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 FOREVER
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 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, OR 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]:
