Ephesians 1:11-12 (NKJV), *11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, 12 that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory.* Sermon Title: In Christ we obtained an inheritance 1. Much of the gospel proclamation that you will hear condition salvation on something that one has to do or kick in for the inheritance to come to the believer. And so, preachers and people condition salvation that are not conditions, but are effects of salvation.
2. Faith and repentance are not conditions that are caused and fulfilled by the sinner for them to be blessed of God or for their sins to be forgiven. Rather, Christ and the cross are the condition and He already accomplished a work that gave us our inheritance.
3. The inheritance of salvation was always conditioned on Christ. And the text of Ephesians 1 vs 11 tells us that in HIM WE HAVE OBTAINED AN INHERITANCE. That is a statement of fact. It is a DECLARATIVE STATEMENT of what the MYSTERY OF CHRIST means to those who are the CALLED.
4. All the believers have obtained the inheritance. And these are the things that have happened for them to get to that inheritance: ELECTION BY GRACE, ELECTION IN CHRIST, PREDESTINATION TO ADOPTION AS SONS, REDEMPTION IN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
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