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Three Works of Grace

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49)

Multitudes of Christians are acquainted with the first work of grace, that is, basic salvation through the blood of the cross. A smaller number have received basic salvation and also a second work of grace, the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Now God is ready to bring us through the third work of grace. The third work of grace may be referred to as the rest of God.

The blood of the cross gives us the authority to enter the purpose of God. The Holy Spirit gives us the power and wisdom to accomplish the purpose of God. The authority, the power, and the wisdom of God enable us to enter the purpose of God, which is the third work or area of grace. The third work of grace is the creation, through Christ, of a living house for God in which He can rest for eternity.

Introduction

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49)

In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2)

In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:22)

What you are about to read suggests that we have come to an epochal change in our understanding of the Christian salvation. It is not a "new revelation." The Lord gave the Apostles of the first century the full revelation of salvation.

It appears the Spirit of wisdom and revelation departed with the death of the early Apostles and the human mind took over the task of explaining the new covenant. The Church fathers began to write books about redemption and the Kingdom of God, and the writing of commentaries continues until the present hour.

While commentaries on the Bible can be helpful to the student they usually do not reflect the Spirit of wisdom and revelation.

That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: (Ephesians 1:17)

At some early point in the Christian Era the spirit Paradise, Heaven, became the goal of salvation. Perhaps this was because human reasoning had replaced the Spirit of revelation. We are saved to go to Heaven it was stated. To this day in Christian thinking the blood of the Lord Jesus is viewed as our ticket to Heaven.

Because it is not true that eternal residence in the spirit Paradise is the goal of salvation, our understanding of the process of redemption and our response to that understanding misses the Divine mark. We are looking toward the wrong goal and so our efforts are often misdirected. Christian thinking is not in accord with the mind of God.

To be continued. Three Works of Grace 2]]

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-         <p><em>Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; (I Peter 1:13) </em></p>
+         <p><em>Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49) </em></p>
-         <p>Our great hope is the grace that will be brought to us at the appearing of Christ. </p>
+         <p>Multitudes of Christians are acquainted with the first work of grace, that is, basic salvation through the blood of the cross. A smaller number have received basic salvation and also a second work of grace, the baptism with the Holy Spirit. </p>
-         <p>The grace that is to be brought to us at the revelation of Christ is the resurrection from the dead. Not just that we shall be raised from the dead, for all shall be raised—the wicked as well as the righteous. Rather, our hope is that we shall be raised to eternal life in the Kingdom of God. The first resurrection, the resurrection of the royal priesthood, was the goal of the Apostle Paul. </p>
+         <p>Now God is ready to bring us through the third work of grace. The third work of grace may be referred to as the rest of God. </p>
-         <p>There is one extremely important aspect of the resurrection that seldom if ever is preached in the churches of today. It is that the kind of resurrection we will enjoy depends directly on what we sow. If we sow to our flesh we will be raised to corruption. If we sow to the Spirit of God we will reap eternal life. </p>
+         <p>The blood of the cross gives us the authority to enter the purpose of God. The Holy Spirit gives us the power and wisdom to accomplish the purpose of God. The authority, the power, and the wisdom of God enable us to enter the purpose of God, which is the third work or area of grace. The third work of grace is the creation, through Christ, of a living house for God in which He can rest for eternity. </p>
-         <p>For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. (Galatians 6:8) </p>
+         <p>Introduction </p>
-         <p>The tribulations that confront us now are creating an eternal weight of glory, a body from Heaven that will be given to us in the day of resurrection. We will receive such a reward provided we faithfully are accepting the pains and pressures and, through the Holy Spirit, are translating them into the resurrection Life of the Lord. </p>
+        <p>Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? (Acts 7:49) </p>
-         <p>For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; (II Corinthians 4:17) </p>
+         <p>In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (John 14:2) </p>
-         <p>The preaching of grace that fills Christian churches is ninety percent inaccurate. The great work of redemption, which is the transformation of the individual, is seldom mentioned. Forgiveness, which is but one aspect of grace, is expanded to include every verse of the New Testament. Most Christians in America are unaware grace does not intervene in or affect the process of sowing and reaping. They suppose by grace they will be made powerful lords—rulers of the universe—at the appearing of Jesus even though they have not taken up their cross and followed the Lord. </p>
+         <p>In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. (Ephesians 2:22) </p>
-         <p>The churches of America are in apostasy because of an overemphasis on the forgiveness aspect of grace. The footnotes of every edition of the Scriptures we have read perpetuate this error. Are the major publishers unaware there are other viewpoints? </p>
+         <p>What you are about to read suggests that we have come to an epochal change in our understanding of the Christian salvation. It is not a "new revelation." The Lord gave the Apostles of the first century the full revelation of salvation. </p>
-         <p>What president of a denomination or seminary is courageous enough to stand up to the modern Goliath of super-grace and challenge him with the Word of God, deploring the excessive emphasis on "faith alone" arising from the reactionary nature of the Protestant Reformation? </p>
+         <p>It appears the Spirit of wisdom and revelation departed with the death of the early Apostles and the human mind took over the task of explaining the new covenant. The Church fathers began to write books about redemption and the Kingdom of God, and the writing of commentaries continues until the present hour. </p>
-         <p>What publisher of an edition of the Scriptures, in the footnotes pertaining to the sixth chapter of the Book of Hebrews, will dare to explain that the passage is addressed to backsliding Christians, stating that if they have been filled with the Word and Spirit of God and then fall away they are in danger of being cut out of the Vine? </p>
+         <p>While commentaries on the Bible can be helpful to the student they usually do not reflect the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. </p>
-         <p>We have the authority through the blood of the Lord Jesus to become the House of God. We have the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit. Let us press forward into the fullness of the rest of God and thus join the ranks of the heroes of faith. They are waiting for us to reach forward toward the mark in order that they along with us may be made perfect in the Kingdom of God. </p>
+         <p>That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: (Ephesians 1:17) </p>
-         <p>Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10:38,39)</p>
+         <p>At some early point in the Christian Era the spirit Paradise, Heaven, became the goal of salvation. Perhaps this was because human reasoning had replaced the Spirit of revelation. We are saved to go to Heaven it was stated. To this day in Christian thinking the blood of the Lord Jesus is viewed as our ticket to Heaven. </p>
-		<p>(from Three Works of Grace) </p>
+         <p>Because it is not true that eternal residence in the spirit Paradise is the goal of salvation, our understanding of the process of redemption and our response to that understanding misses the Divine mark. We are looking toward the wrong goal and so our efforts are often misdirected. Christian thinking is not in accord with the mind of God. </p>
+        <p>To be continued. Three Works of Grace 2]]</p>
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