{"id":5566,"date":"2020-02-02T08:21:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2020-02-02T08:21:26","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T08:21:26","slug":"preserving-grace-before-regeneration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/?p=5566","title":{"rendered":"Preserving grace before regeneration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Preserving grace before regeneration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(J.C. Philpot, \u201cDaily Words for Zion\u2019s Wayfarers\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ.\u201d Jude 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a mercy it is for God\u2019s people, that before they have a \u2018vital union\u2019 with Christ, before they are grafted into Him experimentally \u2014 they have an \u2018eternal union\u2019 with Him before all worlds. It is by virtue of this eternal union, that they come into the world . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>at such a time,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>at such a place,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from such parents,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>under such circumstances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014 just as God has appointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is by virtue of this eternal union, that all the circumstances of their lives are ordained. By virtue of this eternal union, they are preserved in Christ before they are effectually called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They cannot die \u2014 until God has brought about a vital union with Christ!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever sickness they may pass through, whatever injuries they may be exposed to, whatever perils assault them on sea or land \u2014 die they will not, die they cannot \u2014 until God\u2019s purposes are executed in bringing them into a vital union with the Son of His love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, this eternal union watched over every circumstance of their birth, watched over their childhood, watched over their manhood \u2014 watched over them until the appointed time and spot, when \u201cthe God of all grace,\u201d according to His eternal purpose, was pleased to quicken their souls, and thus bring about an experimental union with the Lord of life and glory!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preserving grace before regeneration (J.C. Philpot, \u201cDaily Words for Zion\u2019s Wayfarers\u201d) \u201cTo those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ.\u201d Jude 1 What a mercy it is for God\u2019s people, that before they have a \u2018vital union\u2019 with Christ, before they are grafted into Him experimentally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-j-c-philpot","category-grace","category-regeneration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5567,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5566\/revisions\/5567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}