That No Flesh Should Glory

THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY

To insist that God, in his great love, has given man a free will in the matter of salvation is a refutation of clear, unambiguous scripture. The scriptures declare that man is spiritually dead, (Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 2:13) is not righteous, (Romans 3:10) is void of understanding and not seeking God, (Romans 3:11) is out of the way, is unprofitable and doing no good.(Romans 3:12)

Millions of moral, sincere, dedicated religious people, who know these very verses and others by heart, deny their clear meaning by twisting verses like John 3:16 and 2 Peter 3:9 out of context to comport with a god that they can accept.

The contradictions would be laughable were it not such a serious matter. On the one hand they insist on an absolute free will. On the other, they tell visitors from the pulpit that "You're not here by accident." On yet another they insist that witnesses will be slain in the street and armies will one day march in lock step at the Lord's appointed time. I don't know how you can so adamantly have it both ways.

If man has a free will in this great and eternal matter of salvation, then Christ accomplished little to nothing on the cross. If man has a free will, then dead men make themselves alive. If man has a free will, then utterly unrighteous men perform a righteous act. This is the epitome of anti Christ, is fruit unto death and is unscriptural in the extreme. God will share his glory with no one.

The fact is, Christ alone finished the work of salvation so fully, completely and perfectly that there is nothing left to do. Those he represented particularly in his substitutionary work on the cross are now and forever clothed in his righteousness alone and place no confidence in the flesh. He represented his sheep individually and specifically and they are forever accepted in the beloved and rest in his finished work.

The question of the ages is, what did Christ actually accomplish on his cross? It is simple, yet denied from pulpits near and far in favor of man doing "his part". Matthew 1:21 says, "he shall save his people from their sins" and that's exactly what he did. He did it fully, finally and gloriously and he did it by himself.

Hebrews 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him.

1 Peter 1:3-5 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.