Father which sent Him draw them. Jn 6:44.

If we are preaching a gospel that neglects to include all the biblical doctrines that reveals the necessity for the Grace of God in our Salvation, then that's a Gospel which gives you and I a reason to believe that we must do something to become saved.

Those who preach a watered down gospel and give the impression that we are not completely dead in sin, is to instill in our minds that we can do something to get ourselves saved. This type of thinking is a attack upon the only way we can become saved, that is by the Grace of God. Acts 15:11

But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Note Faith is not mentioned here, nor here Eph 2:5

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are save )

Thats because the Faith is an attachment with the Grace that saves us.

Faith is an accessory that comes with the Grace that saves, so it is that we believe, the verb of Faith, by or through Grace Acts 18:27

And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:

If a person takes credit for believing, while another with the same opportunity to believe ,but they did not, then one takes credit for their being saved by Grace through Faith. Instead, the proper understanding of Grace, if one believes and the other does not, then Grace enabled one to believe and not the other, then we have no reason or even the occasion to boast. This also shows that we understood our depravity, and that we believed only by means of Grace. Grace should have the credit for believing.

Paul stated that he laboured more than any of the Apostles, but paul was mindful to credit to the Grace of God for His Labour 1 Cor 15:10

10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Paul states that God's Grace bestowed upon him was not in vain, that is, it was not without effect or producing results. And that's how it is with all who are saved by Grace.

Thats the Gospel Message, it should be as Paul stated here Eph 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

 

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The Gospel of God's Grace !

According to Romans 11:6, no one who believes that man is not dead in sin can possibly believe in a Gospel which is completely dependent on grace:

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

On the opposite, they now have every reason to believe that at least part of salvation is conditioned upon the works of a man or mans believing or faith. If you have a gospel which fails to include every doctrine that reveals the grace of God in the salvation of His people, you have a gospel that gives you ground to believe that you have to, and therefore have the ability to, do something to get or remain saved, even if it's your believing or faithfulness.

The exclusive purpose behind every gospel which teaches that man is not completely depraved[dead] in sin is to instill in the minds of its hearers the doctrinal perversion that man can and must do something to get, or remain, saved.

Such a corruption of the truth is nothing less than a direct attack upon the only thing by which a man can be saved; the sovereign grace of God. If man could be saved by what he does [Believe or repent], then grace would not be required at all in the salvation of a man and Christ’s sacrificial death would have been in vain (see Gal 2:21).

From the lie that man is not dead in sin comes the equally bogus teaching that he can, in and of his own free will, make a conscious decision to choose God by misapplication of such scriptures as [ Josh 24:15]. This in turn has produced a retinue of false teachings, one of which promotes the idea, which is the satanic doctrinal offspring of man’s not being utterly dead in sin [see Eph 2:5], that teaches salvation is an offer that can be accepted or refused; and that the Gospel must be preached to every individual as a personal opportunity to them.

This act of ‘free will’ reveals the teaching that man is not, as the Bible teaches, hopeless without God but that God is desperate without man, that He has no hope of saving anyone unless they make the decision to choose and accept Him ! Salvation would therefore not be by the will of God, as the scriptures say (Jas 1:18), but by the will of man. For the Good News of Grace to be preached, we must show the reason for the need of grace in the salvation of a man. This can only be done by a proper and biblical exposition of the spiritual state every man is in by nature: dead in sin and dead to God (see Eph. 2:1,5). We see an example of this in Paul’s introducing us to man’s depraved condition in the first three chapters of Romans before leading into grace. Rom 3:24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

 

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More on the Gospel of God's Grace !

It is crucial to be reminded that the all of salvation is covered by all of God's Grace [Eph 2:5]. No part of that which is essential in the salvation of a person has been not dealt with, altogether and amply, by the grace of God. Therefore, there are absolutely no reasons for anyone to construct a biblical presentation for the Gospel of salvation failing to be that which embodies all the doctrines which teach the grace of God in salvation.

There is no part of salvation that does not depend upon the grace of God in the salvation of His people. No portion of salvation is conditioned on the person, but every phase of it is conditioned on the grace of God [From Believing to Glorification] And the medium through which God teaches the individual doctrines which deal with grace in salvation is the Gospel. The Gospel should not be anything short of this and it cannot be anything else but this. The whole of the Gospel is about the whole of salvation, which is about the whole of the grace of God. If it had to happen for salvation to exist, then it must be believed for salvation to be experienced. Put simply, when it comes to salvation, if God had to do it then men ought believe it! If man must believe it then it should be presented in the Gospel of salvation, for Christ says that to believe the Gospel is to be saved[evidenced by believing] Mk 16:15-16. Correspondingly to be saved is to believe the Gospel: all that God reveals that had to be done to save His people Matt 1:21. This is to include election, predestination and the new birth, and all the elements of God's Grace whereby He made us accepted in the Beloved. Eph 1:3-6

 

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More on the Gospel of God's Grace !

The Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work, is the principal in a persons redemption, His imputed righteousness is the only hope of gaining favor with God. However there are other acts of the Triune God that are just as vital to The total effects of His work, and these things as well should be Preached in the Gospel of God's Grace. Election in and of itself is not Salvation[subjectively], but one cannot be saved without having been Chosen to Salvation from the beginning 2 Thess 2:13

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway 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:

This is the election of Grace Rom 11:5

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

Rom 9:11

(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth )

Without this doctrine of the Gospel we would not know for whom Christ specifically died for ! Rom 8:33-34

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

Now who can't see the Logical conclusion of this passage as to who Christ died for ?

So when Paul preached that Christ died for our sins according to the scripture as per 1 Cor 15:3

3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

No doubt the our sins here are the same as God's elect in Rom 8:33 and the us in vs 34.

Folks there is no preaching the Gospel , Preaching Grace without Preaching God's Election of Grace.

Also in Preaching Election of Grace, we come to know who it is the Spirit will impart Spiritual life to based upon Christ finished work on their behalf. The fact that Christ death is to a particular people [seed of Abraham of all nations] and mans depravity and inability to come to truly seek God, validates that there is a election of Grace which was necessary [In God's Eternal Purpose] for the salvation of a man, and so something that must be believed if a man is to give evidence of being in a saved state. As an application of the Work of Christ, the Holy Spirit does a Saving work in conversion and renewal Titus 3:5

5Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Therefore His mighty work is essential in the Preaching of the Gospel; For Christ Himself taught the necessity of His work Jn 3:3-8. The wisdom of God is much in display, for what profit would it have been for God to Elect a People to Salvation, then His Beloved Son shed His blood for them, and then for them never to be born anew by the Spirit ? Hence, all the work of the Godhead is essential Gospel Doctrine that must be Preached, and Grace is seen to me more of grace than ever, and boasting is no room for.

 

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Particular Redemption !

Particular redemption is a vital and essential Truth to Gospel Preaching, for it sets forth the blessed reality, that the Son of God became Incarnate and took on the seed of Abraham Heb 2:16, so that He might satisfy all the requirements of Salvation for that seed, which is God's Chosen [Ps 105:6] and merit for them all grace here and glory later [Ps 84:11]. He [ The Lord Jesus Christ] was given as a Covenant to the People [The Seed of Abraham] Isa 42:6

6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

This includes Abraham's seed in the Nations or of the Gentiles as per Gen 17:5

5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Christ finished work, which is His obedience unto death, the shedding of His Covenant Blood [Heb 13:20], being both God and Man was the culmination of His entire work of Redemption. This obedience unto death was as the Representative and Substitute of the Seed of Abraham, which is also His Church or His Sheepfold. All that was accomplished for them can be called the Righteousness of God Rom 1:16-17

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17For therein[The Gospel] is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

For God's Justice and Mercy has met together in this Work of Christ. This Salvation is revealed in the Gospel to each Child of Abraham of whom Christ represented.

 

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Particular Redemption cont !

This Righteousness of God, meaning all Christ did in His work of the Cross for The Elect, His Imputed Righteousness charged to their account, this is made known to the born again elect sinners by the Gospel to God given Faith, which Faith gives them spiritual evidence and assurance of their being of the elect and partaking of that Righteousness, which Paul calls Phil 3:9

9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: Its a revealed Righteousness.

This Established Righteousness by Christ for God's Chosen People, is not a general offer, but a Righteousness that demands Life from the dead. Every sinner in Adam that Christ represented, spiritual life must be given them, Hence its Justification unto Life Rom 5:18b

18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.

The NIV: Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men.

The Justification by the Blood of Christ brings Life [Spiritual Life] to the all men Christ Represented, The Seed of Abraham.

Thats why Paul can say Eph 2:5

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved )

This word quicken means to make one alive together

Christ Righteous act of laying down His Life for the Sheep on the Cross Resulted in Justification unto Life. in vs 21, Paul states that Grace Reigns through Righteousness [Chris work of Righteousness] unto Life Rom 5:21

21That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

These scriptures gives evidence that Life comes as a result of Righteousness [The entire merit of Christ work]. You see, Justification, as noble as that is, is not a end of itself, but corresponding life as a result of it. God has now a Righteous Basis to impart spiritual life unto dead unworthy sinners for whom Christ died , namely the seed of Abraham.

 

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The Righteousness of God is revealed in the Gospel !

Rom 1:16-17

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.

In Preaching the Gospel, the True Gospel, the whole counsel of it, The Righteousness of God is made known in how He saved His People from their sins. Many times when I read or hear of this Righteousness in the Gospel, it is in respect to Christ Righteousness which has been imputed to all that are believing, the believing being an evidence of Imputed Righteousness and not the cause.

But there is another Righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel, whereby it is demonstrated in His absolute Sovereignty in the Election, Redemption and Eternal Salvation of His Covenant People see [ Rom 9:11-14]. Men by nature are ignorant of God's Righteousness Rom 10:1-3

1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.

2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Yes, this verse is specifically talking about the jews, however its application is appropriate for gentiles as well, and we cannot never understand it except by Divine Revelation. The Righteousness of the Sovereignty of God in Salvation appears to the born again Child of Promise; not only in Salvation, but in All God's works, of Creation [Heb 11:1-3] and providence, and they come to acknowledge that He worketh all things after the counsel of His own will Eph 1:11-12

11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:

12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.