Salvation Secure - Part 4: More Grounding Scriptures

Ephesians 2:8-10 - " For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -not by works, so that no one can boost. For we are God's workmanship, created in Jesus Christ to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."  [MORE ON THIS NEXT POST]

1 Corinthians 6:11 - " And that's what some of you were [ Paul is referencing the believers' old lives]. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of God." 

The Spirit does the work...WASHED = blood of Jesus; SANCTIFIED = the process by which we are purified and set apart by God for His purpose - we no longer operate on our own authority; JUSTIFIED = made right, done! And the Spirit does it all buy the Father's authority through the blood of Jesus!

2 Thessalonians 2:18b -"...because from the beginning GOD CHOSE YOU to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth."

Something to note here, we were chosen by God and the Spirit does the sanctifying but, we have to participate in the work by believing. Our choice of belief or unbelief- as evidence through our actions, words and attitudes- can either help or hinder the sanctification process. If we chose unbelief then we effectively grieve the Holy Spirit and block his ability to work in and through us (1 Thes. 4:3-8; Eph. 4:30).