Forty Amazing Blessings

FORTY THINGS GOD PROVIDES EVERY BELIEVER AT THE MOMENT OF SALVATION (THE BENEFITS OF SALVATION)

Compiled by Lewis Sperry Chafer Revised by R. B. Thieme, Jr.

1. The believer resides in the eternal plan of God. (He shares the destiny of Christ) We are:

a. Foreknown: (Act_2:23; Rom_8:29; 1Pe_1:2)

b. Elected: (Rom_8:33; Col_3:12; 1Th_1:4; Tit_1:1)

c. Predestined: (Rom_8:29-30; Eph_1:5; Eph_1:11; 1Pe_1:2)

d. Chosen: (Mat_22:14; 1Pe_2:4)

e. Called: (1Th_5:24)

2. The believer is reconciled (Removal of the barrier between man and God)

a. By God: (2Co_5:18-19; Col_1:20)

b. To God: (Rom_5:10; 2Co_5:20; Eph_2:14-17)

3. The believer is redeemed (Purchased from the slave market of sin): (Rom_3:24; Col_1:14; 1Pe_1:18)

4. The believer’s condemnation, (Eternal judgment in the Lake of fire) is removed: (Joh_3:18; Joh_5:24; Rom_8:1)

5. All sins are judged by the substitutionary Spiritual death of Christ on the cross: (Rom_4:25; Eph_1:7; 1Pe_2:24)

6. Every believer receives propitiation for sins (God satisfied with the work of His Son): (Rom_3:25-26; 1Jn_2:2; 1Jn_4:10)

7. The believer is dead to the old life, (The old sin nature) but alive to God (Retroactive positional Truth)

a. He is Crucified with Christ: (Rom_6:6; Gal_2:20)

b. Dead with Christ: (Rom_6:8; Col_3:3; 1Pe_2:24)

c. Buried with Christ: (Rom_6:4; Col_2:12)

d. Raised with Christ: (Rom_6:4; Col_3:1)

8. The believer is free from the Mosaic Law. He is

a. Dead: (Rom_7:4)

b. Delivered: (Rom_6:14; Rom_7:6; 2Co_3:6-11; Gal_3:25)

9. The believer is regenerated: (Joh_13:10; 1Co_6:11; Tit_3:5)

a. He is born again: (Joh_3:7; 1Pe_1:23)

b. A child of God: (Gal_3:26)

c. A son of God: (Joh_1:12; 2Co_6:18; 1Jn_3:2)

d. A new creation: (2Co_5:17;Gal_6:15; Eph_2:10)

10. The believer is adopted by God (Placed as adult sons because of positional Truth): (Rom_8:15; Rom_8:23; (Future) Eph_1:5)

11. The believer is made acceptable to God: (Eph_1:6; 1Pe_2:5)

a. He is made righteous: (Imputation) (Rom_3:22; 1Co_1:30; 2Co_5:21; Php_3:9)

b. Sanctified positionally: (1Co_1:30; 1Co_6:11)

c. Perfected forever: (Heb_10:14)

d. Qualified for inheritance: (Col_1:12)

12. The believer is justified (Declared righteous): (Rom_3:24; Rom_5:1; Rom_5:9; Rom_8:30; 1Co_6:11; Tit_3:7)

13. The believer receives the unique availability of Divine power: (2Pe_1:3)

14. The believer is guaranteed a heavenly citizenship based on reconciliation: (Luk_10:20; Eph_2:13; Eph_2:19; Php_3:20)

15. The believer is delivered from the kingdom of Satan: (Col_1:13; Col_2:15)

16. The believer is transferred into God’s kingdom: (Col_1:13)

17. The believer is now on a secure foundation: (1Co_3:11; 1Co_10:4; Eph_2:20)

18. Every believer is a gift from God the Father to Christ: (Joh_10:29; Joh_17:2; Joh_17:6; Joh_17:9; Joh_17:11-12; Joh_17:24)

19. The believer is delivered from the power of the sin nature: (Rom_2:29; Php_3:3; Col_2:11)

20. Every believer is appointed a priest unto God. We are:

a. A holy priesthood: (1Pe_2:5)

b. A royal priesthood: (1Pe_2:9; Rev_1:6)

