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Resources » Dictionary of Bible Themes » 8000 The life of the believer » 8200 The character of the believer » 8292 love » 8301 love, and enemies
8301 love, and enemies
8301 love, and enemies
God loves even those who oppose him and believers must follow his example in loving their enemies.
God’s love for sinners
Isa 53:6; Jn 3:16; 2Pe 3:9 See also Ge 18:32; La 3:33; Eze 18:23; Mt 5:45; Ro 5:8; Ro 8:32; 2Co 5:19; 1Jn 4:9-10
The example of Jesus Christ
Mt 23:37 pp Lk 13:34 1Pe 3:18 See also Isa 53:5; Mt 20:28 pp Mk 10:45; Lk 23:34; Ro 5:6; 2Co 5:14; 2Co 8:9; Heb 13:12; 1Pe 2:21,24; 1Jn 2:2
God’s people must love their enemies
Lev 19:18; Lk 6:35-36 See also Ex 23:4; Pr 24:17; Pr 25:21; Mt 5:44; Lk 6:27; Col 3:13; 1Th 5:15; 2Ti 2:25; 1Pe 3:9
Examples of love for enemies
Ge 50:20-21 Joseph; Nu 12:13; 1Sa 24:17; 1Sa 26:21; 2Sa 19:23; 2Ki 6:22 the king of Israel; Ac 7:60 Stephen; Ac 9:17 Ananias; 1Co 4:12
UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
Deuteronomy 10:14-15 God set his heart in love = chose
Psalm 33:12 God chooses his own heritage
Psalm 65:4 Chosen to dwell in his courts
Psalm 106:5 God's chosen ones
Haggai 2:23 God chose Zerubbabel
Matthew 11:27 Only the one the Son chooses know the Father
Matthew 22:14 Many are called, but few are chosen
Matthew 24:22, 24, 31 days shortened for the elect the elect cannot
be deceived gathering of the elect
Luke 18:7 God will vindicate his elect
Romans 8:28-30 Called according to God's purpose
Romans 8:33 These (28-30) are God's elect
Colossians 3:12 God's chosen ones
1 Thessalonians 5:9 God has destined us to obtain salvation
Titus 1:1-2 to further the faith of God's elect
1 Peter 1:1,2 the exiles who were chosen and destined
1 Peter 2:8,9 some stumble because they were destined to,
but others are a chosen race who have been called.
Revelation 17:14 Those with Christ are called and chosen and faithful
Mark 13:20 God did the choosing
Ephesians 1:4 It was done before the foundation of the world
Revelation 13:8 God chose people, not just a plan
Revelation 17:8 God chose people, not just a plan
Romans 9:11-13 God's choice not based on anything creaturely
Romans 9:16 Not based on man's will or man's exertion
Romans 10:20 God found by those who did NOT seek him
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 God chose the foolish, weak, low and despised
specifically so that no flesh could boast that ANY PART of their salvation was from them.
2 Timothy 1:9 not by our works, but because of his own purpose
Ephesians 1:11-12 Works are the result not the cause of election
Ephesians 2:10 Works are the result not the cause of election
John 15:16 Apostles did not choose Christ, but he chose.
Acts 13:48 Those who were ordained believed.
Acts 18:27 Those who believed did so through grace
Philippians 1:29 Granted to us to believe
Philippians 2:12-13 God wills his pleasure in us
1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 Because chosen, the word came in
power of Holy Spirit and not just words of men.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 God chose them from the beginning to be saved.
James 2:5 God has chosen the poor to become rich to faith
LIMITED ATONEMENT
The issue of the atonement is not the WORTH of it. The death of Christ is of infinite worth.
When we use the term "limited" we are referring not to the value of the atonement,
but to the scope of it. Some Calvinists have therefore preferred not to use the term
"limited atonement," realizing that all but universalists limit the atonement either
in respect to its intention or in respect to its power. If it is limited in respect to
its intention, then it does not apply to all men. If it is limited with respect to its
power, then it does not apply to all men. If it is limited with respect to its power,
then it does not actually save, but merely makes salvation a possibility. Now I have
no problem with the term, because it fits the acrostic TULIP quite nicely. Nevertheless,
a lot of ink has been wasted attacking and defending this particular doctrine when,
in fact, the attackers often did not understand what they were attacking, but simply
bristled at the idea of anything pertaining to Christ being "limited." The issue in
the doctrine of limited atonement is: Who did Christ actually redeem, anyway?
1. Christ came not merely to enable men to be saved, but actually to save them.
Matthew 1:21 He shall save his people from their sins
Luke 19:10 Christ came to seek and to save what was lost
2 Corinthians 5:21 he was made sin for us
Galatians 1:4 Christ gave himself to deliver us.
1 Timothy 1:15 Jesus came to save sinners
Titus 2:14 He gave himself for us to redeem us.
1 Peter 3:18 Suffered to bring us to God
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Christ died for all who die to sin
Ephesians 5:25 Christ loved the church and gave himself for it.
Acts 20:28 Christ purchased the church with his own blood
Isaiah 53:6 The Lord has laid our sins upon Christ
Ephesians 1:7 We have actual redemption
Hebrews 1:3 Sins are actually purged.
2. As a result of Christ's work, his people are reconciled to God, justified,
given the Holy Spirit who regenerates and sanctifies them. All these blessings were
actually secured by Christ.
Romans 5:10 we were reconciled by the death of God's Son
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 God reconciled us to himself by Christ
Ephesians 2:15-16 Christ abolished enmity of ordinances and
reconciled us to God by the cross.
Colossians 1:21-22 Christ reconciled us by the body of his flesh through death
Hebrews 2:17 he made reconciliation for the sins of his people.
1 John 2:2 Christ is propitiation for sin
1 John 4:10 his Son the propitiation for our sins.
3. Christ secured righteousness for his people
Romans 3:24-15 Redemption secures justification
Romans 5:8-9 Justified by his blood
1 Corinthians 1:30 He is made to us wisdom, righteousness,sanctification & redemption.
Galatians 3:13 Christ made a curse for us
Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the power of darkness.
Hebrews 9:12 blood of Christ obtained eternal redemption
Hebrews 9:15 death is redemption of transgressions
1 Peter 1:18-19 redeemed ... with the precious blood
1 Peter 2:24 he bare our sins
4. Christ, by his atonement, secured the gift of the Spirit, which includes
regeneration and sanctification and all that is involved with them.
Ephesians 1:3-4 all spiritual blessings based upon being chosen in Christ
Philippians 1:29 even suffering "given" to us in behalf of Christ
Acts 5:31 God gives repentance and forgiveness
Titus 2:14 Christ gave himself for us - to redeem and purify.
Titus 3:5-6 Washing of regeneration and renewing of Holy Spirit
Hebrews 10:10 Sanctified by the offering of the body of Christ
Ephesians 5:25-26 Christ gave himself for the church to sanctify and cleanse it.
1 Corinthians 1:30 wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and righteousness from Christ
Hebrews 9:14 Christ's blood purges our conscience from dead works
Hebrews 13:12 Jesus' blood sanctifies his people
1 John 1:7 Christ's blood cleanses us from all sin
5. Jesus laid down his life for his sheep. They are those who are made to hear his
voice (i.e. obey his voice) and follow him.
John 10:11 the good shepherd gives his life for his sheep (by implication:
not for wolves or goats.)
John 10:14 he knows them and is known by them
John 10:15 lays down his life for his sheep
John 10:16 other sheep which he must bring - they too shall hear his voice
John 10:26 his detractors did not believe because they were not of his sheep
John 10:27 his sheep hear his voice and follow him
John 10:28 the sheet shall never perish
6. Jesus, in his high-priestly prayer, prayer not for the world but for those given
to him by the Father
John 17:9 Christ prayed for those given to him out of the world (cf.v.6)
John 17:20 Christ prayed also for those who would believe on Christ
7. Paul traced all the blessings which the saints inherit (including redemption)
back to the fact that they were chosen in the eternal counsel of God. (Ephesians 1:3-12)
Ephesians 1:3-4 all spiritual blessings (and redemption is a spiritual blessing)
are ours based upon God choosing us in Christ before the foundation of the world
...to sanctification as well as justification.
Ephesians 1:5 God predestinated us to adoption according to the good
pleasure of his will
Ephesians 1:7 Our redemption is secured by his blood -as also forgiveness of sins.
- Jesus was sent into the world by the Father to save the people that the Father
had given him. None of them shall be lost.
John 6:35-40: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine
own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will
which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him
that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him,
may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
"JUSTICE TOWARD THE WICKED"
(Reprobation)
Psalm 7:11 God is angry with the wicked every day
Psalm 11:5 God hates the violent one
Genesis 6:5-7 God's determination to destroy the wicked
Genesis 19:13 God's destruction of the wicked is on account of their wickedness
Deuteronomy 31:17 God's anger is kindled against the evil doer because he is wicked
1 Samuel 3:14 Eli's house shall not be cleansed with sacrifice or offering forever
Psalm 81:11-12 God gives people up to walk in their own counsel - hardening
Isaiah 6:9 Hearing without understanding and seeing without perceiving
Isaiah 6:10 Judicial hardening of non-responsive
Isaiah 29:9-12 Lord has closed the eye of those he will punish
Jeremiah 6:30 Reprobate silver is rejected - so these are
rejected by God.
Jeremiah 7:16 Do not pray for the reprobate
Hosea 5:6 The iniquity of the people is such that God has withdrawn from them
Matthew 13:14-15 Isaiah's prophecy fulfilled in not understanding God's kingdom
Mark 3:29 Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is never
forgiven
John 10:26 They believed not because they were not of
Christ's sheep
John 17:12 The son of perdition was lost in order to fulfil Scripture
Romans 9:21-22 some vessels are fitted for destruction by the
potter
Romans 11:7 the rest were blinded (literally hardened)
2 Thessalonians 2:11 God will send strong delusion, causing the wicked to believe a lie,
so that they might be damned.
Jude 4 men ordained to condemnation
Isaiah 19:14 The Lord led Egypt astray
Exodus 9:16 Purpose of Pharaoh being raised up
Proverbs 16:4 God created the wicked for the day of evil
Luke 8:10 parables spoken so that some will not see and
thus be hardened
Psalm 28:5 God will destroy those who refuse to understand his word
- Compiled by Richard Bacon
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