God's Master Plan of Salvation
I. CONVERSION
PSA 19:7 THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE
SOUL: THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE
SIMPLE.
A. REPENTANCE-ACT 2:38
B. FAITH-EPH 2:8
II. SUBSTITUTION
A. LAMB FOR SHEPERD
LEV 3:7 IF HE OFFER A LAMB FOR HIS OFFERING, THEN SHALL
HE OFFER IT BEFORE THE LORD.
LEV 3:8 AND HE SHALL LAY HIS HAND UPON THE HEAD OF HIS
OFFERING, AND KILL IT BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE
CONGREGATION: AND AARON'S SONS SHALL SPRINKLE THE BLOOD
THEREOF ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ALTAR.
B. TEMPORARY SUBSTITUTION
HEB 9:7 BUT INTO THE SECOND WENT THE HIGH PRIEST ALONE
ONCE EVERY YEAR, NOT WITHOUT BLOOD, WHICH HE OFFERED FOR
HIMSELF, AND FOR THE ERRORS OF THE PEOPLE:
8 THE HOLY GHOST THIS SIGNIFYING, THAT THE WAY INTO THE
HOLIEST OF ALL WAS NOT YET MADE MANIFEST, WHILE AS THE
FIRST TABERNACLE WAS YET STANDING:
9 WHICH WAS A FIGURE FOR THE TIME THEN PRESENT, IN WHICH
WERE OFFERED BOTH GIFTS AND SACRIFICES, THAT COULD NOT MAKE
HIM THAT DID THE SERVICE PERFECT, AS PERTAINING TO THE
CONSCIENCE;
C. CHRIST OUR SUBSTITUTE
HEB 9:12 NEITHER BY THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES, BUT
BY HIS OWN BLOOD HE ENTERED IN ONCE INTO THE HOLY PLACE,
HAVING OBTAINED ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US.
JOH 1:29 THE NEXT DAY JOHN SEETH JESUS COMING UNTO HIM,
AND SAITH, BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE
SIN OF THE WORLD.
III. RECONCILIATION
2CO 5:17 THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW
CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS
ARE BECOME NEW.
18 AND ALL THINGS ARE OF GOD, WHO HATH RECONCILED US TO
HIMSELF BY JESUS CHRIST, AND HATH GIVEN TO US THE MINISTRY
OF RECONCILIATION;
19 TO WIT, THAT GOD WAS IN CHRIST, RECONCILING THE WORLD
UNTO HIMSELF, NOT IMPUTING THEIR TRESPASSES UNTO THEM; AND
HATH COMMITTED UNTO US THE WORD OF RECONCILIATION.
20 NOW THEN WE ARE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST, AS THOUGH GOD
DID BESEECH YOU BY US: WE PRAY YOU IN CHRIST'S STEAD, BE YE
RECONCILED TO GOD.
21 FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO
SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.
IV. PROPITIATION-APPEASE, SATISFY DIVINE WRATH
1JO 2:2 AND HE IS THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS: AND NOT
FOR OURS ONLY, BUT ALSO FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
ROM 1:8 FIRST, I THANK MY GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST FOR
YOU ALL, THAT YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE
WORLD.
EPH 5:6 LET NO MAN DECEIVE YOU WITH VAIN WORDS: FOR
BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS COMETH THE WRATH OF GOD UPON THE
CHILDREN OF DISOBEDIENCE.
ROM 3:25 WHOM GOD HATH SET FORTH TO BE A PROPITIATION
THROUGH FAITH IN HIS BLOOD, TO DECLARE HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS
FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS THAT ARE PAST, THROUGH THE
FORBEARANCE OF GOD;
1TH 4:9 BUT AS TOUCHING BROTHERLY LOVE YE NEED NOT THAT
I WRITE UNTO YOU: FOR YE YOURSELVES ARE TAUGHT OF GOD TO
LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
COL 1:20
V. REMISSION -FORGIVENESS
ISA 55:7 LET THE WICKED FORSAKE HIS WAY, AND THE
UNRIGHTEOUS MAN HIS THOUGHTS: AND LET HIM RETURN UNTO THE
LORD, AND HE WILL HAVE MERCY UPON HIM; AND TO OUR GOD, FOR
HE WILL ABUNDANTLY PARDON.