21. The believer receives eternal security: (Rom_8:32; Rom_8:38-39; Gal_3:26; 2Ti_2:13)

22. The believer is given access to God: (Rom_5:2; Eph_2:18; Heb_4:14; Heb_4:16; Heb_10:19-20)

23. Every believer is within the “much more” grace care of God: (Rom_5:9-10)

a. We are: Objects of His love: Eph_2:4; Eph_5:2;

b. Objects of His grace (1) For salvation: Eph_2:8-9; (2) For keeping: (Rom_5:2; 1Pe_1:5) (3) For service: (Joh_17:18; Eph_4:7) (4) For instruction: (Tit_2:12)

c. Objects of His power: (Eph_1:19; Php_2:13)

d. Objects of His faithfulness: (Php_1:6; Heb_13:5)

e. Objects of His peace: (Joh_14:27)

f. Objects of His consolation: (2Th_2:16)

g. Objects of His intercession: (Rom_8:34; Heb_7:25; Heb_9:24)

24. The believer is beneficiary of an inheritance as heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ: (Rom_8:17; Eph_1:14; Eph_1:18; Col_3:24; Heb_9:15; 1Pe_1:4)

25. Every believer has a new position in Christ: (Eph_2:6)

a. We are partners with Christ in life: (Col_3:4)

b. Partners with Christ in service: (1Co_1:9) (1) Workers together with God: (1Co_3:9; 2Co_6:1) (2) Ministers of the New Covenant: (2Co_3:6) (3) Ambassadors: (2Co_5:20) (4) Living epistles: (2Co_3:3) (5) Ministers of God: (2Co_6:4)

26. Believers are recipients of eternal life: (Joh_3:15; Joh_10:28; Joh_20:31; 1Jn_5:11-12)

27. The believer is created a new Spiritual species: (2Co_5:17)

28. The believer is a light in the Lord (Part of the angelic conflict): (Eph_5:8; 1Th_5:4)

29. The believer is united with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are:

a. In God: (1Th_1:1; cf., “God in you,” Eph_4:6)

b. In Christ: (Joh_14:20; cf., “Christ in you,” Col_1:27) (1) A member in His Body: (1Co_12:13) (2) A branch in the Vine: (Joh_15:5) (3) A stone in the Building: (Eph_2:21-22; 1Pe_2:5) (4) A sheep in the Flock: (Joh_10:27-29) (5) A portion of His Bride: (Eph_5:25-27; Rev_19:6-8)

(6) A priest of the kingdom of priests: (1Pe_2:9) (7) A saint of the “new species:” (2Co_5:17) In the Holy Spirit: (Rom_8:9) “the Spirit in you.”

30. Every believer is the recipient of the ministries of the Holy Spirit. He is

a. Born of the Spirit: (Joh_3:36)

b. Baptized with the Spirit: (Act_1:5; 1Co_12:13)

c. Indwelt by the Spirit: (Joh_7:39; Rom_5:5; Rom_8:9; 1Co_3:16; 1Co_6:19; Gal_4:6; 1Jn_3:24)

d. Sealed by the Spirit: (2Co_1:22; Eph_4:30)

e. Given Spiritual gifts: (1Co_12:11; 1Co_12:27-31; 1Co_13:1-2)

31. The believer is glorified: (Rom_8:30)

32. The believer is complete in Christ: (Col_2:10)

33. The believer is possessor of every Spiritual blessing granted in eternity past: (Eph_1:3)

34. The believer receives a human spirit (The basis for Operation Z, along with the Holy Spirit): (Rom_8:16; 1Co_2:12; 2Co_7:13; 1Th_5:23)

35. The believer has scar tissue removed from the soul: (Isa_43:25; Isa_44:22)

36. The believer is the recipient of efficacious grace: (Eph_1:13)

37. The believer is guaranteed a resurrection body forever: (Joh_11:25)

38. The believer is the beneficiary of unlimited atonement: (2Co_5:14-15; 2Co_5:19; 1Ti_2:6; 1Ti_4:10; Tit_2:11; Heb_2:9; 2Pe_2:1; 1Jn_2:2)

39. The believer has equal privilege and equal opportunity under election and predestination.

40. The ten problem-solving devices are available to every believer. They are

a. Rebound: (1Jn_1:9)

b. Filling of the Holy Spirit: (Eph_5:18)

c. Faith-rest drill: (Heb_4:1; Heb_4:10-11)

d. Grace orientation: (Jas_4:6)

e. Doctrinal orientation: (Rom_12:2)

f. Personal sense of destiny: (Php_1:21)

g. Personal love for God: (Deu_6:5; 1Pe_1:8)

h. Impersonal love for all mankind: (Jas_2:8)

1. Sharing the happiness of God, +H: (Joh_15:11)

j. Occupation with Christ: (Eph_3:19)

