"Christ Is All"
Colossians 3:11
Let no one misunderstand our doctrine. We
are trinitarians. We hold to and rejoice in the works of God the Father and God
the Holy Spirit, as well as the works of God the Son,in
the matter of salvation. We delight in eternal election and predestination as
sovereign works of God the Father.He chose us. He predestinated all things
needful for our salvation.We recognize the necessity
of regeneration and sanctification by God the Holy Spirit. No one will ever
enter into heaven without the Father's election, the Son' redemption, and the
Spirit's sanctification.There is perfect harmony in the blessed Trinity.Read
the first chapter of Ephesians one more time. There Paul tells us that our
everlasting salvation was planned and purposed by God the Father (vv. 3-6),
purchased by God the Son (vv. 7-12), and effectually applied and sealed to the
hearts of chosen sinners by God the Holy Spirit (vv. 1314). Salvation is the
work of the triune Godhead "to the praise of the glory of his grace!"
Be sure you understand that.
Yet, it is the purpose of the triune God
to glorify and exalt the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our
Mediator and Substitute, the second Person of the blessed Trinity, in the
redemption and salvation of his people. It is the purpose of God that Christ be pre-eminent and glorious in the work of redemption and in
the esteem of all the redeemed (Carefully read John
Don Fortner