MAT 26:28 FOR THIS IS MY BLOOD OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,
WHICH IS SHED FOR MANY FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS.
VI. ATONEMENT-JESUS' SUFFERING & DEATH FOR OUR RECONCILIATION
ROM 5:11 AND NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE ALSO JOY IN GOD THROUGH
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY WHOM WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE
ATONEMENT.
LEV 17:11 FOR THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD: AND
I HAVE GIVEN IT TO YOU UPON THE ALTAR TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT
FOR YOUR SOULS: FOR IT IS THE BLOOD THAT MAKETH AN
ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL.
VII. REDEMPTION
1. PAY THE PRICE
HEB 9:12 NEITHER BY THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES, BUT
BY HIS OWN BLOOD HE ENTERED IN ONCE INTO THE HOLY PLACE,
HAVING OBTAINED ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US.
1PE 1:18 FORASMUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YE WERE NOT REDEEMED
WITH CORRUPTIBLE THINGS, AS SILVER AND GOLD, FROM YOUR VAIN
CONVERSATION RECEIVED BY TRADITION FROM YOUR FATHERS;
1CO 6:19 WHAT? KNOW YE NOT THAT YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE
OF THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS IN YOU, WHICH YE HAVE OF GOD,
AND YE ARE NOT YOUR OWN?
VIII. REGENERATION
TIT 3:5 NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE
DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, BY THE
WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST;
A. BORN AGAIN-JOH 3
1JO 5:1 WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST IS
BORN OF GOD: AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH HIM THAT BEGAT
LOVETH HIM ALSO THAT IS BEGOTTEN OF HIM.
2CO 5:17 THEREFORE IF ANY MAN BE IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW
CREATURE: OLD THINGS ARE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS
ARE BECOME NEW.
B. NECESSITY OF...
ROM 3:10 AS IT IS WRITTEN, THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO,
NOT ONE:
11 THERE IS NONE THAT UNDERSTANDETH, THERE IS NONE THAT
SEEKETH AFTER GOD.
12 THEY ARE ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY, THEY ARE TOGETHER
BECOME UNPROFITABLE; THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT
ONE.
ROM 7:18 FOR I KNOW THAT IN ME(THAT IS, IN MY FLESH,)
DWELLETH NO GOOD THING: FOR TO WILL IS PRESENT WITH ME; BUT
HOW TO PERFORM THAT WHICH IS GOOD I FIND NOT.
EPH 2:1 AND YOU HATH HE QUICKENED, WHO WERE DEAD IN
TRESPASSES AND SINS;
2 WHEREIN IN TIME PAST YE WALKED ACCORDING TO THE COURSE
OF THIS WORLD, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE
AIR, THE SPIRIT THAT NOW WORKETH IN THE CHILDREN OF
DISOBEDIENCE:
3 AMONG WHOM ALSO WE ALL HAD OUR CONVERSATION IN TIMES
PAST IN THE LUSTS OF OUR FLESH, FULFILLING THE DESIRES OF
THE FLESH AND OF THE MIND; AND WERE BY NATURE THE CHILDREN
OF WRATH, EVEN AS OTHERS.
ROM 5:12 WHEREFORE, AS BY ONE MAN SIN ENTERED INTO THE
WORLD, AND DEATH BY SIN; AND SO DEATH PASSED UPON ALL MEN,
FOR THAT ALL HAVE SINNED:
ROM 5:15 BUT NOT AS THE OFFENCE, SO ALSO IS THE FREE
GIFT. FOR IF THROUGH THE OFFENCE OF ONE MANY BE DEAD, MUCH
MORE THE GRACE OF GOD, AND THE GIFT BY GRACE, WHICH IS BY
ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST, HATH ABOUNDED UNTO MANY.