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self–de•vel•op•ment

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self–dif•fer•en•ti•a•tion

self–di•rect•ed

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self–di•rec•tion

self–di•rec•tive

self–dis•gust

self–dis•play

self–dis•sat•is•fac•tion

self–doubt

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self–ef•face•ment

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self–eman•ci•pa•tion

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self–en•hance•ment

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self–ex•clu•sion

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self–im•posed

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self–in•duced

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self–iso•la•tion

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self–lac•er•at•ing

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self–loath•ing

self–lock•ing

self–lu•bri•cat•ing

self–lu•mi•nous

self–main•te•nance

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self–mas•tery

self–med•i•ca•tion

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self–ne•gat•ing

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self–par•o•dist

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self–penned

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Forty Blessings

Appendix

FORTY THINGS GOD PROVIDES EVERY BELIEVER AT THE MOMENT OF SALVATION (THE BENEFITS OF SALVATION)

Compiled by Lewis Sperry Chafer Revised by R. B. Thieme, Jr.

1. The believer resides in the eternal plan of God (shares the destiny of Christ). He is

a. Foreknown: Acts 2:23Click to view Acts 2:23 (NASB); Rom. 8:29Click to view Rom. 8:29 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:2Click to view 1 Pet. 1:2 (NASB);

b. Elected: Rom. 8:33Click to view Rom. 8:33 (NASB); Col. 3:12Click to view Col. 3:12 (NASB); 1 Thess. 1:4Click to view 1 Thess. 1:4 (NASB); Titus 1:1Click to view Titus 1:1 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:2Click to view 1 Pet. 1:2 (NASB);

c. Predestined: Rom. 8:29-30Click to view Rom. 8:29-30 (NASB); Eph. 1:5Click to view Eph. 1:5 (NASB), II;

d. Chosen: Matt. 22:14Click to view Matt. 22:14 (NASB); 1 Pet. 2:4Click to view 1 Pet. 2:4 (NASB);

e. Called: 1 Thess. 5:24Click to view 1 Thess. 5:24 (NASB).

2. The believer is reconciled (removal of the barrier between man and God)

a. By God: 2 Cor. 5:18-19Click to view 2 Cor. 5:18-19 (NASB); Col. 1:20Click to view Col. 1:20 (NASB);

b. To God: Rom. 5:10Click to view Rom. 5:10 (NASB); 2 Cor. 5:20Click to view 2 Cor. 5:20 (NASB); Eph. 2:14-17Click to view Eph. 2:14-17 (NASB).

3. The believer is redeemed (purchased from the slave market of sin): Rom. 3:24Click to view Rom. 3:24 (NASB); Col. 1:14Click to view Col. 1:14 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:18Click to view 1 Pet. 1:18 (NASB).

4. The believer’s condemnation (eternal judgment) is removed: John 3:18Click to view John 3:18 (NASB); 5:24Click to view John 5:24 (NASB); Rom. 8:1Click to view Rom. 8:1 (NASB).

5. All sins are judged by the substitutionary spiritual death of Christ on the cross: Rom. 4:25Click to view Rom. 4:25 (NASB); Eph. 1:7Click to view Eph. 1:7 (NASB); 1 Pet. 2:24Click to view 1 Pet. 2:24 (NASB).

6. Every believer receives propitiation for sins (God satisfied with the work of His Son): Rom. 3:25-26Click to view Rom. 3:25-26 (NASB); 1 John 2:2Click to view 1 John 2:2 (NASB); 4:10Click to view 1 John 4:10 (NASB).

7. The believer is dead to old life (old sin nature), but alive to God (retroactive positional truth). He is

a. Crucified with Christ: Rom. 6:6Click to view Rom. 6:6 (NASB); Gal. 2:20Click to view Gal. 2:20 (NASB);

b. Dead with Christ: Rom. 6:8Click to view Rom. 6:8 (NASB); Col. 3:3Click to view Col. 3:3 (NASB); 1 Pet. 2:24Click to view 1 Pet. 2:24 (NASB);

c. Buried with Christ: Rom. 6:4Click to view Rom. 6:4 (NASB); Col. 2:12Click to view Col. 2:12 (NASB);

d. Raised with Christ: Rom. 6:4Click to view Rom. 6:4 (NASB); Col. 3:1Click to view Col. 3:1 (NASB).

8. The believer is free from the Mosaic Law. He is

a. Dead: Rom. 7:4Click to view Rom. 7:4 (NASB);

b. Delivered: Rom. 6:14Click to view Rom. 6:14 (NASB); 7:6Click to view Rom. 7:6 (NASB); 2 COT. 3:11; Gal. 3:25Click to view Gal. 3:25 (NASB).

