40 Things That Occur
at the
Point of Salvation
1. Imputed Righteousness* 21. Unseen Assets*
2.
Justification* 22.
Judgment of Sins
3. Children
of God*
(Regeneration) 23. Royal Adoption*
4.
Communication with
Holy Spirit 24.
Eternal Relationship to God*
5. Imputed
Everlasting Life* 25. We are
on the Rock Jesus Christ*
6. Baptism
of the Holy Spirit 26. We are
a Gift to Christ*
7.
Propitiation* 27.
Royal Priesthood*
8.
Reconciliation* 28.
We are a
9. Redemption* 29. Access to God*
10.
Forgiveness* 30. Under the
Much More Care of God*
11. Remove
Condemnation 31. We are His
Inheritance*
12. Removal
of Domination
of the Old
Sin Nature* 32. We Inherit
Christ’s Eternal Future*
13. Remove
Satan’s Power* 33. We have a Partnership with
God*
14. Freedom
From the Penalty
of the Mosaic Law* 34. We Become Heavenly Citizens*
15.
Identification with Jesus
Christ 35.
We Become Members of the Royal Family of God*
16.
Indwelling of God the
Father 36. We are Light in the Lord*
17.
Indwelling of Jesus Christ 37. We
are United to the Trinity*
18.
Indwelling of the
Holy Spirit 38.
We are Glorified*
19. Sealing
of Your Salvation* 39. We are
Complete in Him*
20.
Circumcision of the Soul* 40. We
Receive Angelic Protection and Service
This list was first compiled by L.S. Chafer in his 1948
Systematic Theology work. *
The list included “thirty-three stupendous works of God which together comprise
the salvation of a soul.” (Systematic Theology by Lewis Sperry Chafer, 1948, volume 3, page 234-265.)
During the 1960’s and 1970’s R.B.
Thieme, continued to develop this list.
In his book “The Plan of God” Thieme develops the list to include 36 “benefits of
salvation.” (The Plan of God, 1973, page 23-27)
Recently the original list of 33 things was expanded through the study of
Thomas Tyree, Jr. This list can be found on the web at:
http://www.egracebiblechurch.org/forty.htm
Galyn Wiemers has copied, combined and added
to these notes in this booklet.
The * indicates they were in Chafer’s original list.
At the moment of salvation, every believer in Jesus Christ receives 40
things from God. Of the 40 things, 39 of them are permanent and can never be
removed from the believer - even by God himself! The only temporary thing we
can lose is fellowship with God which we lose due to our own free will to sin
and act against God. We can regain this fellowship and walk in the light when
we confess our known sins to the Father.
Our position as a son is eternal and unchangeable. Our daily state of fellowship can change
because it is based on our conduct as an obedient or a disobedient son.
Imputed
Righteousness
Divine righteousness is imputed from God the Father to our souls at the
same time we share the righteousness of Christ through Positional Truth. This
is not something we can achieve or work for. Imputed means in English, “to
ascribe to one as author, responsible originator, or possessor; to charge; to
credit.” This imputed righteousness does
these things for the believer: 1) Makes them positionally righteous before God.
2) Positional Sanctification (1 Cor.
1:30; 6:11)
3) Perfected forever (Hebrews 10:14)
4) Accepted
by God (Ephesians 1:6)
5) Qualified to share in the inheritance ( Col.
1:12)
Romans 4:3-5, 2 Corinthians 5:21 Romans 3:25-26
What does the Scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." Now
when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an
obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies
the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness. (Romans 4:3-5)
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in
him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through
faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his
forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished he did it to
demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who
justifies those who have faith in Jesus. (Romans 3:25-26)
2. Justification
As a result of this imputed righteousness, we are "declared
righteous" or justified by God the Father. We are vindicated as believers
because the justice of God the Father was satisfied by the substitutionary
death of Jesus Christ on the cross who paid the sin
penalty for all of our sins. He was our substitute and was found righteous in
this payment. There is a difference between being imputed with righteousness
and being declared justified. To have
been declared justified by God means we stand before him today innocent of all
charges and all sins. He is as much
obligated to defend us now as he was obligated to condemn us before. Romans 3:24-30.
