THE
BELIEVER'S STANDING IN CHRIST
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
INTRODUCTION
A)
[Ro 5:1-2]:
B)
[Compare Eph 1:3]:
II)
THE GRACE IN WHICH THE BELIEVER NOW STANDS:
1)
THE BELIEVER IS ETERNALLY AT PEACE WITH GOD - NO LONGER UNDER
HIS WRATH; AND HE IS PROVIDED WITH THE CAPACITY TO EXPERIENCE
THE PEACE OF GOD
a)
[Ro 5:1]:
i)
THE BELIEVER IS ETERNALLY AT PEACE WITH GOD - NO LONGER UNDER HIS WRATH
= ONE WHO HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED THROUGH FAITH HAS ETERNAL PEACE WITH GOD -
WHICH POSITION IS DEPENDENT UPON GOD ALONE
ii)
ON THE OTHER HAND, EXPERIENTIAL (MOMENT TO MOMENT) PEACE WITH GOD IS
DEPENDENT UPON THE BELIEVER'S ACTIONS
ii_a)
[Phil 4:6-7]:
ii_b)
[Compare Ro 5:10-11]:
ii_c)
[Eph 2:14-17]:
ii_d)
[Compare Acts 10:36]:
ii_e)
[Compare Isa 53:5]:
iii)
CONCLUSION: ETERNAL PEACE WITH GOD WAS FOREVER SETTLED FOR THE BELIEVER
AT THE CROSS. ON THE OTHER HAND, EXPERIENTIAL PEACE DEPENDS UPON THE
BELIEVER'S OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WORD
2)
THE BELIEVER HAS GOD'S PERMANENT REDEMPTION - HIS FORGIVENESS OF SINS
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
REDEMPTION DEFINED: REDEMPTION IS THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS THROUGH THE
BLOOD OF CHRIST BY THE GRACE OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST ALONE AND
THIS REDEMPTION IS A FOREVER POSSESSION
i)
[Eph 1:7]:
ii)
[Compare Gal 3:13]:
iii)
[Compare Col 1:13-14]:
iv)
[Compare Eph 1:13-14]:
3)
THE BELIEVER IS COMPLETELY RECONCILED TO GOD
a)
Given the gift of the perfect righteousness of God, (Ro 3:21-22; Phil
3:8-9
b)
Taken out of Adam and placed forever into Christ, (Eph 1:13-14)
c)
Forgiven personally of all sins, past, present and future
relative to eternal life, (Acts 10:43).
4)
THE BELIEVER IS COMPLETELY FORGIVEN OF ALL OF HIS SINS FOREVER RELATIVE
TO ETERNAL LIFE
a)
THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD - BELIEVERS & UNBELIEVERS ALIKE - PAST,
PRESENT & FUTURE HAVE BEEN TOTALLY PAID FOR BY JESUS CHRIST. NO MORE
SACRIFICE FOR SINS, I.E., NO PAYMENT IS LEFT FOR ANYONE TO MAKE.
i)
[1 Jn 2:2]:
ii)
[Heb 7:27]:
iii)
[Heb 9:26b-28]:
b)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN PERSONALLY FORGIVEN OF ALL SINS PAST,
PRESENT & FUTURE AT THE POINT OF FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
i)
[Acts 10:43]:
ii)
[Eph 1:7; 4:32]:
iii)
[Col 2:13]:
iv)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
c)
FORGIVENESS OF SINS = FORGIVENESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL HIMSELF, HIS
INTRINSIC SINFUL NATURE
5)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY JOINED, I.E., PLACED INTO CHRIST VIA
HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM AS PART OF HIS BODY
a)
[Eph 1:13-14, 22-23; 4:15-16]:
b)
[Compare Gal 3:27-28]:
c)
[Compare 1 Cor 12:13]:
d)
[1 Cor 1:30]:
6)
THE BELIEVER IS NOT UNDER LAW, BUT UNDER GRACE HE HAS A NEW FREEDOM IN
CHRIST
a)
CHRIST IS THE END OF THE LAW
i)
[Ro 10:4]:
ii)
[Acts 15:5-11]:
b)
THE BELIEVER DOES NOT HAVE TO KEEP ANY SET OF RULES TO LIVE BY IN ORDER
TO RECEIVE OR MAINTAIN ETERNAL LIFE
i)
[Ro 6:14b]:
ii)
[Ro 7:2-6]:
iii)
[Compare Col 2:13-14]:
7)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN BORN INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD AS A CHILD OF GOD -
ALL BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD
a)
WHILE GOD IS FATHER OF ALL MEN, NOT ALL MEN ARE CHILDREN OF GOD IN THE
SENSE OF BEING BORN AGAIN INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD
b)
BELIEVERS WERE PREDESTINED TO BE ADOPTED AS GOD'S SONS THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST
i)
[Compare Eph 1:4-5]:
c)
ONE IS BORN OF GOD FROM ABOVE IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM THROUGH THE ACTION
OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
i)
[Jn 3:3-6]:
ii)
[Compare Titus 3:5]:
d)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE CHILDREN OF GOD
i)
[Compare Ro 8:14-16]:
ii)
[Compare Gal 3:26]:
iii)
[Compare Gal 4:5-7]:
iv)
[Compare Jn 1:12]:
v)
[Ro 8:23]:
8)
THE BELIEVER HIMSELF AND HIS SERVICE TO THE LORD IS NOW ACCEPTABLE TO
GOD
a)
[1 Cor 6:9-11]:
b)
[Eph 5:25-27]:
c)
[1 Pet 2:4-5]:
9)
THE BELIEVER IS JUSTIFIED, I.E., DECLARED ABSOLUTELY RIGHTEOUS IN GOD'S
SIGHT, HAVING THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST
a)
[Ro 3:21-22]:
b)
[Compare Phil 3:8-9]:
c)
[Compare Ro 5:8-9]:
d)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:21]:
10)
BELIEVERS WHO WERE FORMERLY WITHOUT GOD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO GOD IN
POSITION WITH THE CAPACITY TO EXPERIENCE THIS NEARNESS IN THEIR MORTAL
LIVES
a)
BELIEVERS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR TO GOD IN POSITION
i)
[Eph 2:4-6]:
ii)
[Eph 2:11-13]:
b)
BELIEVERS HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE CAPACITY TO EXPERIENCE
NEARNESS TO GOD IN THEIR MORTAL LIFETIMES
i)
[Heb 10:19-24]:
11)
THE BELIEVER STANDS DELIVERED FROM DARKNESS:
PERMANENTLY DELIVERED
FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN RELATIVE TO HIS OWN ETERNAL DESTINY
POTENTIALLY DELIVERED
FROM THE RULING POWER OF DARKNESS IN HIS DAILY WALK
AND POTENTIALLY
DELIVERED FROM THE DARKNESS OF BEING BLINDED TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF
TRUTHS FROM GOD'S WORD
a)
THE BELIEVER STANDS PERMANENTLY DELIVERED FROM DARKNESS, I.E., THE
CONSEQUENCES OF SIN RELATIVE TO HIS ETERNAL DESTINY
i)
[Col 1:13-14]:
i_a)
[Compare Pr 4:19]:
i_b)
[Compare Eph 5:8-11]:
i_c)
[1 Pet 2:9]:
b)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN POTENTIALLY DELIVERED FROM THE RULING POWER OF
DARKNESS IN HIS DAILY WALK
i)
[Col 2:11-12]:
ii)
[Ro 6:4]:
c)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN DELIVERED FROM THE DARKNESS OF BEING BLINDED TO
THE UNDERSTANDING OF TRUTHS FROM GOD'S WORD
i)
[2 Cor 4:3-7]:
ii)
[1 Cor 2:6-16]:
12)
BELIEVERS ARE SEATED IN HEAVEN ON DISPLAY AS EXAMPLES OF GOD'S
INCOMPARABLE GRACE
a)
[Col 1:13]:
b)
[Eph 2:4-6]:
13)
BELIEVERS ARE GOD'S POSSESSION
a)
[1 Pet 2:9-10]:
14)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN GIVEN AS A GIFT TO OUR LORD BY GOD THE FATHER
a)
[Jn 17:1-2, 6-9]:
15)
BELIEVERS OF THE CHURCH AGE HAVE A
UNIQUE PRIESTHOOD: THEIR OWN PRIVATE PRIESTHOOD DIRECTLY BEFORE GOD
a)
[1 Pet 2:9]:
b)
[Compare Rev 1:5-6]:
c)
[Heb 10:19]:
16)
BELIEVERS IMMEDIATELY BECOME
CITIZENS OF HEAVEN
a)
[Phil 3:20]:
b)
[Compare Eph 2:4-7]:
c)
[Eph 2:19]:
17)
BELIEVERS WILL REFLECT THE GLORY OF GOD
a)
[Ro 8:18, 30]:
b)
[Col 3:4]:
c)
[Phil 3:20-21]:
18)
BELIEVERS IMMEDIATELY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO GOD AND MAY APPROACH HIM
WITH FREEDOM AND CONFIDENCE
a)
[Ro 5:1-2]:
b)
[Eph 2:18]:
c)
[1 Cor 2:9-10]:
d)
[Heb 4:16]:
e)
[Heb 10:19-20]:
f)
[Eph 3:12]:
19)
BELIEVERS STAND TO RECEIVE AN ETERNAL INHERITANCE - THEY ARE HEIRS OF
GOD AND CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST
a)
ALL INDIVIDUALS IMMEDIATELY RECEIVE POSSESSION OF ETERNAL LIFE,
I.E., ARE SAVED WHEN THEY BELIEVE
i)
[Jn 3:16]:
ii)
[Compared Eph 2:8-9]:
b)
ALL BELIEVERS HAVE INHERITED ETERNAL LIFE NO MATTER WHAT
i)
[1 Pet 1:3-9]:
ii)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
iii)
[Heb 1:14]:
iv)
[Heb 9:14-15]:
c)
ALL BELIEVERS OF THE CHURCH AGE HAVE A SPECIAL ETERNAL
INHERITANCE IN CHRIST JESUS IN THE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PLACED IN
HIM AND HAVE THUS BECOME HIS BODY
i)
[Eph 1:13-14, 18]:
ii)
[1 Cor 12:27]:
iii)
[Col 1:18, 24-25]:
iv)
[Col 3:3]:
d)
ALL BELIEVERS WILL BE GLORIFIED AND THUS INHERIT A GLORIFIED
BODY JUST LIKE THE LORD'S
i)
[Ro 8:29-30]:
ii)
[1 Cor 15:51-53]:
iii)
[Col 3:4]:
iv)
[1 Jn 3:2]:
e)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE PROVIDED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO DIVINE
GOOD WORKS RESULTING IN THE INHERITANCE OF ETERNAL REWARDS
i)
[Col 1:9-12]:
ii)
[Col 3:23-24]:
iii)
[Compare Jas 2:5]:
f)
BELIEVERS ARE HEIRS OF GOD AND CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST
i)
[Ro 8:17]:
ii)
[Gal 4:7]:
iii)
[Gal 3:39]:
iv)
[Titus 3:7]:
20)
BELIEVERS ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD & ARE EQUIPPED TO REFLECT GOD'S
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THEIR LIFESTYLES
a)
[Eph 5:1, 8-10]:
b)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:5-7]:
c)
[Compare 1 Thes 5:4-8]:
21)
BELIEVERS ARE NO LONGER APPOINTED TO SUFFER GOD'S WRATH
a)
[1 Thes 5:8-9]:
b)
[Compare Ro 5:9]:
c)
[Rev 3:9-10]:
22)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE PERMANENTLY AND ETERNALLY UNITED TO OUR TRIUNE GOD
a)
[Eph 4:4-6]:
b)
[Jn 14:16-20]:
c)
[Compare Ro 8:9]:
d)
[Compare Jn 17:20-23]:
e)
[Compare Jn 10:24-38]:
23)
BELIEVERS IMMEDIATELY RECEIVE THE INDWELLING PRESENCE OF GOD THE HOLY
SPIRIT
a)
[2 Cor 1:21-22]:
b)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
c)
[Compare Ro 5:5; 8:9]:
24)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE IMMEDIATELY SEALED TO THE DAY OF THEIR FINAL
REDEMPTION AND FOREVER INTO CHRIST
a)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
i)
[Compare Eph 4:30]:
ii)
[Compare Eph 2:4-6]:
iii)
[Compare Jn 1:12]:
iv)
[Compare 2 Cor 1:21-22]:
25)
THE BELIEVER BECOMES COMPLETE IN CHRIST
a)
[Col 2:9-10]:
i)
[Compare Eph 5:31-32]:
ii)
[Compare Eph 4:11-13]:
26)
BELIEVERS ARE ALL RECIPIENTS OF THEIR SHARE OF SPIRITUAL
GIFTS
a)
[Eph 4:7; 11-12]:
b)
[Compare 1 Cor 12:7-11]:
27)
THE BELIEVER NOW HAS JESUS CHRIST AS MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT
BETWEEN GOD THE FATHER AND THE BELIEVER
a)
[1 Tim 2:5-6]:
b)
[Compare Heb 12:22-24]:
28)
THE BELIEVER HAS BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST - HIS LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH
CHRIST IN GOD
a)
[Col 3:1-3]:
b)
[Compare Ro 6:1-4]:
29)
THE BELIEVER IS MADE ALIVE WITH CHRIST - BECOMING SPIRITUALLY ALIVE
a)
[Eph 2:1-5]:
b)
[Compare Ro 8:9-10]:
c)
[Compare Ro 6:8-11]:
30)
EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN THE SON TO SAVE HIM WILL NEVER BE LOST
a)
[Jn 6:39-40]:
31)
BELIEVERS HAVE DIED TO, I.E., BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY
- FROM THE SLAVERY TO - THEIR OLD SIN NATURES IN THEIR DAILY LIVES AND
ARE NOW SLAVES TO THE RULE OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
ON THE OTHER HAND,
HAVING DIED TO THE SIN NATURE DOES NOT SIGNIFY THAT THE SIN NATURE NO
LONGER EXISTS, NOR THAT IT CAN NO LONGER INFLUENCE THE BELIEVER
a)
[Ro 6:17-18]:
i)
[Ro 6:1-2]:
i_1)
[Compare Ro 5:21]:
i_2)
[Compare Ro 6:6-7]:
i_3)
[Compare Ro 8:9]:
i_4)
[Compare Ro 6:14]:
i_5)
[Isa 64:6]:
i_6)
[Cp Ro 6:20-23]:
i_7)
[Eph 4:22-24]:
32)
BELIEVERS ARE THE ENEMY OF SATAN
a)
[1 Pet 5:8]:
33)
BELIEVERS ARE NO LONGER UNDER THE RULE OF SATAN
a)
THE WHOLE WORLD IS UNDER SATAN'S CONTROL
i)
[1 Jn 5:19]:
ii)
[Compare Jn 12:31]:
iii)
[Compare Eph 6:12]:
b)
EXCEPT BELIEVERS ARE NOT UNDER SATAN'S RULE - BUT THEY MUST STILL GUARD
THEMSELVES VS THE POWERS OF DARKNESS BY PUTTING ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD
i)
[Eph 2:1-2]:
ii)
[Compare Eph 6:12-13]:
34)
BELIEVERS ARE A NEW KIND OF CREATION - IN CHRIST JESUS AS PART OF THE
BODY OF CHRIST
a)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
b)
[Compare Gal 3:27-28]:
c)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:17]:
35)
ONE WHO IS A BELIEVER HAS BECOME THE FRIEND OF GOD
a)
[Isa 41:8]:
b)
[Compare Jas 2:23]:
c)
[Compare Jn 15:13-15]:
36)
BELIEVERS OF THE CHURCH AGE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN OF GOD
a)
CHURCH AGE BELIEVERS HAD BEEN CHOSEN OF GOD TO BE BELIEVERS AND RECEIVE
ALL THE BLESSINGS THEREIN
i)
[Eph 1:4]:
ii)
[Compare Ro 8:28-30]:
iii)
[1 Thes 1:4-5b]:
b)
CHURCH AGE BELIEVERS ARE DESIGNATED AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
i)
[1 Pet 2:9-10]:
ii)
[Col 3:12]:
37)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE GOD'S WORKMANSHIP, APPOINTED TO GO AND BEAR FRUIT,
CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS
a)
[Jn 15:16]:
b)
[Eph 2:8-10]:
38)
BELIEVERS ARE THE TEMPLE OF GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT
a)
[1 Cor 3:16, 19]:
b)
[2 Cor 6:16]:
39)
BELIEVERS ARE ONE IN CHRIST AND ONE WITH GOD IN SPIRIT
a)
[Gal 3:28]:
b)
[1 Cor 6:15-17]:
c)
[Jn 14:15-26]:
40)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE SAINTS, SET APART TO GOD
a)
[2 Thes 1:10]:
b)
[Eph 1:1]:
c)
[Rom 1:7]:
d)
[1 Cor 1:2]:
e)
[2 Cor 1:1]:
41)
BELIEVERS OF THE CHURCH AGE ARE GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
a)
[1 Pet 2:9-10]:
42)
BELIEVERS ARE THE BELOVED OF GOD
a)
[Col 3:12]:
43)
CHURCH AGE BELIEVERS ARE HOLY IN GOD'S SIGHT
a)
[Col 3:12]:
b)
[Eph 5:25-27]:
44)
BELIEVERS ARE ALIENS TO THE WORLD
a)
[1 Pet 2:11]:
45)
BELIEVERS WILL BE LIKE JESUS CHRIST
a)
[1 Jn 3:1]:
46)
BELIEVERS ARE VIEWED BY GOD AS HAVING DIED WITH CHRIST THUS THEY WILL BE
UNITED WITH HIM IN HIS RESURRECTION
a)
[Ro 6:5-6]:
47)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE PLACED INTO CHRIST
a)
[1 Cor 1:30]:
b)
[Eph 1:13]:
48)
BELIEVERS HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST
a)
[1 Cor 2:15-16]:
49)
ALL BELIEVERS HAVE RECEIVED HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM AT THE POINT OF TRUSTING
ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE
a)
[Eph 1:13-14]:
b)
[Compare 1 Cor 12:13]:
50)
ALL BELIEVERS ARE VIEWED BY GOD AS HAVING DIED, BEEN BURIED AND
RESURRECTED WITH HIS SON
a)
[Ro 6:3-5]:
b)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:14-15]:
c)
[Compare Gal 2:20]:
d)
[Compare Col 2:11-13]:
