Seven Proofs of Unconditional Salvation
How are you saved? Did God save you by free grace? Or did you save yourself by some act? Or did you do something to cooperate with God and make Jesus Christ's work effective for you? |
There are only two ways a sinner can be saved. Either God saves him unconditionally as a free gift of His grace, or he must do something in order to obtain it for himself.
There is no other choice. All religions and doctrines are either unconditional or conditional. Either man does nothing for his salvation, or he must do something.
If you were to send $100 to the most effective missionary or soul winner you know, could you possibly get another name in the book of life? Or is that work done only by God in Jesus Christ?
Some require baptism; others require church membership; some require sacraments; and others require parts of Moses' law. While another party requires only faith and a decision.
Yet all five of these popular ideas are the same. They all require sinful man to do something to save himself, even if it is only requiring him to believe and confess some salvation formula.
In all five cases, the determining factor for heaven or hell is what each man does. If that is the case, then man is his own saviour; and his eternal destiny is based on his choice and action.
God's gift of salvation is entirely different. He gives it out of His free and sovereign grace, and He will receive all the glory for it.
If we require conditions for salvation, then we make God a debtor; and He is not in debt to man!
Eternal life is unconditional, for God gave it as a free gift to His elect, whom He chose for salvation before the world began. It originated in the mind and purpose of God, and He performs all the operations of grace to accomplish it. Man is entirely passive in the gift of eternal life.
Faith and obedience are the results of this gracious salvation, not conditions for it in any way whatsoever. They are the evidence of eternal life, not the means or instrument to obtain it.
This study will look at seven proofs establishing this fact beyond any doubt. All plans of salvation requiring some action from the sinner are horribly wrong, for eternal life is a free gift of God's grace through Jesus Christ without any conditions of any kind.
Enjoy this study, and may Jesus Christ receive all the honor, glory, and praise.
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