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- To put it simply, the gospel call to faith presupposes that sinners must repent of their sin and yield to Christ's authority. This, in a nutshell, is what is commonly referred to as lordship salvation.
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Apr 8, 2024 · The doctrine of lordship salvation teaches that submitting to Christ as Lord goes hand-in-hand with trusting in Christ as Savior. Lordship salvation is the opposite of what is sometimes called easy-believism or the teaching that salvation comes through an acknowledgement of a certain set of facts.
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Sep 1, 2013 · The saving Lordship of Jesus Christ over all the peoples of the world. The gospel of Jesus Christ as the one message authorized by God to save the nations from eternal destruction. There is no greater vision, no greater calling.
Jun 15, 2023 · The thesis of this essay is that Jesus Christ, the absolutely supreme Creator, Sustainer, and Ruler of the universe, intends to accomplish his saving purposes in the world without reliance on the powers of civil government to teach, defend, or spread the Christian religion as such.
- Christ Is Lord Over All Because He Is God.
- Christ Claims Authority Over Both Believers and unbelievers.
- We Are to Obey Christ in All things.
- We Are to Serve Christ All The Time, in All of Life, with All of Our Heart.
- The Means of Grace Guide Us and Equip Us to Grow in Serving Christ.
- Serving Christ Makes A Pronounced Difference in Every Area of Life.
The Father is God; the Son is God; and the Holy Spirit is God. God rules over all things by his providential control (Ps. 103:19). Therefore it is also true that each person in the Godhead rules over all. Christ rules over all. This rule is comprehensive not only in its extent (over all of space, all of time, and all areas of human activity), but i...
The difference is that believers acknowledge and submit to his rule, with joy for the salvation they have received in him.
However, our obedience does not earn our salvation or contribute to becoming a saved person. We are justified by God's grace as a gift (Rom. 3:24). It is all God's doing (Eph. 2:8). It is Christ's perfect obedience, not our obedience, that has obtained for us forgiveness of our sins and all the benefits of salvation. We are saved by being united to...
We serve for several complementary reasons: 1. Christ is enthroned and deserves our obedience. 2. Christ is altogether lovely and completely worthy of all our service. 3. It is God's command for us to serve him. 4. We were created and designed and destined for this service. 5. We will find the deepest satisfaction and joy in life only in this servi...
We should not suppose that our service is built on merely human effort. God in Christ provides the means of grace to guide, equip, and strengthen us. These means include Bible reading, Bible study, preaching, the sacraments (baptism and the Lord's supper), prayer, and fellowship with other saints in the church, the body of Christ. These means becom...
Christian believers differ radically from unbelievers in the inclination of their hearts. This radical difference gets expressed in differences all along the line in every area of life. We have motivations that differ from unbelievers. We look at the law and the world differently, because we acknowledge that law comes from God and the world is prov...
The gospel that Jesus proclaimed was a call to discipleship, a call to follow Him in submissive obedience, not just a plea to make a decision or pray a prayer. Jesus' message liberated people from the bondage of their sin while it confronted and condemned hypocrisy.
If you have repented of your sins, confessed them to God, and then placed your trust in Christ, then He is your Lord and He has all rights and authority to have lordship over you. If not, then you are still in your sins and you will die in them (John 8:24 ).
The so-called “Lordship salvation” issue is essentially about how to answer two questions: (1) Must a non-Christian repent to have eternal life? (2) Must a Christian continue to repent and believe and to do good works? The Bible answers “yes” to both questions. Introduction. Christians hold different views on progressive sanctification.
