Biblical Study on Salvation and Blessings in Christ

Study Notes

The study is about presenting the believer's blessing in Christ and what Jesus Christ did for our salvation according to the Bible.
It is not intended for theological debate but to present what Christ did for us without causing confusion.
The purpose is evangelistic, providing consolation, and exhortation through a simple presentation of God's saving work and grace.
The greatest thing God ever did was not creating the world but saving us through Jesus Christ's death and resurrection.
The key verses from Ephesians emphasize understanding God's power, hope, calling, inheritance, and the exceeding greatness of His power for believers.
God desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, with Jesus being the mediator between God and man.
The text emphasizes that salvation is a significant and precious gift from God, secured through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.
Salvation is not based on works but on faith in Jesus Christ and His redemptive work on the cross.
It is essential to understand salvation as the work of God for individuals, not the individual working for God or themselves.
Good works should follow salvation but do not add to or secure one's salvation, as salvation is solely the complete work of Christ.
Salvation encompasses various divine aspects such as atonement, grace, forgiveness, justification, regeneration, adoption, sanctification, redemption, and glorification.
Ephesians 2:11-12 highlights the Gentiles' past separation from Christ, emphasizing that salvation is a unifying work by God for all believers.- The passage discusses the contrast between the state of individuals before and after salvation, highlighting their condition in the past and the transformation after being saved.
Prior to salvation, individuals were described as without Christ, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenants of promise, without hope, and without God in the world.
The text emphasizes that without trusting in Christ's work for salvation, individuals remain in a state of hopelessness, separation from God, and alienation.
Upon salvation, individuals who trust in Christ's work are called the sons of God, no longer strangers or without hope, but part of God's family with assurance for the past, present, and future.
Salvation is described as a threefold process: justification (dealing with the past), sanctification (addressing the present), and glorification (providing for the future).
Justification deals with the past, providing pardon for sins, while sanctification addresses the present, offering purity through living righteously.
Glorification is highlighted as the future aspect of salvation, where believers will be saved from the presence of sin when Christ returns.
The text underscores that salvation is solely the work of God and is accomplished instantly upon faith in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection.
Trusting in Christ secures individuals from the penalty, power, and presence of sin, ensuring assurance for their past, present, and future.
The passage encourages individuals to trust in Christ for salvation, emphasizing that nothing they do can secure their past, present, or future like what Christ has done for them.

Description

Explore the biblical teachings on salvation, blessings, and the work of Jesus Christ for believers according to the Ephesians scriptures. Understand the significance of faith in Christ's redemptive work, the divine aspects of salvation, and the threefold process of justification, sanctification, and glorification.