And are justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as
a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to
demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins
committed beforehand unpunished--he did it to demonstrate his justice at the
present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith
in Jesus. Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what
principle? On that of observing the law? No,
but on that of faith. For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart
from observing the law. Is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of
Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will
justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
(Romans 3:24-30)
3. Children of God (“Born again” or “Regeneration)
We are "regenerated" or "born again" through the power
of the Holy Spirit. The new believer is "born again." God becomes our
legitimate Father and we become his legitimate child. This reality is more of a heavenly truth that
an earthly experience. The sons of God
have not yet been revealed on earth (Rm. 8:19.
To be born into an earthly home of privilege is an outstanding
advantage. Imagine the advantage of
being born into the family of God. John
3:1-12, Titus 3:5, Romans 8:16, 1 Corinthians 2:14
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a
member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said,
"Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could
perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." In
reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done,
but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth (or,
“regeneration”) and renewal by the Holy Spirit, (Titus 3:5)
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are
God's children. (Romans 8:16)
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things
that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he
cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians
2:14)
Now we are the children of God. (1 John 3:2)
4. A Human Spirit that Has Communication with the Holy
Spirit
We receive a regenerated human spirit The human
spirit is created by the Holy Spirit as part of His regeneration ministry.
Romans 8:16; 1 Corinthians 2:14
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's
children. (Romans 8:16)
The man without the Spirit does not accept the things
that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he
cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians
2:14)
5. Imputed Everlasting Life
We receive the imputation of everlasting life from God the Father to our
regenerative human spirit. And at the same instant, we share the eternal life
Christ through positional truth. This is our double portion of eternal life. 1
John 5:11-12
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have
the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12)
6. Baptism of the Holy Spirit (Baptized by the
Spirit into Christ)
We are placed into union with Jesus Christ through the baptism of the Holy
Spirit. Romans 8:1-2; Romans 8:38-39; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 1 Corinthians 12:13;
1 John 5:11-12
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set
me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither
angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate
us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38-39)
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made
alive. (1 Corinthians 15:22)
For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one
body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one
Spirit to drink. (1 Corinthians 12:13)
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have
the Son of God does not have life.(1 Jn 5:11-12)
7. Propitiation
Propitiate means to appease and render favorable. It is a synonym for pacify. The word refers to the person who was
offended. In this case God was offended
and is appeased because of Christ’s death.
We are guaranteed mercy, or "more grace." This is because the
just demands of the Holiness of God the Father were satisfied (propitiated) by
the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross and we enjoy the
benefits of that propitiation. Sin has
been dealt with perfectly and is no longer an issue that separates God and
man. God has already been satisfied.
The doctrine of Propitiation teaches that sin must
be dealt with before mercy
(grace in action) can be manifested. In your life
as a Christian, the Lord can only be satisfied with your service and good works
if they are produced by a person in fellowship with him. Exodus 25:17-22, Hebrews 9:4, 1 John 2:2
"Make an atonement cover of
pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. And make two
cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one
end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the
cover, at the two ends. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward,
overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking
toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the
Testimony, which I will give you. There, above the cover between the two cherubim
that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet
with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. (Exodus 25:17-22)
Which had the golden altar of incense and the
gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained
the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of
the covenant. (Hebrews 9:4)
He is the atoning
sacrifice (“propitiation” in the KJ) for our
sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John
2:2)
8. Reconciliation
Reconcile means to cause to be friendly again; to bring back to
harmony. Reconciliation indicates that
Christ’s death removed God’s enmity against man. We are reconciled by God the
Father because of the removal of the sin barrier between man and God by the
cross. This work of Christ guarantees our eternal access to God. This
"spanning of the great gap" between man and God by the person and
work of Christ on the cross provides the basis of our eternal relationship with
God. Romans 5:10; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to
him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall
we be saved through his life! (Romans 5:10)
All this is from God, who reconciled (katallaxantoV means in the Greek
to effect a change, to exchange, to reconcile, Here the preposition in the
compound
is perfective and means “to
effect a thorough change back.”)
us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry
of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not
counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of
reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
9. Redemption
Faith in Christ as Savior means personal deliverance or redemption from the
"slave market of sin." 1 Peter 1:18-19 When a Roman general returned
to Rome after conquering an enemy he led the captives back and sold them as
slaves. The slaves where placed on a
slave block and purchased by individuals who could hold them in a life of
bondage and service. It was rare, but it
was possible, that a slave could be redeemed.
