Click Above to Listen! (It takes a few seconds to load)
A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I Pet 1:1b-2 to those chosen according to the fore-knowing of God the Father to the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ, sprinkled with His blood
I. SOVEREIGNTY OF OUR ELECTION
A. FREEDOM
1. NO QUESTION (Deut 7:6; Heb 11:10; I Pet 2:9)
2. NO DOUBT (Eph 1:11; II Thes 2:13; John 17:24; 5:21)
B. UNCONDITIONAL
1. NO AMBIGUITY (John 6:37; 44; Eph 2:8-9; Col 3:12; Titus 1:1-2; James 2:5)
2. NO BOUNDARIES (Acts 13:46-49; Rev 5:9; Rom 8:29)
II. SOURCE OF OUR ELECTION
A. FOREKNOWLEDGE
1. NO FORE-SEEING (Is 46:9-10)
2. NO WORK OF MAN (John 15:16; 1:11-13 Rom 9:11-16; 3:10-12; I Cor 1:29; Eph 2:1; I John 4:10)
B. PREDESTINATION
1. NO RESERVATION (I Peter 1:20; Acts 2:23)
2. NO RELATIONSHIP WITHOUT IT (Is 49:1; Jer 1:5; Mt 7:22-23; John 10:14)
III. SPHERE OF OUR ELECTION
A. TEMPORAL
1. NO STOPPING (Titus 3:5; John 3:3-8; Acts 11:18 Rom 8:16-17)
2. NO IDEA (II Tim 1:9)
B. SET APART
1. NO SIN (Acts 15:9; Eph 1:4; Isaiah 52:11)
2. NO WORLDLINESS (Phil 1:6; Rom 12:1-2)
IV. SCOPE OF OUR ELECTION
A. FAITHFULNESS
1. NO WAYWARDNESS (Eph 2:10; Rom 1:5; I John 1:8-10; Rom 6:11-12)
2. NO TURNING BACK (Rom 10:20; Eph 2:1-5; Col 2:13-14)
B. SECURITY
1. NO ALIEN TO GOD (Exodus 24:8; I John 2:3-6)
2. NO CONDEMNATION (Rev 13:8; 17:8; Rev 20:12,15)