“Who then can be saved?”

LUKE 18:26

The false religionists (which are very many and very prosperous in the work of deception) are crying to their hearers “Any one can be saved, at any time, it is up to you! Salvation is in your hands! Just exercise your free will.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. Salvation is impossible with man. But with God salvation is sure and certain - “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners…” 1Timothy 1:15 . If God is not pleased to reveal Christ to Spiritually dead sinners, they will perish. All those to whom He will reveal Christ will be saved with an everlasting salvation. Salvation is by God’s free will, not man’s supposed free will. Who then can be saved? Those whom God will save! Those whom God will save are those whom He loved and chose in Christ before the world began - “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began” 2 Timothy 1:9. Those whom God will save are those whom the Lord Jesus Christ wrought a righteousness for in the days of His flesh here on this earth. Those who will be saved are those for whom Christ offered Himself up to God, being their Substitute and Sacrifice for sin - “Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him” Romans 5:9. Those who will be saved are those for whom Christ now intercedes at the right hand of the Majesty on high - “Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them” Hebrews 7:25. Those who then will be saved are those that God, in His time, effectually calls by His sovereign grace, by the preaching of THE GOSPEL OF GOD’S FREE AND SOVEREIGN GRACE IN CHRIST JESUS. Thereby imparting to them His divine nature and imputing to them Christ’s perfect righteousness. Therefore those who were dead in trespasses and sins are now alive unto God. Those who will be saved are those that persevere by God given faith in Christ…believing the gospel, committed to the gospel, trusting in Christ, looking to Christ, bowing to Christ, worshipping Christ - “And ye shall be hated of all men for My name’s sake: but he that endureth (continues) to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22. Who then can be saved?…“All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out” John 6:37.

Tommy