9. The believer is regenerated: John 13:10Click to view John 13:10 (NASB); 1 Cor. 6:11Click to view 1 Cor. 6:11 (NASB); Titus 3:5Click to view Titus 3:5 (NASB). He is

a. Born again: John 3:7Click to view John 3:7 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:23Click to view 1 Pet. 1:23 (NASB);

b. A child of God: Gal. 3:26Click to view Gal. 3:26 (NASB);

c. A son of God: John 1:12Click to view John 1:12 (NASB); 2 Cor. 6:18Click to view 2 Cor. 6:18 (NASB); 1 John 3:2Click to view 1 John 3:2 (NASB);

d. A new creation: 2 Cor. 5:17Click to view 2 Cor. 5:17 (NASB); Gal. 6:15Click to view Gal. 6:15 (NASB); Eph. 2:10Click to view Eph. 2:10 (NASB).

10. The believer is adopted by God (placed as adult sons because of positional truth): Rom. 8:15Click to view Rom. 8:15 (NASB); 8:23Click to view Rom. 8:23 (NASB) (future); Eph. 1:5Click to view Eph. 1:5 (NASB).

11. The believer is made acceptable to God: Eph. 1:6Click to view Eph. 1:6 (NASB); 1 Pet. 2:5Click to view 1 Pet. 2:5 (NASB). He is

a. Made righteous (imputation): Rom. 3:22Click to view Rom. 3:22 (NASB); 1 Cor. 1:30Click to view 1 Cor. 1:30 (NASB); 2 Cor. 5:21Click to view 2 Cor. 5:21 (NASB); Phil. 3:9Click to view Phil. 3:9 (NASB);

b. Sanctified positionally: 1 Cor. 1:30Click to view 1 Cor. 1:30 (NASB); 6:11Click to view 1 Cor. 6:11 (NASB);

c. Perfected forever: Heb. 10:14Click to view Heb. 10:14 (NASB);

d. Qualified for inheritance: Col. 1:12Click to view Col. 1:12 (NASB).

12. The believer is justified (declared righteous): Rom. 3:24Click to view Rom. 3:24 (NASB); 5:1, 9Click to view Rom. 5:1, 9 (NASB); 8:30Click to view Rom. 8:30 (NASB); 1 Cor. 6:11Click to view 1 Cor. 6:11 (NASB); Titus 3:7Click to view Titus 3:7 (NASB).

13. The believer receives the unique availability of divine power: 2 Pet. 1:3Click to view 2 Pet. 1:3 (NASB).

14. The believer is guaranteed a heavenly citizenship based on reconciliation: Luke 10:20Click to view Luke 10:20 (NASB); Eph. 2:13, 19Click to view Eph. 2:13, 19 (NASB); Phil. 3:20Click to view Phil. 3:20 (NASB).

15. The believer is delivered from the kingdom of Satan: Col. 1:13Click to view Col. 1:13 (NASB)a; 2:15Click to view Col. 2:15 (NASB).

16. The believer is transferred into God’s kingdom: Col. 1:13Click to view Col. 1:13 (NASB)b.

17. The believer is now on a secure foundation: 1 Cor. 3:11Click to view 1 Cor. 3:11 (NASB); 10:4Click to view 1 Cor. 10:4 (NASB); Eph. 2:20Click to view Eph. 2:20 (NASB).

18. Every believer is a gift from God the Father to Christ: John 10:29Click to view John 10:29 (NASB); 17:2, 6, 9, 11-12, 24Click to view John 17:2, 6, 9, 11-12, 24 (NASB).

19. The believer is delivered from the power of the sin nature: Rom. 2:29Click to view Rom. 2:29 (NASB); Phil. 3:3Click to view Phil. 3:3 (NASB), Col. 2:11Click to view Col. 2:11 (NASB).

20. Every believer is appointed a priest unto God. We are

a. A holy priesthood: 1 Pet. 2:5Click to view 1 Pet. 2:5 (NASB);

b. A royal priesthood: 1 Pet. 2:9Click to view 1 Pet. 2:9 (NASB); Rev. 1:6Click to view Rev. 1:6 (NASB).

21. The believer receives eternal security: Rom. 8:32, 38-39Click to view Rom. 8:32, 38-39 (NASB); Gal. 3:26Click to view Gal. 3:26 (NASB); 2 Tim. 2:13Click to view 2 Tim. 2:13 (NASB).

22. The believer is given access to God: Rom. 5:2Click to view Rom. 5:2 (NASB); Eph. 2:18Click to view Eph. 2:18 (NASB); Heb. 4:14,16Click to view Heb. 4:14,16 (NASB); 10:19-20Click to view Heb. 10:19-20 (NASB).

23. Every believer is within the “much more” grace care of God: Rom. 5:9-10Click to view Rom. 5:9-10 (NASB). We are

a. Objects of His love: Eph. 2:4Click to view Eph. 2:4 (NASB); 5:2Click to view Eph. 5:2 (NASB);

b. Objects of His grace (1) For salvation: Eph. 2:8-9Click to view Eph. 2:8-9 (NASB); (2) For keeping: Rom. 5:2Click to view Rom. 5:2 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:5Click to view 1 Pet. 1:5 (NASB); (3) For service: John 17:18Click to view John 17:18 (NASB); Eph. 4:7Click to view Eph. 4:7 (NASB); (4) For instruction: Titus 2:12Click to view Titus 2:12 (NASB);

c. Objects of His power: Eph. 1:19Click to view Eph. 1:19 (NASB); Phil. 2:13Click to view Phil. 2:13 (NASB);

d. Objects of His faithfulness: Phil. 1:6Click to view Phil. 1:6 (NASB); Heb. 13:5Click to view Heb. 13:5 (NASB)b

e. Objects of His peace: John 14:27Click to view John 14:27 (NASB);

f. Objects of His consolation: 2 Thess. 2:16Click to view 2 Thess. 2:16 (NASB);

g. Objects of His intercession: Rom. 8:34Click to view Rom. 8:34 (NASB); Heb. 7:25Click to view Heb. 7:25 (NASB); 9:24Click to view Heb. 9:24 (NASB).

24. The believer is beneficiary of an inheritance as heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ: Rom. 8:17Click to view Rom. 8:17 (NASB); Eph. 1:14, 18Click to view Eph. 1:14, 18 (NASB); Col. 3:24Click to view Col. 3:24 (NASB); Heb. 9:15Click to view Heb. 9:15 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:4Click to view 1 Pet. 1:4 (NASB).

25. Every believer has a new position in Christ: Eph. 2:6Click to view Eph. 2:6 (NASB). We are

a. Partners with Christ in life: Col. 3:4Click to view Col. 3:4 (NASB);

b. Partners with Christ in service: 1 Cor. 1:9Click to view 1 Cor. 1:9 (NASB) (1) Workers together with God: 1 Cor. 3:9Click to view 1 Cor. 3:9 (NASB); 2 Cor. 6:1Click to view 2 Cor. 6:1 (NASB); (2) Ministers of the New Covenant: 2 Cor. 3:6Click to view 2 Cor. 3:6 (NASB); (3) Ambassadors: 2 Cor. 5:20Click to view 2 Cor. 5:20 (NASB); (4) Living epistles: 2 Cor. 3:3Click to view 2 Cor. 3:3 (NASB); (5) Ministers of God: 2 Cor. 6:4Click to view 2 Cor. 6:4 (NASB).

26. Believers are recipients of eternal life: John 3:15Click to view John 3:15 (NASB); 10:28Click to view John 10:28 (NASB); 20:31Click to view John 20:31 (NASB); 1 John 5:11-12Click to view 1 John 5:11-12 (NASB).

27. The believer is created a new spiritual species: 2 Cor. 5:17Click to view 2 Cor. 5:17 (NASB).

28. The believer is a light in the Lord (part of the angelic conflict): Eph. 5:8Click to view Eph. 5:8 (NASB); 1 Thess. 5:4Click to view 1 Thess. 5:4 (NASB).

29. The believer is united with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We are

a. In God: 1 Thess. 1:1Click to view 1 Thess. 1:1 (NASB); cf., “God in you,” Eph. 4:6Click to view Eph. 4:6 (NASB);

b. In Christ: John 14:20Click to view John 14:20 (NASB); cf., “Christ in you,” Col. 1:27Click to view Col. 1:27 (NASB) (1) A member in His Body: 1 Cor. 12:13Click to view 1 Cor. 12:13 (NASB); (2) A branch in the Vine: John 15:5Click to view John 15:5 (NASB); (3) A stone in the Building: Eph. 2:21-22Click to view Eph. 2:21-22 (NASB); 1 Pet. 2:5Click to view 1 Pet. 2:5 (NASB); (4) A sheep in the Flock: John 10:27-29Click to view John 10:27-29 (NASB); (5) A portion of His Bride: Eph. 5:25-27Click to view Eph. 5:25-27 (NASB); Rev. 19:6-8, 21:9Click to view Rev. 19:6-8, 21:9 (NASB):

(6) A priest of the kingdom of priests: 1 Pet. 2:9Click to view 1 Pet. 2:9 (NASB); (7) A saint of the “new species:” 2 Cor. 5:17Click to view 2 Cor. 5:17 (NASB); c. In the Holy Spirit: Rom. 8:9Click to view Rom. 8:9 (NASB); “the Spirit in you.”

