594 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 2 Part 2 Book 50 - Saved To The Uttermost - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 50 Saved To The Uttermost - Part 2 Hebrews 7:20 – 8:10 "Wherefore..." Now remember whenever Paul uses that word wherefore, what does it do? Sends you back to what he’s just got through saying and he’s just been telling us that this man, the Man Christ Jesus, God the Son Who had finished the work of salvation in His death, burial and resurrection. This Man, in verse 24, has an unchangeable priesthood. Hebrews 7:25 "Wherefore he (this Son) is able also to save them to the uttermost (in other words completely, not just partially) that come unto God by him,…" Hebrews 7:25b We’re not just partially saved, but we have to do it God’s way. Not my idea, but God’s way. The Book tells us that because of Adam every human being born into the human race is a sinner. And we know that God’s grace covers those ‘little ones’ and they’ll be in glory, I’m confident of that. Romans 3:21 Ephesians chapter 2 is another one. "But God." And in chapter 2 verse 13, "But now." Why? Romans 3:21 "But now the righteousness of God (not man’s righteousness, but God’s righteousness) without the law is manifested, (is put up in the spotlight. Verse 22. Romans 3:22 "Even the righteousness of God which is by faith (or the faith in) Jesus Christ. Now then verse 23, which I always call the first step of saving faith. Romans 3:23 Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 5:12 ALL men, the whole human race) for all have sinned:" All have sinned, every human being. By one man, Adam, sin entered and with it death came as well. Remember, I Corinthians 15 is the tremendous resurrection chapter. I Corinthians 15:45 Then drop down to verse 47. I Corinthians 15:47-49 That is once we enter in to God’s tremendous saving grace. And without it we are doomed for total separation from God. Alright now, if you’ll flip back to Romans chapter 3 because we’re going to spend most of this half-hour on that verse that says, "wherefore He is able also to save to the uttermost those who come unto God by Him." Well, the only way we can come to God is as a sinner. We can’t come to God and say, "Now look. Every human being has to come before God recognizing that he has missed the mark; he’s a sinner, he’s lost. And we’re walking dead people. Dead spiritually. "Being justified freely." Just as soon as man fell as a result of Adam’s sin, God comes right back and sets in motion a plan of redemption, promising the seed of the woman. Romans 3:24 "Being justified (declared just as if we’d never sinned) freely (see all these words and how loaded they are? We’re justified freely) by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:" And what’s grace? God doesn’t justify us because we have one ounce of deserving. Through the grace of God, when we recognize that we were sinners, God could come right back immediately and say, "That’s fine, I know you’re lost, but I’ve already bought you back." Spent months making this tremendous little boat. The boy pointed to the boat in the window. "Mama, this boat that I made, I’ve bought it back! You see that’s exactly what God has done. When Adam fell. Because God has demanded that we accept all this by faith - plus nothing. I’m a sinner because I’m a son of Adam. All the things that God did the moment we believe. I think I had probably 15 or 20 things that God did the moment we were saved when we believed. Alright now then, let’s move on just a little bit further in chapter 3, down to verse 26, I’m going to skip verse 25 because that big word ‘propitiation’ might scare somebody. Romans 3:26 Romans 1 verse 16. Romans 1:16a "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it (the Gospel) is the power of God unto salvation (and again) to every one that (what?) believeth;…" Plus? I Corinthians 1:17a The same Gospel of salvation that Romans 1:16 referred to, "how that Christ died, shed His blood, was buried and rose from the dead." Now finishing the verse. I Corinthians 1:17 "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect." Verse 18. For those of us who have latched on to this great salvation it is the power of God. When God saves a sinner, whether it’s me or you or a Mafia or a well-heeled real nice socialite, makes no difference. It takes more power to save that person out of the clutches of sin and death than to create the universe. Let’s go down to verse 21, here in chapter 1 of I Corinthians. I Corinthians 1:21 "For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom (the philosophers, the intellectuals) knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness (as the world calls it, he was) of preaching to save them that (again, what?) Plus? Plus? Now verse 22. I Corinthians 1:22 There’s that power again. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible