First Baptist Church, Cloudcroft
Ephesians - "Saved"
We are saved, not to sit, but to serve.
Locations & Times
First Baptist Church, Cloudcroft
106 Burro Ave, Cloudcroft, NM 88317, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
GIVE
You can donate to FBC Cloudcroft by clicking the link below.
https://www.zeffy.com/donation-form/712a04f0-8013-4bbf-b395-12cffd215c5d
First time guests text "welcome" to 833-260-4524
SERVE
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https://fbccloudcroft.churchcenter.com/people/forms/780016Live Stream Service
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We were saved, not to sit, but to serve.
We were saved, not to sit, but to serve.
Grace
God’s unmerited favor toward man.
God’s unmerited favor toward man.
Saved
Have been saved (Justification)
Are being saved (Sanctification)
Will be saved (Glorification)
Have been saved (Justification)
Are being saved (Sanctification)
Will be saved (Glorification)
Faith
Trust, not in our faithfulness, but in God’s faithfulness.
Trust, not in our faithfulness, but in God’s faithfulness.
Gift
Given freely to us.
Given freely to us.
Works
Any work we do is in obedience; not for salvation, but from salvation.
Any work we do is in obedience; not for salvation, but from salvation.
We were saved to serve in the Body of Christ.
"Believers' lifestyles after they meet Christ are an evidence of their salvation (cf. James and 1 John). They are saved by grace through faith unto works! They are saved to serve! Faith without works is dead, as are works without faith (cf. Matt. 7:21-23 and James 2:14-26). Salvation is a gate and a way/road. The goal of the Father's choice is that believers be "holy and blameless" (cf. Eph. 1:4). We are saved and gifted to serve the Body (cf. 1 Cor. 12:7,11).
Paul was often attacked for his radically free gospel because it seemed to encourage godless living. A gospel so seemingly unconnected to moral performance must lead to abuse. Paul's gospel was free in the grace of God, but it also demanded an appropriate response, not only in initial repentance, but in ongoing repentance. Godly living is the result, not lawlessness. Good works are not the mechanism of salvation, but the result. This paradox of a completely free salvation and a cost-everything response is difficult to communicate, but the two must be held in a tension-filled balance. We must not separate justification from sanctification.
American individualism has distorted the gospel. Humans are not saved because God loves them so much individually, but because God loves fallen mankind, mankind made in His image. He saves and changes individuals to reach more individuals. The ultimate focus of love is primarily corporate “For God so loved the world” (cf. John 3:16), but it is received individually “But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” (cf. John 1:12; Romans 10:9-13; 1 Cor. 15:1)"
Dr. Bob Utley
www.freebiblecomentary.com
Paul was often attacked for his radically free gospel because it seemed to encourage godless living. A gospel so seemingly unconnected to moral performance must lead to abuse. Paul's gospel was free in the grace of God, but it also demanded an appropriate response, not only in initial repentance, but in ongoing repentance. Godly living is the result, not lawlessness. Good works are not the mechanism of salvation, but the result. This paradox of a completely free salvation and a cost-everything response is difficult to communicate, but the two must be held in a tension-filled balance. We must not separate justification from sanctification.
American individualism has distorted the gospel. Humans are not saved because God loves them so much individually, but because God loves fallen mankind, mankind made in His image. He saves and changes individuals to reach more individuals. The ultimate focus of love is primarily corporate “For God so loved the world” (cf. John 3:16), but it is received individually “But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God” (cf. John 1:12; Romans 10:9-13; 1 Cor. 15:1)"
Dr. Bob Utley
www.freebiblecomentary.com
We were saved, not to sit, but to serve.
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