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• Grace Fellowship Church
  www.gracedoctrine.org
• Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Sunday
• Sept 30, 2007

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Prayer is our Help LineLuke 3320, Our soul
waits for the LORD He is our help and our
shield.
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Heb 416, Therefore let us draw near with
confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help in time of
need.
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1 John Series1 John 319-24(Part
XIV)Confidence Before the Lord
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Verse 23 - "Believe" is the Greek word PISTEUO
and means to believe, entrust or have faith.
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Faith is a non-meritorious system of perception
based on confidence in the authority and the
veracity of another.
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Faith is not based on one's own knowledge, as is
rationalism or empiricism. Mat 928-30
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Two primary mandates.
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Two primary mandates.1) Believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ for Salvation
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Two primary mandates.1) Believe in the Lord
Jesus Christ for Salvation2) Operate post
salvation in Impersonal / Unconditional love.
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These two mandates are God's Plan of
Sanctification
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Sanctification
Heaven
2 Tim 211 Rom 68
Positional
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Sanctification
Heaven
2 Tim 211 Rom 68
Positional
Experiential
2 Tim 212 a, c 2 Tim 213, 21
Christians Life
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Sanctification
2 Tim 213 b, c
Heaven
2 Tim 211 Rom 68
Positional
Ultimate
Experiential
2 Tim 212 a, c 2 Tim 213, 21
Christians Life
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P. S. is the security of your salvation upon
belief in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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a) You are placed in Union with Jesus Christ.
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a) You are placed in Union with Jesus Christ.
b) You have been sealed by the Baptism of God
the Holy Spirit.
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c) You are given the status "child of God"
through adoption and are a member of the "Royal
Family of God".
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d) You are set apart from unbelievers
positionally.
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d) You are set apart from unbelievers positional.
e) You have a place in heaven.
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f) You are made holy by the imputation of God's
perfect righteousness.
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f) You are made holy by the imputation of God's
perfect righteousness. g) It is a position that
no one can take away, not even you. John 1027-30
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Rom 838-39, "For I am convinced that neither
death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor
powers nor things present nor things to come nor
height nor depth nor any other creature shall be
able to separate us from the love of God which is
in Christ Jesus our Lord."
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Rom 81,There is therefore now no condemnation
for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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See also 1 John 31-2 511-12 1 Cor 12, 30
2 Cor 521 Gal 326 Eph 14 210 Col 113
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Grace Fellowship ChurchSunday, September 30,
2007Tape 07S-0381 John 319-24Confidence
Before the Lord, Part 14Gods Two Mandates,
Positional and Experiential Sanctification 1
John 322-23 Rom 828-29 1 Thes 523-24James
H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2007