Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
The doctrine of Election, Part 10. Your name was written in heaven before the foundation of the world.
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Point 6. Election and the Believer’s Escrow Account.
1PE 1:3, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1PE 1:4 to {obtain} an inheritance {which is} imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
REV 21:7 “To the winner believer, he shall inherit these things [all the divine privileges and blessings mentioned in the book of Revelation], and I will be his God and he will be My son.”
a. A written agreement entered into by three parties: the obligor, the obligee, and the depositary, for the transfer of certain privileges or benefits.
It was written in heaven before the foundation of the world, REV 13:8; REV 17:8.
The third party is the depositary – the person to whom all the deposits are entrusted.
b. A sealed agreement of the obligor, made contingent on some future happening or performance of some action by the obligee, and delivered to the depositary and held by him pending the occurrence of that event or the performance of the required act by the obligee.
In the spiritual realm or the escrow account for the believer, the obligor is God the Father, who has placed Himself under legal obligation in eternity past to provide two categories of special and unusual blessings, temporal and eternal, for the obligee, the believer who fulfills the PPOG.
As the author of the divine plan, God the Father is to be the recipient of all worship, praise, honor, and adoration.
“Has blessed us” –
aor-act-part – eulogeo = “having already blessed.”
“Chose us” – aor-mid-ind – eklego = to elect us to privilege.
He decreed to provide a portfolio of invisible assets for every believer by depositing in escrow greater blessings for time and eternity for every believer before the believer was even elected.
God derives pleasure and is blessed by giving to us –
ACT 20:35 In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Your advance to spiritual maturity in the PPOG is the contingent for the transfer of your blessings out of escrow to you.
Eph 1 – the first thing God ever did for us is the means of glorifying Him, which is to receive the blessings He has provided for us.
Spiritual blessing means maximum awareness of life.
Adversity is when a person really becomes acquainted with themselves.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
You really do not know your own strength until you meet adversity.
This zest for life excludes being depressed or upset by the up’s and down’s of life.
Spiritual blessing = orientation to reality, a maximum amount of objectivity in your life, and the accumulation of all the characteristics of spiritual adulthood.
Spiritual blessing = orientation to reality, a maximum amount of objectivity in your life, and the accumulation of all the characteristics of spiritual adulthood.
JOB 19:21 “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.”
Spiritual blessing = maximum contentment, tranquility, and happiness in life regardless of your station, circumstances, or status quo in life.
The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have.
Spiritual blessing = maximum use of the problem solving devices provided by God for spiritual growth.
In a moment’s time, you can use; rebound, the F/O H.S., the faith-rest life, grace orientation, doctrinal orientation, a personal sense of destiny, personal love for God the Father, impersonal unconditional love for all mankind, contentment and H+, the ultimate – occupation with TLJC.
Spiritual blessing = your relationship with God is fantastic and is based upon a tremendous confidence that, while you have never seen God, you know Him and understand Him as He wants to be understood through the mystery doctrine for the Church-age.
Spiritual blessing = you will also be blessed in your contacts with all kinds of people, both loving and antagonistic.
You have a relationship with self that is honest and virtuous –
1CO 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am.
GEN 12:2 – blessings of success
GEN 17:16 – blessings of posterity
DEU 7:13 – blessings in business
DEU 15:4 – blessing of finances
DEU 23:20 – blessing of land
DEU 28:12 – blessing of prosperity
DEU 30:16 – blessing of property
PSA 5:12 – divine protection
PSA 29:11 – peace (inner peace)
PSA 132:15 – blessing of more blessing
GEN 49:25 – sexual prosperity
GEN 24:35 – silver and gold
2SA 6:11 – entire household
DEU 29:5 – divine character
1KI 3:13 – riches and honor
EXO 23:25 – health; no sickness
1KI 3:14 – length of days
DEU 7:15 – vengeance upon your enemies
ISA 41:10 – blessing of strength