Daily Portions

Message 7: God’s Complete Salvation Having Two Aspects—
The Judicial Aspect and the Organic Aspect

IV. The organic aspect of God’s salvation

D. For the believers to be:

1. Regenerated—John 3:6b; 1 Pet. 1:23
John 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
1 Peter 1:23 Having been regenerated not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible, through the living and abiding word of God.

2. Shepherded—John 10:10b–11, 14, 16
John 10:10–11 The thief does not come except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. 11 I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
John 10:14 I am the good Shepherd, and I know My own, and My own know Me.
John 10:16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.

3. Sanctified dispositionally—Rom. 15:16; 6:22; 1 Thes. 5:23

4. Renewed—Eph. 4:23
Ephesians 4:23 And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

5. Transformed—Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 3:18
Romans 12:2 And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.
2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

6. Built up—Eph. 4:16; 1 Pet. 2:5
Ephesians 4:16 Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.
1 Peter 2:5 You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house into a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

7. Conformed—Rom. 8:29
Romans 8:29 Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

8. Glorified—Rom. 8:30
Romans 8:30 And those whom He predestinated, these He also called; and those whom He called, these He also justified; and those whom He justified, these He also glorified.

 

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Read over the outline points and verses above and use a few of these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

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Message 7: God’s Complete Salvation Having Two Aspects—
The Judicial Aspect and the Organic Aspect

IV. The organic aspect of God’s salvation

A. Through the life of God—Rom. 1:17b; Acts 11:18; Rom. 5:10b, 17b, 18b, 21b

Romans 1:17b …As it is written, “But the righteous shall have life and live by faith.”

Acts 11:18 And when they heard these things, they became silent and glorified God, saying, Then to the Gentiles also God has given repentance unto life.

Romans 5:10b …Much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled.

Romans 5:17b …Much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:18b …So also it was through one righteous act unto justification of life to all men.

Romans 5:21b …So also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

B. The goal of God’s salvation

C. Through His divine life in order to accomplish the entire purpose that God wants to achieve in the believers in His economy

 

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Read over the outline points and verses above and use a few of these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

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Message 7: God’s Complete Salvation Having Two Aspects—
The Judicial Aspect and the Organic Aspect

III. The judicial aspect of God’s salvation

B. The procedure of God’s salvation

C. For sinners to be:

1. Forgiven before God—Eph. 1:7
Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of offenses, according to the riches of His grace.

2. Cleansed of sins—1 John 1:7
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin.

3. Justified—Rom. 3:24–25
Romans 3:24–25 Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 Whom God set forth as a propitiation place through faith in His blood, for the demonstrating of His righteousness, in that in His forbearance God passed over the sins that had previously occurred.

4. Reconciled to God—Rom. 5:10a
Romans 5:10a For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son….

5. Sanctified unto God positionally—1 Cor. 1:2; Heb. 13:12
1 Cor. 1:2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours.
Hebrews 13:12 Therefore also Jesus, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

D. These five items qualify and position man to enter into the grace of God (Rom. 5:1–2) and enjoy God’s salvation in its organic aspect

 

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Read over the outline points and verses above and use a few of these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

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Message 7: God’s Complete Salvation Having Two Aspects—
The Judicial Aspect and the Organic Aspect

III. The judicial aspect of God’s salvation

A. God Himself came to be a man—the God-man, Jesus Christ, died on the cross for sinners, satisfied all the requirements of God’s righteousness, holiness and glory, and accomplished an eternal redemption—Rom. 1:17a; 3:21–26; 1 Pet. 2:24

Romans 3:24–26 Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 Whom God set forth as a propitiation place through faith in His blood, for the demonstrating of His righteousness, in that in His forbearance God passed over the sins that had previously occurred, 26 With a view to the demonstrating of His righteousness in the present time, so that He might be righteous and the One who justifies him who is of the faith of Jesus.

1 Peter 2:24 Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed.

 

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Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

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Here is this week’s outline & verses in a downloadable PDF format.

2020 Summer Truth Pursuit Week 7

Message 7: God’s Complete Salvation Having Two Aspects—
The Judicial Aspect and the Organic Aspect

Scripture Reading: Rom. 1:17; 3:21–26; 1 Pet. 2:24; Eph. 1:7; 1 John 1:7; Rom. 5:10; 1 Cor. 1:2; Heb. 13:12; Acts 11:18; Rom. 5:17b, 18b, 21b; John 3:6b; 1 Pet. 1:23; John 10:10b–11, 14, 16; Eph. 4:23; Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 4:16; 1 Pet. 2:5; Rom. 8:29–30

I. Because of man’s fall, he has sinned against God and has received the satanic life into him; therefore, man not only is under God’s judgment (the objective problem), but also has a corrupted sinful nature (the subjective problem); hence he has no way to accomplish God’s eternal purpose.

II. Therefore God’s complete salvation has two aspects, judicial and organic, which not only solve the two major problems for man, but also enable man to accomplish God’s eternal purpose.

Romans 1:17a For the righteousness of God is revealed in it….

Romans 3:21–24 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, witness being borne to it by the Law and the Prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ to all those who believe, for there is no distinction; 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.

 

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Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.

Here is this week’s outline & verses in a downloadable PDF format.

2020 Summer Truth Pursuit Week 6

Spend some time this morning to open up to the Lord in prayer regarding what He touched you with during the previous six days. Review your notes and the outline points and verses. Ask the Lord what He would have you share with all the saints. Prepare a prophecy (1-2 minutes long) to share with the saints what you enjoyed this week.