They could be purchased and set free from bondage by their new
owner. You could not set a slave free
unless you were willing to pay the redemption price.
Justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by
Christ Jesus (Romans 3:24)
For you know that it was not with perishable things such
as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down
to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb
without blemish or defect. (1 Peter 1:18-19)
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free (Galatians
5:1)
With your blood you purchased men for God. (Revelation 5:9)
10. Forgiveness
At the moment of salvation we are granted total forgiveness of the past by
God the Father. The soul is clean and
ready to learn and utilize the assets of the Christian life through the intake
of Bible doctrine. Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14 This forgiveness
stands ready to meet all of our sins in the past, in the present and in the
future.
"I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions,
for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. (Isaiah 43:25)
I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins
like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you." (Isaiah
44:22)
In him we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness
of sins, in accordance
with the riches of God's grace (Eph 1:7)
In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
(Colossians 1:14)
He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written
code, with its regulations. (Colossians 2:13)
11. Removal of Condemnation
At the moment of salvation, the sentence of condemnation is removed by God
the Father. Our salvation provides freedom from the condemnation and wrath of
the Justice of God. The sharing of the final destiny of Satan and all the
fallen angels is therefore eliminated. John 3:18; Romans 8:1-3
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever
does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the
name of God's one and only Son. (John 3:18)
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are
in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set
me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in
that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in
the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in
sinful man, (Romans 8:1-3)
12. Removal of Domination of the Old Sin Nature
At the moment of salvation, we are "dead" to the domination of
the Old Sin Nature. The Old Sin Nature should be a "toothless tiger"
in the life of the Christian. It has only the power we allow it to have. At
salvation, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit becomes the new "ruler"
of the body where He creates a temple for the indwelling of our Lord Jesus
Christ as the "Shekinah Glory." This is the
guarantee that we can be under divine blessing as we advance in the spiritual
life.
The Old Sin Nature is not gone but has been judged and had its authority
removed. The Holy Spirit now has the
authority in the believers life. The evil of the sin nature can no longer
restrain or prevent the Holly Spirit from working in our lives. The Holy Spirit
will:
1) Curb the power of the Old
Sin Nature
2) Produce righteousness in
our lives
Christ death was substitutionary so his death is
shared with us. It is cocrucifixion, codeath, coburial and coresurrection.
This is also known as past Positional Truth, where we are identified with
Christ on the cross. We are identified with His death and burial. This is
accomplished by the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
The application of this past Positional Truth is the Christian in
fellowship with God, possessing a continual attitude of rejecting, separating
from, and being dead to personal sin and the production of human good and evil!
Romans 6:6-12
For we know that our old self was crucified with him so
that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be
slaves to sin because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we
died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that
since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has
mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life
he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count
(“count” means “consider, reckon” and is present imperative which means “do
this continually.”)
yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in
Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you
obey its evil desires. (Romans 6:6-12)
Having been buried with him in baptism and raised with
him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
(Colossians 2:12)
13. Removal of Satan’s Power
At salvation, we have freedom from Satan’s kingdom of evil. Satan has
sovereignty over the unsaved and authority over all those who choose to live
their lives in his cosmic (worldly) system of sin and evil. Satan’s influence
of mankind is through man’s Old Sin Nature. However, Satan’s influence is
"held in check" by God’s grace manifested in His laws of Divine
Establishment. Colossians 1:12-13; 1 John 5:19; Ephesians 6:11-12; Ephesians
2:1-2; Galatians 5:1
Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you
to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. For he has rescued
us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he
loves, (Colossians 1:12-13)
We know that we are
children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
(1 John 5:19)
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your
stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of
this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly
realms. (Ephesians 6:11-12)
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and
sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of
the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who
are disobedient. (Ephesians 2:1-2)
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand
firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
(Galatians 5:1)
14. Freedom From the Penalty of
the Mosaic Law
At the moment of salvation, the believer is delivered from the curse of the
law. At that moment, God the Father graciously imparts freedom from bondage to
all clauses of the Mosaic Law. This means that the Law, as a unit, can never
curse any Christian for failing to obey it, because our Lord Jesus Christ has
perfectly obeyed it and that obedience is transferred to us. The law of God is
perfect in its content and purpose. It instructed the Jew on the reality of
disobedience of spiritual law.
The Law does these things:
1) It revealed the answer to the sin problem.
2) It revealed the Laws of Divine Establishment for the entire human race.
This Christian freedom does not mean
freedom from these doctrines that are revealed in the law, but rather the
actual responsibility to it as a member of a Theocracy, which we are not! Free from the Law does not mean we are free
to sin or free of our responsibility revealed in the Law. It means we are free from receiving the curse
of the law.
The difference can be seen in this statement from Chaffer: It is one thing
to do a thing in the law so you will be accepted or blessed; It
is an entirely different thing to do those same things because you are already
accepted and blessed.
Personal love toward the Triune God by the spiritually mature believer,
plus our being "in Christ," who fulfilled the law is our fulfillment.
Romans 13:8; Romans 8:2; Galatians 3:10-13; Jn. 1:17;
Acts 15:24-29;; Rom. 6:14; Rm. 7:2-6; 2 Cor. 3:6-13;
Gal. 5:18
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his
fellowman has fulfilled the law. (Romans
13:8)
Because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of
life set me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2)
All who rely on observing the law are
under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not
continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." Clearly no one
is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by
faith." The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who
does these things will live by them." Christ redeemed us from the curse of
the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone
who is hung on a tree." (Galatians 3:10-13)
Free from law (Rm. 8:2)
Dead to law (Rm 7:4)
Delivered from the law (Rm. 7:6, 6:4)
15. Identification with Jesus Christ
At the moment of salvation, the believer is permanently identified with
Christ’s work on the cross by God the Father. The Christian is forever after
identified with Christ in His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and
present session at the Father’s right hand. This is synonymous with
"Past" and "Present" Positional Truth. Romans 6:3-12;
Galatians 2:20
Or don't you know
that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his
death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father,
we too may live a new life. If we have been united with him like this in his
death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we
know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be
done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin because anyone who
has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that
we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the
dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he
died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he
lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in
Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you
obey its evil desires. (Romans 6:3-12)
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live,
but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son
of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)
16. Indwelling of God the Father
The believer is indwelt by God the Father at the moment of salvation. The
reason why the Christian is indwelt by the Father at that moment is to provide
a guarantee of unseen, yet extremely powerful assets and provisions for living
the Christian life. In eternity past, the first person of the Trinity authored
all of these invisible assets and provisions. He also granted all blessing in
time and rewards for eternity "in Christ." This indwelling is also
for the glorification of His plan for the Church Age. John 14:23; Ephesians 4:6
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my
teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home
with him. (John 14:23)
One God and Father of all, who is over all and
through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:6)
17. Indwelling of Jesus Christ
The indwelling of Jesus Christ is the guarantee of our membership in the
Royal family of God that results in instant transportation to heaven at death
by our lord Jesus Christ Himself! Christ also imparts encouragement to us as we
grow spiritually through the Word of God. John 14:20; Romans 8:10, 2
Corinthians 3:5; Colossians 1:27
On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and
you are in me, and I am in you. (John 14:20)
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of
sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. (Romans 8:10)
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles
the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
(Colossians 1:27)
18. Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
The third person of the Holy Trinity unconditionally and permanently
indwells all Christians at the moment of salvation. This makes their bodies
temples for the indwelling of our Lord Jesus Christ as the "Shekinah Glory" of God. Listen! God has "first
rights" to the use of your body - not the Old Sin Nature! 1 Corinthians
6:19-20; Matthew 3:11; John 14:17; Romans 5:5; Romans 8:9; Galatians 3:2
Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy
Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. (1 Corinthians
6:19-20)
"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after
me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to
carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. (Matthew 3:11)
The Spirit of truth. The world cannot
accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he
lives with you and will be in you. (John 14:17)
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured
out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. (Romans
5:5)
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but
by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have
the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. (Romans 8:9)
I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you
receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?
(Galatians 3:2)
19. Sealing of Your Salvation
At the moment of salvation, the sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit occurs.