30. Every believer is the recipient of the ministries of the Holy Spirit. He is

a. Born of the Spirit: John 3:36Click to view John 3:36 (NASB);

b. Baptized with the Spirit: Acts 1:5Click to view Acts 1:5 (NASB); 1 Cor. 12:13Click to view 1 Cor. 12:13 (NASB);

c. Indwelt by the Spirit: John 7:39Click to view John 7:39 (NASB); Rom. 5:5Click to view Rom. 5:5 (NASB); 8:9Click to view Rom. 8:9 (NASB); 1 Cor. 3:16Click to view 1 Cor. 3:16 (NASB); 6:19Click to view 1 Cor. 6:19 (NASB); Gal. 4:6Click to view Gal. 4:6 (NASB); 1 John 3:24Click to view 1 John 3:24 (NASB);

d. Sealed by the Spirit: 2 Cor. 1:22Click to view 2 Cor. 1:22 (NASB); Eph. 4:30Click to view Eph. 4:30 (NASB);

e. Given spiritual gifts: 1 Cor. 12:11, 27-31Click to view 1 Cor. 12:11, 27-31 (NASB); 13:1-2Click to view 1 Cor. 13:1-2 (NASB).

31. The believer is glorified: Rom. 8:30Click to view Rom. 8:30 (NASB).

32. The believer is complete in Christ: Col. 2:10Click to view Col. 2:10 (NASB).

33. The believer is possessor of every spiritual blessing granted in eternity past: Eph. 1:3Click to view Eph. 1:3 (NASB).

34. The believer receives a human spirit (the basis of the grace apparatus for perception, along with the Holy Spirit): Rom. 8:16Click to view Rom. 8:16 (NASB); 1 Cor. 2:12Click to view 1 Cor. 2:12 (NASB); 2 Cor. 7:13Click to view 2 Cor. 7:13 (NASB); 1 Thess. 5:23Click to view 1 Thess. 5:23 (NASB).

35. The believer has all scar tissue removed from the soul: Isa. 43:25Click to view Isa. 43:25 (NASB); 44:22Click to view Isa. 44:22 (NASB).

36. The believer is the recipient of efficacious grace: Eph. 1:13Click to view Eph. 1:13 (NASB).

37. The believer is guaranteed a resurrection body forever: John 11:25Click to view John 11:25 (NASB).

38. The believer is the beneficiary of unlimited atonement: 2 Cor. 5:14-15, 19Click to view 2 Cor. 5:14-15, 19 (NASB); 1 Tim. 2:6Click to view 1 Tim. 2:6 (NASB); 4:10Click to view 1 Tim. 4:10 (NASB); Titus 2:11Click to view Titus 2:11 (NASB); Heb. 2:9Click to view Heb. 2:9 (NASB); 2 Pet. 2:1Click to view 2 Pet. 2:1 (NASB); 1 John 2:2Click to view 1 John 2:2 (NASB).

39. The believer has equal privilege and equal opportunity under election and predestination.

40. Problem-solving devices are available to every believer. They are

a. Rebound: 1 John 1:9Click to view 1 John 1:9 (NASB);

b. Filling of the Holy Spirit: Eph. 5:18Click to view Eph. 5:18 (NASB);

c. Faith-rest drill: Heb. 4:1, 10-11Click to view Heb. 4:1, 10-11 (NASB);

d. Grace orientation: James 4:6Click to view James 4:6 (NASB);

e. Doctrinal orientation: Rom. 12:2Click to view Rom. 12:2 (NASB);

f. Personal sense of destiny: Phil. 1:21Click to view Phil. 1:21 (NASB);

g. Personal love for God: Deut. 6:5Click to view Deut. 6:5 (NASB); 1 Pet. 1:8Click to view 1 Pet. 1:8 (NASB);

h. Impersonal love for all mankind: James 2:8Click to view James 2:8 (NASB);

1. Sharing the happiness of God, +H: John 15:11Click to view John 15:11 (NASB);

j. Occupation with Christ: Eph. 3:19Click to view Eph. 3:19 (NASB).

The Five Cycles of Discipline

The Five Cycles of Discipline
Whom the Lord loves, He chastens, whether it is an individual, a city or community, or a nation.
Because God loves the whole world, there has always been a lot of chastening going on. The history of
the Jews as a nation is, in part, a story of the cycles of discipline and recovery they experienced
throughout all their generations. There are many parallel lessons to be learned by individual believers
regarding the way the Lord handles the individual and nation in Grace when either is disobedient.
This is a study of the doctrine of the Five Cycles of Divine Discipline, as seen in God’s dealing with
the nation of Israel in ancient times.
I. The First Cycle, Lev. 26:14-17. “But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these
commands, and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws and fail to carry out all my commands and
so violate my covenant, then I will do this to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror in the form of
wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and drain away your life. You will plant seed in
vain, because your enemies will eat it. I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your
enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.”
A. Verses 14 and 15 serve as the introduction to the five cycles of discipline.
B. The criterion for invoking the five cycles of discipline is simple: the failure to carry out the laws
of Divine Establishment.
C. Each cycle of discipline is worse than the one before, although often in the same forms as a
previous cycle.
D. The first cycle includes five forms of discipline:
1. Discipline in the form of illness and disease.
a. The sudden terror is a title – the diseases are described under it.
b. The first form of disease is consumptive diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis
and AIDS.
c. The second form of disease is a fever which wastes the eyes and drains away the
desire to live. This is mental illness.
2. Discipline in the form of crop destruction.
a. Understand this in the time in which it was written.
b. In the industrial age we have many businesses and corporations that come under
this category even though they are not agricultural in nature.
c. The enemy of business can be many things:
1. Inordinate taxation.
2. Greed and graft and corruption.
3. The inordinate demands of labor unions.
d. The seed is investment capital, and the normal crop would be profit. The enemies of
business eat up the profits, and put business under a strain.
3. Discipline in the form of defeat on the battlefield.
a. The effectiveness of the military is undermined by poor leadership, immorality, and
cowardice.
b. This ineffectiveness leads to defeat in battle.
c. This does not include the destruction of the nation.
4. Discipline in the form of sneering authority.
a. Those in national authority will sneer at the citizens of the nation.
b. Instead of serving the nation, the leadership will serve itself, and only use
government benefits to grab more power for themselves.
5. Discipline in the form of sublimation.
a. Flight when no one chases is folly.
b. This is sublimation – getting involved in all categories of distraction, rather than
facing the truth.
c. Sublimation is a flight from reality. Reality does not chase anyone.
d. Sublimation becomes painful discipline because it causes damage to the soul, and
increases torment from neurosis.
e. Sublimation is based on the lust pattern of the soul, and often results in addiction.
F. The people of the nation will have a chance to respond to God in repentance after this cycle
has been administered.
G. Our nation is currently under this cycle, and we have not repented.
II. The Second Cycle, Lev. 26:18-20. “If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for
your sins seven times over. I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron
and the ground beneath you like bronze. Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not
yield its crops, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.”
A. This cycle is a multiplication of the first cycle by a factor of 7. This number is not to be taken
literally. The number seven is a common metaphor in Biblical literature which means, “a lot” .Here, you
would say, “I will punish you for your sins over and over.”
B. In this cycle, the land and the environment itself becomes the enemy of the farmer.
C. The modern analogy would be advertising, marketing, and the consumer, all of which are
necessary for the production of profits.
D. Also included by analogy are the raw materials from which products are made. They will
become more expensive and less available.
E. This cycle of discipline also begins an economic depression in which food supplies dwindle and
poverty begins to take hold in earnest over a large segment of the population.
F. This cycle of discipline factors in the bad decisions made by the people from their position of
mental weakness.
1. Bad decisions concerning the environment.
a. Decisions which are destructive to the environment.
b. Decisions which protect the environment too much, and so cause damage to the
economy.
2. Bad decisions concerning trade.
3. Bad decisions concerning labor and management.
4. Bad decisions concerning investment.
5. Bad decisions concerning production.
F. The people of the nation will have a chance to respond to God in repentance after this cycle
has been administered.
III. The Third Cycle, Lev. 26:21-22. “If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I
will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.
“I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle
and make you so few in numbers that your roads will be deserted.”
A. The third cycle of discipline multiplies the effects of the second cycle by a factor of seven.
B. The third cycle begins the predominance of the criminal element in society, as the wild animal
is a metaphor for crime.
C. In this cycle, there is a great deal of crime against children, and against business.
D. Because of the predominance of crime, the roads are deserted, which means there is virtually
no commerce.
E. The people of the nation will have a chance to respond to God in repentance after this cycle
has been administered.
F. Our nation is under this cycle, and we have not repented.
IV. The Fourth Cycle, Lev 26:23-26. “If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but
continue to be hostile toward me, I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins
seven times over. And I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When
you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they
will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.”
A. This cycle multiplies the effects of the third cycle by a factor of seven.
B. This is the cycle of civil war, or perhaps war but not yet final defeat. The uprising of the
antiestablishment element in society will trap the rest of the people of the nation.
C. In the ancient world, the civil war would begin in the countryside and surround the city or town
where the rulers of the nation lived.
D. Without the logistical support from the countryside, a siege ensues and food becomes scarce.
E. In addition to this, being trapped in close quarters means that the potential for widespread
disease is great, and will happen. These are desperate times.
F. The people of the nation will have a chance to respond to God in repentance after this cycle
has been administered.
V. The Fifth Cycle, Lev. 26:27-39. “If in spite of this you still do not listen to me but continue to be
hostile toward me, then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your
sins seven times over. You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. I will destroy
your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your
idols, and I will abhor you. I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take
no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings. I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who
live there will be appalled. I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out my sword and pursue
you. Your land will be laid waste, and your cities will lie in ruins. Then the land will enjoy its Sabbath
years all the time that it lies desolate and you are in the country of your enemies; then the land will rest
and enjoy its Sabbaths. All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during
the Sabbaths you lived in it. As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the
lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though
fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them. They will stumble over
one another as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be
able to stand before your enemies. You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will
devour you. Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their
sins; also because of their fathers’ sins they will waste away.
A. This cycle multiplies the effects of the fourth cycle by a factor of 7.
B. This cycle describes the total destruction of the nation by foreign enemies.
C. There will be cannibalism because of food shortages, even cannibalism within the family.
D. There will be widespread death directly attributed to involvement in the addiction cycle.
People will be killed by the foreign enemies while participating in their idolatry.
E. The industries of the nation, and most of the buildings, public and private, will be destroyed.
F. The people will be carted off to the foreign countries as slaves. Fear will be the modus operandi
of those who are left.
H. It is too late for this generation to repent. It is destroyed.
I. This cycle of discipline, even this, may not be too far away for us! It may be many years, or it may be only a few.

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Operation Z

  As part of Operation Z, which is the non-meritorious system by which every believer can learn the whole realm of Truth, and grow Spiritually regardless of his educational background or human IQ. God provides every step, from Truth resident in His own Mind to Truth resident in the believer’s soul.

OPERATION Z

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God has supplied us with everything for learning His Word: The completed canon of Scripture, a pastor-teacher, books, the MP3 player, the DVD player and now the computer, the filling of the Holy Spirit, rebound, (1Jn_1:9) the human soul, the human spirit, physical life, Spiritual life and protection in the devil’s world. (Isa_41:13) These grace provisions are part of the grace apparatus for perception, which is “Operation Z” To summarize, the believer filled with the Holy Spirit, (1Co_4:20) concentrates on the pastor’s message, resulting in gnosis, “Knowledge,” in the mentality of the soul. The mentality has two parts: the human spirit or right lobe, God’s Knowledge. and the kardia, “heart.” or left lobe, human knowledge. (Jer_17:9) And is the home of gnosis; the right lobe is the repository of epignosis, “Full Knowledge.” (Eph_3:19) Gnosis in the left lobe is receptive comprehension: “academic knowledge” which is not usable for application in the Spiritual life. A believer may be able to quote many verses or talk at length about many Biblical subjects, but if his knowledge is only gnosis, it is not edifying. Academic arrogance can exist in theology as easily as in any other field of learning (1Co_1:19-21; 1Co_2:14; 1Co_3:19-20; 1Co_8:1). If Truth is not believed, or not understood or not used, it is removed! (Mat_13:19-23; Luk_8:11-15) The application of gnosis doctrine is misapplication, and the Word misapplied generates legalism, inflexibility, insensitivity, and intolerance, pride and arrogance. (Heb_3:12; Heb_4:2) The believer clearly perceives a point of doctrine and now faces the issue of faith: does he, or does he not believe what he has learned? (Pro_3:5-6; Mat_7:7-11) If he believes: that Truth is transferred to the right lobe and becomes Spiritual Thoughts and Spiritual Words! (1Co_2:13) By means of faith, it becomes genuine understanding of Divine Truth. (1Co_4:20) Only God’s Thinking can be applied as Spiritual Wisdom and Spiritual common sense. (2Co_10:5) Epignosis is also the building material for the edifica­tion complex, (The Temple) of the soul. (1Co_3:10-14) The process of transferring the Truth from the heart to the spirit is faith-perception. Truth always has the merit; we who believe do not!

According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. (Salvation) Now if any man builds on the foundation (Growth to maturity) with gold, silver, precious stones, (God’s Thoughts) wood, hay, straw, (Satanic and human thoughts) each man’s work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, (Mar_9:49) and the fire itself will test the quality of each man’s work. If any man’s work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. (1Co_3:10-14)

REBOUND, RECEPTION, RETENTION, RECALL, RESIST SIN, REPEAT!

 

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