Message 6: The Source of Salvation—God’s Love,
The Basis of Salvation—God’s Righteousness,
and The God-man Savior

Scripture Reading: Eph. 2:4–5; Titus 3:4–5; John 3:16; 1 John 3:1; 4:9–10; Rom. 3:21–22; 10:3; Phil. 3:9; 2 Pet. 1:1; Rom. 9:5; John 1:1, 14; Acts 2:22; Titus 3:6; 2 Cor. 3:17

I. The source of God’s salvation being God’s love

A. Man has sinned by disobeying God’s commandment and is under God’s condemnation; thus man is helpless, unable to save himself from God’s coming judgment—Rom. 3:23; 5:12, 18.

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 5:12 Therefore just as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin, death; and thus death passed on to all men because all have sinned.

Romans 5:18 So then as it was through one offense unto condemnation to all men, so also it was through one righteous act unto justification of life to all men.

B. God loved man in eternity past; He loved man after He created him; and now, even after the fall, He still loves man—Titus 3:4–5; John 3:16

Titus 3:4–5 But when the kindness and the love to man of our Savior God appeared, 5 Not out of works in righteousness which we did but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.

Ephesians 2:4–5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).

1. The object of love should be in a condition deserving love, but the object of mercy is always in a pitiful situation—Eph. 2:4–5.

2. Hence, God’s mercy reaches further than His love—vv. 4–5.

C. God’s great love is the source of our salvation; He manifested this love by sending His only begotten Son to die for our redemption—1 John 4:9–10.

1 John 4:9–10 In this the love of God was manifested among us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might have life and live through Him. 10 Herein is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins.

D. God’s purpose with man is eternal, and so is His love; He never changes; when He loves us, He loves us eternally—1 John 3:1; Jer. 31:3.

1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and we are. Because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Jeremiah 31:3 Jehovah appeared to me from afar, saying, / Indeed I have loved you with an eternal love, / Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness.

II. The basis of God’s salvation being God’s righteousness—Rom. 3:21–22

A. The righteousness of God is what God is with respect to justice and rightness; God is just and right; whatever God is in His justice and rightness constitutes His righteousness—Rom. 3:21–22; 1:17; 10:3; Phil. 3:9.

Romans 3:21–22 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been manifested, witness being borne to it by the Law and the Prophets; 22 Even the righteousness of God through the faith of Jesus Christ to all those who believe, for there is no distinction.

B. Man ate of that cursed tree, so according to God’s righteousness we must die; because of God’s righteousness He must condemn man.

C. God loves man, yet He had to condemn him; so, for the sake of God’s righteousness, the Lord Jesus was put to death on the cross; there, on the cross, He was made sin for us, and God condemned sin in the flesh—Rom. 8:3; Hymns, #1003.

Romans 8:3 For that which the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh.

D. God’s righteousness condemns us, but by Christ’s righteous death we are justified; through His twofold righteousness, we can see His love, His righteousness, and His wisdom—2 Peter 1:1.

2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted faith equally precious as ours in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

III. The God-man Savior

A. Jesus Christ is God—Rom. 9:5; John 1:1

Romans 9:5 Whose are the fathers, and out of whom, as regards what is according to flesh, is the Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1. He is the Son of God—the declared God—John 1:18.
2. He is the creator of the universe—John 1:3; Col. 1:16.
3. He is the ruler and administrator of the universe—Rev. 1:5; Rom. 15:12.

B. Jesus Christ is a man—John 1:14; Acts 2:22

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality.

Acts 2:22 Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man shown by God to you to be approved by works of power and wonders and signs, which God did through Him in your midst, even as you yourselves know.

1. He is a real man—Acts 2:22.
2. He is a sinless and perfect man—Heb. 4:15; 2 Cor. 5:21.

C. Jesus Christ is the Savior—Titus 3:6

Titus 3:6 Whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.

John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1. The meaning of the name Jesus is Jehovah the Savior—Matt. 1:21; 1 Tim. 4:10.
2. He is the Lamb of God, bearing our sins in His body on the cross—John 1:29; 3:16; 1 Pet. 2:24; 3:18.
3. He was raised from the dead for our justification—Rom. 4:25.
4. Because He is a God-man, therefore the redemption He has accomplished is an eternal redemption—Heb. 9:12; 10:12.
5. He is the only Savior—Acts 4:12.

D. Jesus Christ is the life-giving Spirit—2 Cor. 3:17

2 Corinthians 3:17 And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

1. In resurrection, He became the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45.
2. He is our life—Col. 3:4; John 11:25.
3. We must use the right organ—our human spirit—to contact, enjoy and absorb Him—John 4:23–24.

 

Further reading:

God’s Full Salvation, Lessons 8–10.

Message 6: The Source of Salvation—God’s Love,
The Basis of Salvation—God’s Righteousness,
and The God-man Savior

III. The God-man Savior

D. Jesus Christ is the life-giving Spirit—2 Cor. 3:17

2 Corinthians 3:17 And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

1. In resurrection, He became the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45.
2. He is our life—Col. 3:4; John 11:25.
3. We must use the right organ—our human spirit—to contact, enjoy and absorb Him—John 4:23–24.

 

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Read over the outline points and verses above and use these for your prayer to spend time with the Lord in the Word in the morning. After your prayer time, jot down in your notebook one or two things that the Lord touched you with.

Later, watch the following short video podcast sometime during the day.