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Chapter Eight: Christ the Mediator

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To all those for whom Christ has obtained eternal redemption, he certainly and effectually applies and communicates this redemption, making intercession for them, uniting them to himself by his Spirit, revealing to them in the word and by the word the mystery of salvation.  He persuades them to believe and obey, governing their hearts by his word and Spirit, and overcomes all their enemies by his almighty power and wisdom.  This is achieved in such a manner and by such ways as are most consonant to his wonderful and unsearchable dispensation, and it is all by free and absolute grace, without any condition foreseen in them to procure it.

Eph 1:7
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Heb 7:25
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost[a] those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Rom 8:1-2
1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
2 Cor 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Eph 1:13
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
Matt 11:25-27
25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 17:6
“I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Eph 1:9
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
1 John 5:20
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
John 10:26
but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
Acts 16:14
One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.
Rom 8:9
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Rom 8:14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
Eph 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Tim 2:24-26
24 And the Lord's servant[a] must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.
1 Cor 15:25-26
25 For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
1 John 4:4
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Dispensation
The term “dispensation” here does not have any reference to the system of theology called “Dispensationalism” which was systematized in the 19th century; rather, according to 17th century English usage, the term simply refers to an arrangement by God.
John 1:12-13
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 3:8
The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Eph 1:5-6
he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
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