This "sealing" is God the Father’s stamp of ownership and the Holy
Spirit’s signature of guarantee of eternal security, protection, and
preservation of our souls from certain angelic (demonic) activity, such as
demon possession. Ephesians 4:30; 2 Timothy 2:19; Ephesians 1:13
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you
were sealed for the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)
Nevertheless, God's
solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: "The Lord
knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of
the Lord must turn away from wickedness." (2 Timothy 2:19)
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked
in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, (Ephesians 1:13)
20. Circumcision of the Soul
This is a "circumcision of the soul" which renders null and void
the issue of our past lives as unsaved persons. God the Father places no value
on the unsaved past of the new convert, so the emphasis of his new life must
not be on the successes or failures of his past. He has been removed form the
justification of Satan’s world-system of evil.
Moses taught that a "circumcised soul" was a mind free of the
hindrances to capacity for life. Fear and worry emanating from arrogance hinder
capacity for life. To "circumcise" means to cut it off from the soul.
We must not, as Christians, try to base our spirituality on assets possessed
before salvation such as talent, ability, etc. Our past as unbelievers is cut
away as having any significance on God’s purpose for us right now. 1
Corinthians 7:17-24; Jeremiah 4:4; Romans 2:29; Deuteronomy 10:16-17
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your
hearts, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, or my wrath will break out
and burn like fire because of the evil you have done--burn with no one to quench
it. (Jeremiah 4:4)
No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and
circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written
code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God. (Rm. 2:29)
Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be
stiff-necked any longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of
lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts
no bribes. (Deuteronomy 10:16-17)
21. Unseen Assets
At the moment of salvation, we receive all of the unseen assets of the
Christian life. These assets are called “every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
For each of us to recognize and access these assets we must grow spiritually by
taking in the word of God and staying in fellowship with God.
Spiritual maturity enables us to utilize all these assets, provision, and
blessing for time and eternity.
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ. Praise be to the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the
world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us
to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure
and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in
the One he loves. (Ephesians 1:2-6)
22. Judgment of Sins
All of our sins were judged under the spiritual death of our Lord Jesus
Christ. The application of this truth to our lives as Christians is of the
utmost importance because all of our personal sins were judged at the cross.
Whenever we confess all of our known sins to God the Father, He forgives those
known sins and he also forgives all of the unknown sins.
This "forgiveness and cleansing" is a reality in our lives
because Christ was judged for all sins in His spiritual death on the cross. also, our confession of sins is the basis for the
frustration of the Old Sin Nature controlling our lives and our restoration to
fellowship with God. 1 Pet 2:24; Romans 4:25; 1 John 1:9
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that
we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been
healed. (1 Peter 2:24)
He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised
to life for our justification. (Romans 4:25)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
23. Adoption
We are adopted into the Royal Family of God at the
moment of salvation. In the natural world adoption refers to bringing someone
into the family who is
naturally outside. In
reference to our salvation we have been born into the family of God. Our spiritual adoption is in reference to us
instantly being recognized as adult sons with full privileges. The years of irresponsible childhood are
skipped and we are instantly free from the tutors of the law. We are received as adult sons. Although we
all begin the Christian life as "babes in Christ," we are all viewed
by God as "full grown sons" in union with Christ. This is our complete and perfect
relationship with God in Christ. Romans 8:15, Romans 8:23
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave
again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.
And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15)
Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait
eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Romans 8:23)
24. Eternal Relationship to God
We are eternally related to God because of our Lord’s presence at the Father’s right hand. Knowledge
and application of this great truth should produce a corresponding experiential
sanctification (i.e., walking in fellowship with the Lord through the filling
of the Holy Spirit). Ephesians 2:13; James 4:8; Hebrews 10:25
But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have
been brought near through the blood of Christ. (Eph. 2:13)
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your
hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:8)
Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the
habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see
the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25)
25. We are on the Rock Jesus Christ
We have an eternally secure relationship with God from the point of
salvation onward. 1 Cor. 3:11; 2 Cor.
1:21; 2 Cor. 3:11; Ephesians 2:20
For no one can lay any foundation other than the one
already laid, which is Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 3:11)
Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in
Christ. He anointed us, (2 Corinthians 1:21)
And if what was fading away came with glory, how much
greater is the glory of that which lasts! (2 Corinthians 3:11)
Built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. (Ephesians 2:20)
26. We are a Gift to Christ
We are given to Jesus Christ as a gift from God the Father. As with all
things that God does, it is permanent and can never be given back. John 17:5;
John 17:11-12; John 17:20; John 10:29
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the
glory I had with you before the world began. (John 17:5)
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for
those who will believe in me through their message, (John 17:20)
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than
all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. (John 10:29)
27. Royal Priesthood
We become partakers of a royal and holy priesthood. As Christian priests
(every one of us), we represent ourselves to God through these things:
1) confession of sin,
2) the daily intake of the
Scriptures
3) daily prayer
4) praise
5) giving, etc. 1 Peter 2:5; 1
Peter 2:9; Revelation 1:6
You also, like living stones, are being built into a
spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5)
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who
called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)
And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his
God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. (Revelation
1:6)
28. We are a
We are a chosen generation and a peculiar (unique)
people. The word "generation" from the original Greek use in the New
Testament is GENEA. Although sometimes it refers to a literal generation (about
40 years), here it refers to a new
spiritual species, stock, or kind.
The word "chosen"
means chosen for privilege and opportunity. All Christians have equal privilege of the universal, royal and holy
(set apart) priesthood for their spiritual growth under the study of God’s
Word. Equal privilege is further seen in the Christian fulfilling his
ambassadorship for Christ, as a result of spiritual growth under his
priesthood.
Also, we all possess equal opportunity for daily spiritual advance because
God provides daily for all of our needs. He keeps us alive in the Devil’s world
and gives us the time necessary to grow up spiritually to become a mature
believer. This results in blessing from God’s "grace-giving" which honors
our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. 5:17; 1 Peter 2:9;
Titus 2:14
If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation. (2 Cor. 5:17)
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who
called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9)
Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness
and to purify for himself a people that are his very own,
eager to do what is good. (Titus 2:14)
29. Access to God
At the moment of salvation, we obtain access to God. This eternal entree or
access is ours because our Lord Jesus Christ, at the Father’s right hand, is
our great High Priest. He is also our:
ntercessor, our
Advocate our Representative our Surety that
we will one day live with God forever!
This is our Lord’s present session at the Father’s right hand. Ephesians
2:18; Romans 5:2; Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19-20
For through him we both have access to the Father by one
Spirit. (Ephesians 2:18)
Through whom we have gained access by faith into this
grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
(Romans 5:2)
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone
through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we
profess. (Hebrews 4:14)
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence,
so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
(Hebrews 4:16)
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter
the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for
us through the curtain, that is, his body, (Hebrews 10:19-20)
30. Under the “Much More” Care
of God
We are within the "much more" care of God. We are objects of His
love. Ephesians 2:4; Ephesians 5:2. We are objects of His grace; 1) For
salvation Ephesians 2:8-9, 2) For keeping Romans 5:2, 3) For service Ephesians
4:7, and 4) For instruction Titus 2:12-13.
We are objects of His power. Ephesians
1:9; Philippians 2:13.
We are objects of His faithfulness. Hebrews
13:5; Philippians 1:6.
We are objects of His peace. Colossians
3:15.
We are objects of His consolation. 2
Thessalonians 2:16.
We are objects of His intercession. Hebrews
7:25; Hebrews 9:24; Romans 8:34.
Since we have been justified by his blood how much more shall we be
saved from
God’s wrath. ( Rom. 5:9)
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in
mercy, (Ephesians 2:4)
And live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave
himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:2)
For it is by grace you have been saved, through
faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so
that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Through whom we have gained access by faith into this
grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
(Romans 5:2)
But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ
apportioned it. (Ephesians 4:7)
It teaches us to say
"No" to ungodliness and worldly passions,
and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in
this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of
our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, (Titus 2:12-13
And he made known to us the mystery of his will according
to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, (Ephesians 1:9)
for it is God who works
in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. (Philippians 2:13)
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be
content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you;
never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5)
being confident of this,
that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the
day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6)
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as
members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. (Colossians 3:15)
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who
loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, (2
Thessalonians 2:16)
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to
God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. (Hebrews 7:25)
For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was
only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in
God's presence. (Hebrews 9:24)
Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died--more
than that, who was raised to life--is at the right
hand of God and is also interceding for us. (Romans 8:34)
31. We are His Inheritance
Not only does the Lord provide an inheritance for every Christian in the
eternal future, but every believer of the Church Age is an inheritance provided
by the Father for the Son. Ephesians 1:18
I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be
enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the
riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, (Ephesians 1:18)
32. We Inherit Christ’s Eternal Future
The Lord provides us an inheritance in the eternal future. 1 Peter 1:4;
Ephesians 4:14; Colossians 3:24; Hebrews 9:15
And into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or
fade--kept in heaven for you, (1 Peter 1:4)
Since you know that you will receive an inheritance from
the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:24)
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant,
that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance--now
that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the
first covenant. (Hebrews 9:15)
33. We have a Partnership with God
We are partners with Christ in life. We see the quality of life emphasized
in Colossians 3:4.
As maturing Christians, we have the capacity to enjoy life and we have an
abundant life as seen in 1 John 5:11-12.
When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also
will appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:4)
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have
the Son of God does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12)
We are partners with Christ in position (Ephesians 2:6).
We are partners in service and production (1 Corinthians 1:9).
The Greek word KONONIA means a sharing in common, not only in social life with
other believers, but also fellowship with the Father and the Son.
We have a partnership with the Trinity that
indwells us. We have social life with other believers as a result of true
fellowship with God.
Christian fellowship is one side of the coin and involves outreach, intake
of Bible doctrine, spiritual growth, and missionary action.
The other side of the coin is our partnership with the triune God. 1
Corinthians 3:9, 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 2
Corinthians 6:4.
We are partners with Christ:
1) In life
2) In position
3) In service
4) In suffering
5) In prayer
6) In marriage (bride of
Christ)
7) In expectation (1 Peter
4:12-13)
And God raised us up with Christ
and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, (Ephesians 2:6)
God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. (1 Corinthians 1:9)
For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field,
God's building. (1 Corinthians 3:9)
You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of
our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not
on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. (2 Corinthians 3:3)
He has made us competent as ministers of a new
covenant--not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life. (2 Corinthians 3:6)
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were
making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled
to God. (2 Corinthians 5:20)
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every
way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; (2 Corinthians
6:4)
We are partners with Christ in suffering. This suffering for blessing in
time can either be undeserved or deserved and is designed for blessing. Blessing
in time becomes rewards in eternity. We will suffer in Christ in time and reign
with Him in eternity. 2 Timothy 2:12; Philippians 1:29; 1 Peter 2:20; 1
Thessalonians 3:3; Romans 8:18; Colossians 1:24; 1 Peter 4:12-13
if we endure, we will
also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; (2 Timothy 2:12)
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not
only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him, (Philippians 1:29)
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for
doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it,
this is commendable before God. (1 Peter 2:20)
so that no one would be
unsettled by these trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them.
(1 Thessalonians 3:3)
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth
comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18)
Now I rejoice in what was suffered for you, and I fill up
in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ's afflictions, for the
sake of his body, which is the church. (Colossians 1:24)
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial
you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But
rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be
overjoyed when his glory is revealed. (1 Peter 4:12-13)
34. We Become Heavenly Citizens
Our seat of citizenship is in heaven. This principle is found in
Philippians 3:20-21 and is referred to as the Politeuma
privileges. We are made heavenly citizens at the moment of salvation. The Greek
word for citizenship is POLITEUMA and is used only once in the New Testament.
It refers to all the fantastic privileges and provisions the Father has made
for believers to live the Christian way of life. This is unique to the Church
Age believer. It refers to a place of citizenship and for the Church Age
believer his or her citizenship is in heaven. Ephesians 2:19
But our citizenship
is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will
transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
(Philippians 3:20-21)
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens,
but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,
(Ephesians 2:19)
35. We Become Members of the Royal Family of God
At the moment of salvation, we become members of the Royal Family of God.
Jesus Christ is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This does not refer to him being the King
over the kings of the earth. Instead, we
are members of of royal family of God that consists
of kings and lords. His body, the Church, is the kings and lords that Jesus is
the King of kings and Lord of lords over. We are members of the Royal Family of
God which is an eternal dynasty. Ephesians 2:19; Ephesians 3:5; Galatians 6:10
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens,
but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,
(Ephesians 2:19)
Which was not made known to men in other
generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles
and prophets. (Ephesians 3:5)
As we have opportunity, let us do good
to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. (Gal.
6:10)
36. We are Light in the Lord
This has to do with our position in Christ. In union with Christ, we are in
the light. Although temporary, as far as our relationship with Christ in time,
we can be in fellowship (walking in the light) or out of fellowship (walking in
darkness). However, at the moment of salvation, we are eternally delivered from
Satan’s cosmic system of darkness and we are eternally "in the
light." Light is used as an analogy to the essence of God. We are in God,
in union with Christ and we have a divine relationship. We have the nature of God since we are
children of God. It is from this nature
that we produce the fruit of the Spirit. Ephesians 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:4
For you were once darkness, but now you are light
in the Lord. Live as children of light (Ephesians 5:8)
But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day
should surprise you like a thief. (1 Thessalonians 5:4)
Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children
and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us. (Ephesians 5:1)
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience,
kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Gal. 5:22)
37. We are United to the Trinity
We are in God (1 Thessalonians 1:1). God is in you (Ephesians 4:6). We are
indwelt by God the Father. We are in Christ (Ephesians 4:20). Christ is in you
(Colossians 1:27). We are indwelt by the Son. We are in the Spirit (Romans
8:9). The Spirit is in you (1 Corinthians 2:12). We are indwelt by the Holy
Spirit. We are vitally united to the Trinity. Only the Church age believers
receive this fantastic blessing. 1 Corinthians 12:13; John 15:5; Ephesians
2:19; Ephesians 2:22; John 10:27-29; Ephesians 5:25-27; 1 Peter 2:5-9
Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the
church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace
and peace to you. (1 Thessalonians 1:1)
one God and Father of
all, who is over all and through all and in all. (Ephesians 4:6)
You, however, did not come to know Christ that way.
(Ephesians 4:20)
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles
the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
(Colossians 1:27)
We have not received the spirit of the world but the
Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews
or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.
(1 Corinthians 2:12-13)
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man
remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit;
apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens,
but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household,
(Ephesians 2:19)
And in him you too
are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
(Ephesians 2:22)
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow
me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch
them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all;
no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. (John 10:27-29)
You also, like living stones, are being built into a
spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says: "See, I
lay a stone in
38. We are Glorified
From divine viewpoint, God sees us as we will be in heaven. Positionally, we are in union with Christ. Positionally, we are glorified. At the moment of salvation,
God sees us glorified in heaven. This
will be a reality experienced in our lives when Christ returns. Romans 8:30; 1 John 3:2
We know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for
we shall see him as he is. (1 n.3:2)
And those he predestined, he also called; those he
called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. (Romans 8:30)
39. We are Complete in Him
In Christ, we share a strategic victory in the Angelic Conflict. We are
complete in Him who is the head of all angelic powers and principalities. We
share this strategic victory in union with Christ. The person and work of Jesus
Christ on the Cross broke Satan’s back and the back of the Old Sin Nature
through His spiritual death on the cross. Positionally,
we are higher than Satan himself and the angels. Colossians 2:10
And you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the
head over every power and authority. (Colossians 2:10)
40. We Receive Angelic Protection and Service
According to Hebrews 1:14, we all receive angelic protection and assistance
at the point of our salvation. Angels
where created to serve God. Upon our
being placed in Christ we become the objects that receive their service as we
fulfill God’s plan and purpose for our lives.
We were created lower than angels but in Christ are over angels.
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve
those who will inherit salvation? (Hebrews 1:14)
You made him a
little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor and put
everything under his feet.” (Hb.2:7)
Do you not know that we will judge angels? (1 Corinthians 6:3)
Do you know for certain that these "Forty Things" are yours? Have
you received Jesus Christ as your personal Savior? If you have, they comprise
your eternal relationship with God! You receive these "Forty Things"
at the moment of salvation. If you have not received Jesus Christ as your
personal Savior, then the issue for you is to "believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and you will be saved!" Acts 16:31
Membership in the family of God is an honorable position with unimaginable
benefits. Yet, it is not an exclusive
club. Any unbeliever and sinner can call
on the name of the Lord and accept Jesus Christ’s payment on the cross for
their own sins. By placing faith in
Jesus Christ these 40 things will be transferred to any individual who
believes.
They replied,
"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved - you and your household."
(Acts 16:31)