Redemption has NOTHING TO DO with the forgiveness of sins or with the actual Salvation of man! It is clearly written in the Word of God, which is the basis of Redemption (Rom. 10:9,10) that the redeemed person SHALL BE SAVED. How and when he/she shall be saved is not mentioned in any way.
Redemption is an ELECTION (ecclesia-church) of people, which believed in their heart from among those that didn’t believe or believed only mentally in the head. And to those that believed in heart, confessed that faith with their tongue and repented was given that heavenly instrument: “New Man of Spirit“, which in principle is a “copy of that Man on the Throne of Heaven” through which – and only through which – they may be saved. And from those that believed in their heart were selected those, which are willing to start the road to Salvation. THAT IS ALL! Many of those that believed will remain on this starting point of Salvation until their physical death and will never be willing to step on that road – this is the Tragedy of Believers! Because REDEMPTION IS NOT SALVATION!
God in His Word speaks to all such elected believers that the Man on the Heavenly Throne is the beginning of a new order of man, new mankind; He is like a “model, representative” to whose Image the Spirit of God MUST change us (Rom. 8:29), if we desire to ever live with God in Heaven. Because Jesus Christ is the only Man, Who was always doing and keep doing perfectly the Will of God the Father and is perfectly satisfying Him for ever and ever. THIS IS THE SALVATION-PERFECTION OF THE EARTHLY MAN, WHICH SATISFIES GOD AND NOTHING ELSE. What does not satisfy God will never be received into His Presence. Let us remember Jeremiah and how the Lord sent him to the house of a potter where he could see how the potter made the first vessel and that vessel became marred in his hands. Therefore, he made another vessel from the first one. Then the Lord speaks to Jeremiah concerning Israel (Jer. 18:1-13), but that picture from the house of the potter points to much more than just Israel. That first marred vessel represents the first Adam, who was formed to the Image of God (Gen. 1:26), but he sinned, fell, therefore, whatever is like that first vessel is marred and to God unacceptable. Therefore, the potter (God-Creator) made another vessel – New Man – Christ, which was perfect and to whose Image we all must be spiritually recreated (Rom. 8:29), otherwise we wil not get into the House of God! Therefore also whatever ministry, which does not change our image into the Image of Christ is false and is not the ministry to God (see also 1Cor. 15:45-49). The goal of Redemption is to open the road to Salvation to every man on this earth, which has not only seen the grace of God which brings Salvation (Tit. 2:11-15), but has also believed and received it into his heart. Israel was also “elected” nation set for Salvation, which was Redeemed in the eyes of God, but it was not yet saved (Deut. 30:1-20). Even to this elected and redeemed nation God gave a choice saying: “See that I set before you this day LIFE and good, and DEATH and evil” (Deut. 30:15). And in verse 19, He gives an important advice: “…therefore, choose life that thou and thy seed may live.” In the same way, God gives the same choice and same advice to the redeemed believer in the New Testament that he should seek and choose the narrow road, which leads to LIFE and that he should not walk on the broad way, which leads to DEATH and destruction (Mt. 7:13,14). Is that true?
The Goal of Salvation is that we should be growing, strengthened and perfected in our inner–new man, which was given to us at our Redemption as a gift from Heaven and for whom Apostle Paul also prayed (Eph. 3:16,17). This inner-new man lives the same life as the Man on the Throne – Christ. That life is far from the reach of our physical and soulish senses; it is beyond the reach of our self-will, thoughts, emotions, imaginations even of our understanding. Here we should start believing and understanding why God expects from us only to SUCCUMB TO HIM AND BELIEVE HIM. Because unbelief is a basic and the worst sin that can exist as it makes God a liar. It is very difficult and many times impossible to eliminate this deep sin, which can be hidden and concealed deeply in the heart of man, which does not believe the Truth of God’s Word in his heart, which Word God sealed into the Blood of His only begotten Son.
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To be continued next week
brother Hanola
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