Until it is Finally Finished Philippians 1:6

Philippians 1:3-5 - Every time I think of you, I give thanks to my God. 4Whenever I pray, I make my requests for all of you with joy, 5for you have been my partners in spreading the Good News about Christ from the time you first heard it until now.

Philippians 1:6 - And I am certainthat God, who began the good workwithin you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. NLT

Certain

SalvationMade Alive, Born Again

(Regeneration)

Philippians 2:12-13 - Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. 13For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him. NLT

God InitiatedYour Salvation

John 6:44 – For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. NLT

Eph 1:4–6 - Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. 5God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 6So we praise God for the glorious grace he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son. NLT

Romans 8:29-30 - For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30And having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them right standing, he gave them his glory. NLT

Acts 13:48 - When the Gentiles heard this, they were very glad and thanked the Lord for his message; and all who were chosen for eternal life becamebelievers. NLT

God ContinuesYour Salvation

Rom. 8:38–39 - And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. NLT

1 Thess. 5:23-24 - Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. 24God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful. NLT

1 Peter 1:3-4 - All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, 4and we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you,pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. NLT

Ephesians 1:14 - The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. He did this so we would praise and glorifyhim. NLT

God Will CompleteYour Salvation

Jude 24 - Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault. NLT

Romans 5:8-10 – But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. 10For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. NLT

1 Corinthians 1:7-9 – Now you have every spiritual gift you need as you eagerly waitfor the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. 8He will keep you strong to the end so that you will be free from all blame on the day when our Lord Jesus Christ returns. 9God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. NLT

Romans 8:22-24 –For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering.

We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. 24We were given this hope when we were saved. NLT

John 6:37-39 - However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. 38For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. 39And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. NLT

when Christ Jesus returns

1 Thess 4:13-18 - And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. 14For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns,

God will bring back with him the believers who have died. 15We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. 16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet

call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. 17Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. 18So encourage each other with these words. NLT

God initiated your salvation

God continues your salvation

God will complete your salvation

Meditation & Application

John 5:24 - I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me haveeternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life. NLT