8. Our Rapture Salvation From The Lord’s Day:
Rom 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
1Th 5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ
1Th 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
Before the Lord has His day of wrath we will be caught up and saved from the tribulation, and the wrath of God against the man of sin, and all that belong to him, God has promised in His word to save us from “the wrath to come.”
9. SALVATION FROM FUNCTIONAL DEATH:
2Co 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
2Co 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
This salvation saves ones from being functionally dead unto God, Paul goes over that doctrine in Romans 6, and 7, these saints here were beginning to think godly, and it was the doctrine working in the saints, and they were not thinking like they did earlier in the first epistle when they thought as the world does, but they were beginning to understand how to live unto God.
1Co 5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1Co 5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Again, because of the “destruction of the flesh” this saint was functionally dead, and was “delivered” unto Satan, not spiritually, but he was given to his flesh, and to this world, and over to Satan. This is the issue of a saint being of no use to God in being what God intended for him to be “in Christ,” instead of being “alive unto God,” and “dead to sin,” this saint is following the course of this world, and Satan. This salvation is found within Romans through Philemon, we are taught how to let the word of God “work effectually” within us, and how to “prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”
10. OUR SALVATION FROM SUFFERINGS:
Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Rom 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Rom 8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
The salvation explained here is our deliverance from the “sufferings of this present time.” Verse 22 says that “the whole creation” is going to experience sufferings in “this present time”, and if we are thinking Godly concerning this issue, we should understand that God never promise us a physical deliverance from our problems, but He did give us doctrine designed to work “for us” in any situation that we have, that’s why later on in the chapter Paul says “the Spirit helpeth our infirmities,” it’s the doctrine of the Holy Spirit effectually working “patience” within the saint in times of suffering, and when we let the word of God work effectually within us, we will see that the “sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
11. SALVATION FROM THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST:
2Co 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
2Co 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2Co 1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
2Co 1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
This suffering can only be experienced by ones that are saved members of the Body of Christ in this dispensation of Gentile grace. The sufferings of Christ can be avoided, if you are not acting like who God has made you to be “in Christ”. God has designed doctrine that will “comfort us” when we are “afflicted,” and persecuted, for the gospel’s sake. When we suffer because of opposition to the gospel that we are making known, we are taught we are not going to have a physical deliverance from this type of suffering either, the deliverance here is within our inner man, notice Paul says we have to endure the suffering, meaning you are going to have to go through it, but to understand how to let the doctrine work within us is how we get salvation from the sufferings of Christ, and our learning to “glory” in our sufferings, then we can learn to later rejoice in them.
12. THE NATIONAL SALVATION OF ISRAEL:
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
This salvation Paul looked forward to and said it was his “hearts desire” that Israel be saved. This is a national salvation of the nation as a whole, there were Israelites saved before in “times past,” but that was only just a remnant, but this salvation concerns the whole commonwealth of Israel.
THE LORD’S SALVATION BY THE FATHER:
Mar 14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
Mar 14:34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
Joh 12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Joh 12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
Heb 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Heb 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
We know that the Lord and Savior was justified, so this could not be talking about salvation from the debt and penalty of His sins, God the Father saved Him from His soul being “troubled” in the garden before He was taken. This salvation given unto the Lord had nothing to do with the Lord being saved from the debt and penalty of sins against him this has to do with the Lord being saved because his soul was troubled and his soul was troubled because he was going to leave his friends in whom he “loved unto the end,” this is where he needed this salvation. Notice it says prayers and supplications and strong crying and tears, he was getting ready to leave his friends and was exceeding sorrowful.
Now we are going to take a look at Israel’s justification and see if they were justified unto eternal life by faith alone, or by faith plus their works.
Luk 23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Luk 23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
Luk 23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Luk 23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
Luk 23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Luk 23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
The first thing that I want to point out is that in verse , there are two different type of salvations spoken of in the verse, and when you come down to verse 39 the one criminal wanted a physical salvation, but the other wanted salvation from the debt and penalty of his sins, the thief was justified by his faith alone without any works at all.
Luk 18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
Luk 18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Luk 18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Luk 18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Luk 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Luk 18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
The Pharisee was not justified in God’s sight, that’s why he prayed “with himself,” his prayers were not heard by God, he said all the works that he done, and he worked faithfully in the works, but God’s requirement for justifying a soul is based upon what the publican displayed; faith, and faith alone. Just like the thief on the cross, the publican understood the need for salvation from the debt and penalty of his sins, and they knew it would only come by faith and faith alone.
Mat 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Mat 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Mat 19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Mat 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Mat 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Mat 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mat 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
Mat 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Mat 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Mat 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Joh 6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Joh 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Joh 6:48 I am that bread of life.
The rich man wanted to know what “good thing” he could “do” to have eternal life, Jesus told him to “keep the commandments”, notice in verses 18 and 19 Jesus does not mention “thou shalt not covet,” He knew the rich man placed his faith in his works, and his riches. As we went over earlier, the law never justified anyone, it pointed out the need for a Savior, and what Jesus Christ should have heard from the rich man was his inability to keep the law, and his need for salvation in this type of sanctification. If the rich man had done what the Apostle’s had done; which was gave up all they had, he would have been faithful by trusting in Jesus as being that Christ. By “forsaking all” this saint is taking God by His word and trusting that in the kingdom “all things will be added unto” him. Jesus had said earlier in John 6:47 how the Jew would have “everlasting life” and that was by faith alone. Jesus was letting this rich man know that if he wanted to “do” something to have eternal life other than just trust in Him, he would have to “keep the commandments” and we all know how many have been able to do that.
Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Rom 3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Rom 3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
Rom 3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Paul says in verse 27, “where is boasting then,” then he says it is “excluded,” well we all know that is true with our justification, we know that the only way there is boasting is if you do any type of work for salvation, but this is the important part; Paul says, “by what law,” the law he is talking about is the legal way that God justifies. God’s law for justification is by faith alone, so to say that God has ever justified any man (Jew or Gentile) by faith plus works, or by works at any time would slander the justice and the character of God, that’s why Paul says in verse 29 “is he the God of the Jews only?” What he is saying is that it should be plainly clear that if God justified Israel by faith alone, the only way that we don’t have that same type of righteousness, is that it would have to be TWO GODS. The “law of faith” is the same as it always has been, by faith, the messages given in each program was different, but the way “the man” was to respond to what God said was by faith alone.
Rom 4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Rom 4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Rom 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Rom 4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
Rom 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Rom 4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
Rom 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Rom 4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Rom 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Rom 4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
Rom 4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
Paul says that Abraham was justified by faith alone, and this was while he was uncircumcised. David explained how that “the man” (all mankind) is blessed by having the righteousness of God without works. He says, “cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only;” in other words, it should be plainly clear that in times past “the man” was justified by faith alone. In time past this “blessedness” belonged to Israel only, Paul is confirming our justification by the “blessedness” of Israel, by saying that we too have the righteousness of God by faith alone. Abraham is our example how God justified “the man” in both programs.
Gen 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Gen 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Gal 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Gal 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Paul again uses the verse from Habakkuk 2:4 when he says how a just man shall have eternal life. Israel had a ‘sanctification life’ to complement their salvation from God that consisted of them being justified by faith in the eyes of God and they had a justification in the eyes of men showing they were “a friend of God,” and worthy to be called a Holy nation, and a kingdom of priests.
Jas 2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Jas 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Jas 2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
Jas 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Jas 2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
When we stand before the Lord in that day, we are not going to be judged based upon our sins unto eternal life, that will not be the issue, we will be judged by our service in the doctrine, and if our justification is all that we have, then our reward will not be as great as it should be. The same is also true with Israel, in that kingdom faith alone won’t qualify an Israelite to be what God called for him to be. Having only faith will get him into that kingdom, but he would be the “least” in a kingdom of priests.
Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Mat 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Justification unto eternal life was not be all that God desired the saint to have in that day, James chapter two goes over Israel’s justification in the eyes of men as a friend of God, not their justification unto eternal life. Israel has a salvation for each of the 5 mandates of the Lord. There is a salvation that is associated with Him being the Redeemer, the Deliverer, the Avenger, the King, and the Blesser. When we read in the Old Testament, we see verses that will say if a Jew were to sin his soul would be “cut off” from his people, these are also verses that are misunderstood. Whenever we come across the words “that soul shall be cut off from among his people,” we will see that the LORD is giving Israel covenants, commands, or any other ‘do’s and don’ts,’ this is to show them their inability to keep those commands, and their need to fall upon His Jehovah-ness grace and mercy. Also, these commands condemned unbelieving Israel and made them worthy of wrath in that day of wrath. Solomon went after strange gods, and built abominations unto them throughout Israel, but he was a justified saint just the same. Israel’s sacrifices were for an outer man cleansing, not for the inner man. Israel’s prescription for cleansing was not only just to have faith unto eternal life, but baptisms also were part of the prescription for cleansing; these are the three baptisms’ that John the Baptist preached to Israel.
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Mar 16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
Mar 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Here you have an example of Israel’s salvation package deal, in verse 16 the Lord says “he that believeth,” now there is the justification, and the baptism is for the cleansing as a holy nation, by preaching to “all nations,” the gentile world would know Israel as a “friend of God,” and the things that are in verses 17 and 18 are their salvations out there in the Lord’s day of wrath. Israel is going to need all the salvations out there in that day because of Satan’s attempt to wipe the nation out, and this is because Israel will be in the 5th installment of the 5 courses of punishment.
Act 3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
Act 3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Act 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Act 3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Act 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
When Peter preached to the crowd of unsaved Israelites in Acts 2 through 3, he explained that if they “repent” for crucifying the Lord, then they could have their sins “blotted out” at THAT TIME, rather than in that day when the Lord comes to be the Avenger, and judge these men worthy of wrath, as well as their fathers. All these men had to do was believe that Jesus was the Christ, and trust in that, and their sins would have been “blotted out,” by their faith alone.
Act 15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
Act 15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us;
Act 15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Act 15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Act 15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Peter tells the saved remnant about the grace given to the Gentiles, and he says that God “put no difference” between Israel and us. Peter says that God purifies the Gentile’s heart the same way as he purifies an Israelites heart; by faith and faith alone. In verse 11 Peter says that they believe the same way the Gentiles believe that God is saving both Jew and Gentile the same, and He is putting no difference between them. The messages have been different throughout time, but the “law of faith” is the same as it has always been, by “the man” placing his faith in what God said to him at that time. What we need to understand is that the only way Matthew though Acts chapter 8 can be understood is by having a full understanding of what is going on in Genesis through Malachi, and the only way you can understand Hebrews through Revelation is if you fully understand Israel’s program as it is proclaimed from Genesis through Acts 8. There are many more verses that could be looked at, like verses in the Psalms that shows different salvations, and verses like “he that endure to the end shall be saved,” but I hope this study has been useful in understanding the different salvations, and justifications, as well as Israel’s.
Rod Jones