The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood Titus 2: 11 -14
Titus 2: 11 -14 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, 14 who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
Big Idea Through the blood of Jesus Christ, the elect are eternally secured as the possession of Jesus Christ and freed from sin, its penalty and its power.
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood I. Salvation from the penalty of Sin (v 2: 11) A. The What (v 2: 11 a) “For the grace of God has appeared, bring salvation”
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood I. Salvation from the penalty of Sin (v 2: 11) A. The What (v 2: 11 a) B. The Who (v 2: 11 b) “To all men. ”
Romans 2: 5 Because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.
Mark 9: 43 If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
Mark 14: 21 For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.
John 3: 16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood II. Salvation from the power of Sin (v 2: 12) A. Deny the Fleshly (v 2: 12 a) “Instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires”
1 Corinthians 2: 12 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, 13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood II. Salvation from the power of Sin (v 2: 12) A. Deny the Fleshly (v 2: 12 a) “Instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires”
Romans 1: 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood II. Salvation from the power of Sin (v 2: 12) A. Deny the Fleshly (v 2: 12 a) “Instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires”
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood II. Salvation from the power of Sin (v 2: 12) A. Deny the Fleshly (v 2: 12 a) B. Discipleship in the Godly (v 2: 12 b) “To live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age”
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood III. Salvation from the presence of Sin(v 2: 13) “Looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus”
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood IV. Salvation from the possession by Sin (v 2: 14) A. Purpose (v 2: 14 a) “who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed”
1 Peter 3: 18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood IV. Salvation from the possession by Sin (v 2: 14) A. Purpose (v 2: 14 a) “who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed”
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood IV. Salvation from the possession by Sin (v 2: 14) A. Purpose (v 2: 14 a) B. Purity (v 2: 14 b) “To purify for Himself a people”
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood IV. Salvation from the possession by Sin (v 2: 14) A. Purpose (v 2: 14 a) B. Purity (v 2: 14 b) C. Possession (v 2: 14 c) “A people for His own possession”
John 6: 37, 39 -40 37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out… 39 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.
John 10: 27 -29 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
The Eternal Possession of Christ by His Blood IV. Salvation from the possession by Sin (v 2: 14) A. Purpose (v 2: 14 a) B. Purity (v 2: 14 b) C. Possession (v 2: 14 c) D. Perfervid (v 2: 14 d) “Zealous for good deeds”
Matthew 1: 21 She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.
Big Idea Through the blood of Jesus Christ, the elect are eternally secured as the possession of Jesus Christ and freed from sin, its penalty and its power.
1 John 3: 7 -8 7 Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; 8 the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3: 9 -10 9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 10 By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
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