16 AND NOT AS IT WAS BY ONE THAT SINNED, SO IS THE GIFT:
FOR THE JUDGMENT WAS BY ONE TO CONDEMNATION, BUT THE FREE
GIFT IS OF MANY OFFENCES UNTO JUSTIFICATION.
17 FOR IF BY ONE MAN'S OFFENCE DEATH REIGNED BY ONE;
MUCH MORE THEY WHICH RECEIVE ABUNDANCE OF GRACE AND OF THE
GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALL REIGN IN LIFE BY ONE, JESUS
CHRIST.)
18 THEREFORE AS BY THE OFFENCE OF ONE JUDGMENT CAME UPON
ALL MEN TO CONDEMNATION; EVEN SO BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
ONE THE FREE GIFT CAME UPON ALL MEN UNTO JUSTIFICATION OF
LIFE.
19 FOR AS BY ONE MAN'S DISOBEDIENCE MANY WERE MADE
SINNERS, SO BY THE OBEDIENCE OF ONE SHALL MANY BE MADE
RIGHTEOUS.
IX. IMPUTATION-ACT OF ADDING SOMETHING GOOD OR BAD TO ANOTHER
ROM 4:8 BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT
IMPUTE SIN.
X.. TYPES
1. ADAMS' SIN UPON DESCENDANTS
ROM 5:12 WHEREFORE, AS BY ONE MAN SIN ENTERED INTO THE
WORLD, AND DEATH BY SIN; AND SO DEATH PASSED UPON ALL MEN,
FOR THAT ALL HAVE SINNED:
1CO 15:22 FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE, EVEN SO IN CHRIST
SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE.
2. MAN'S SIN UPON CHRIST
ISA 53:5 BUT HE WAS WOUNDED FOR OUR TRANSGRESSIONS, HE
WAS BRUISED FOR OUR INIQUITIES: THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR
PEACE WAS UPON HIM; AND WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED.
ISA 53:11 HE SHALL SEE OF THE TRAVAIL OF HIS SOUL, AND
SHALL BE SATISFIED: BY HIS KNOWLEDGE SHALL MY RIGHTEOUS
SERVANT JUSTIFY MANY; FOR HE SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITIES.
1PE 2:24 WHO HIS OWN SELF BARE OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BODY
ON THE TREE, THAT WE, BEING DEAD TO SINS, SHOULD LIVE UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS: BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED.
3. CHRIST'S RIGHTEOUSNESS UPON US WHO BELIEVE
PHI 3:9 AND BE FOUND IN HIM, NOT HAVING MINE OWN
RIGHTEOUSNESS, WHICH IS OF THE LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS
THROUGH THE FAITH OF CHRIST, THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS OF
GOD BY FAITH:
GAL 2:16 KNOWING THAT A MAN IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE
WORKS OF THE LAW, BUT BY THE FAITH OF JESUS CHRIST, EVEN WE
HAVE BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST, THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED
BY THE FAITH OF CHRIST, AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW:
FOR BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW SHALL NO FLESH BE JUSTIFIED.
TIT 3:5 NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE
DONE, BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US, BY THE
WASHING OF REGENERATION, AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST;
ISA 64:6 BUT WE ARE ALL AS AN UNCLEAN THING, AND ALL OUR
RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS; AND WE ALL DO FADE AS A
LEAF; AND OUR INIQUITIES, LIKE THE WIND, HAVE TAKEN US
AWAY.
XI. EXAMPLES
1. ABRAHAM
JAM 2:23 AND THE SCRIPTURE WAS FULFILLED WHICH SAITH,
ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS IMPUTED UNTO HIM FOR
RIGHTEOUSNESS: AND HE WAS CALLED THE FRIEND OF GOD.
2. DAVID
ROM 4:6 EVEN AS DAVID ALSO DESCRIBETH THE BLESSEDNESS OF
THE MAN, UNTO WHOM GOD IMPUTETH RIGHTEOUNESS WITHOUT WORKS,
7 SAYING, BLESSED ARE THEY WHOSE INIQUITIES ARE
FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS ARE COVERED.
8 BLESSED IS THE MAN TO WHOM THE LORD WILL NOT IMPUTE
SIN.
XII. ADOPTION
GAL 4:4 BUT WHEN THE FULNESS OF THE TIME WAS COME, GOD
SENT FORTH HIS SON, MADE OF A WOMAN, MADE UNDER THE LAW,
5 TO REDEEM THEM THAT WERE UNDER THE LAW, THAT WE MIGHT
RECEIVE THE ADOPTION OF SONS.
1. REGENERATION GIVES NEW NATURE, ADOPTION POSITION
ROM 8:15 FOR YE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF BONDAGE
AGAIN TO FEAR; BUT YE HAVE RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF ADOPTION,
WHEREBY WE CRY, ABBA, FATHER.
GAL 4:4 BUT WHEN THE FULNESS OF THE TIME WAS COME, GOD
SENT FORTH HIS SON, MADE OF A WOMAN, MADE UNDER THE LAW,
5 TO REDEEM THEM THAT WERE UNDER THE LAW, THAT WE MIGHT
RECEIVE THE ADOPTION OF SONS.
6 AND BECAUSE YE ARE SONS, GOD HATH SENT FORTH THE
SPIRIT OF HIS SON INTO YOUR HEARTS, CRYING, ABBA, FATHER.
2. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CIVIL/SPIRITUAL ADOPTION
A. NEVER ADOPT OUR OWN CHILDREN, GOD DOES
B. CHILDLESS ADOPT, BUT GOD ALREADY HAD A SON
C. PLEASING TRAITS IN ADOPTED CIVIL CHILDREN
D. CIVIL ADOPTION CAN'T GIVE PARENTS' NATURE TO CHILDREN
E. CIVIL ADOPTION CAN BE DECLARED VOID, NOT CHRIST'S
3. SIMILARITIES
A. FATHER MUST INITIATE ACTION FOR ADOPTION
ISA 1:18 COME NOW, AND LET US REASON TOGETHER, SAITH THE
LORD: THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS
WHITE AS SNOW; THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON, THEY SHALL
BE AS WOOL.
JOH 3:16 FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT HE GAVE HIS
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD
NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
B. ADOPTION GIVES INHERITANCE
ROM 8:17 AND IF CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS; HEIRS OF GOD, AND
JOINT-HEIRS WITH CHRIST; IF SO BE THAT WE SUFFER WITH HIM,
THAT WE MAY BE ALSO GLORIFIED TOGETHER.
1PE 1:3 BLESSED BE THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS
CHRIST, WHICH ACCORDING TO HIS ABUNDANT MERCY HATH BEGOTTEN
US AGAIN UNTO A LIVELY HOPE BY THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
CHRIST FROM THE DEAD,
4 TO AN INHERITANCE INCORRUPTIBLE, AND UNDEFILED, AND
THAT FADETH NOT AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN FOR YOU,
C. ADOPTION PROVIDES NEW NAMES
JOH 1:42 AND HE BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS. AND WHEN JESUS
BEHELD HIM, HE SAID, THOU ART SIMON THE SON OF JONA: THOU
SHALT BE CALLED CEPHAS, WHICH IS BY INTERPRETATION, A
STONE.
REV 2:17 HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE
SPIRIT SAITH UNTO THE CHURCHES; TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL
I GIVE TO EAT OF THE HIDDEN MANNA, AND WILL GIVE HIM A
WHITE STONE, AND IN THE STONE A NEW NAME WRITTEN, WHICH NO
MAN KNOWETH SAVING HE THAT RECEIVETH IT.
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