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FROM THE CROSS TO ETERNAL SALVATION

Who does Jesus give eternal life?  Only those who the Father gives to Him.  Who are they?

PREPARING US TO GIVE TO HIS SON
    I have placed some words in the verses below that are meanings for the previous word.
    Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet (able) to be partakers
            of the inheritance
    Jn 6:45 they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath
            learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

COMING ISN'T ENOUGH
    THE OBEDIENT
        Lk 6:47 Those who come, hear and obey are on the solid foundation
    THE DISOBEDIENT
        Lk 6:49 Those who come and hear but don't obey fall because they are not on the foundation

WHO DOES THE FATHER GIVE TO JESUS?

THOSE THAT COME
    Jn 6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in
        no wise cast out
    Jn 6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me
        I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day
    Jn 10:28 I give unto my sheep eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any
        man pluck them out of my hand
    Jn 10:29 My Father, which gave my sheep to me, is greater than all; and no man is able
        to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
    Each of these verses applies only to those who are given to Jesus by the Father, noted by the highlight     .  So just who does the Father give to him?
    Jn 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him
    Jn 6:45 And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath
        learned of the Father, cometh unto me
    Jn 6:65 that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father
    Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the
        inheritance
    Jn 6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise
        him up at the last day.
    Jn 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak
        unto you, they are spirit, and they are life
    1Cor 10:3-5 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual
        drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was
        Christ.  But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in
        the wilderness.
 

CHILDREN
    Heb 2:13 Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
   
SHEEP           
    Jn 10:27-29 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  My Father, which gave them me
    One does not belong to Jesus until the Father gives them to Him, but it is seen that there are three qualifications for the Father giving them to Jesus. 
    Jn 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me

MEN
    Jn 17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me
    The Father gives men to Jesus in this scripture.  They also seem to have qualifications.
    Jn 17:6 they have kept thy word.
    Jn 17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee
    Jn 17:8  I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me
    Jn 17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world
    They have received the word of the Father, they have kept the word of the Father, and they are not of the world like Jesus is not of the world.  This means that they do not live after the lusts of the flesh, as seen next.  This is not to say that one cannot fail at times or that one cannot enjoy the things of the world that God gives them, it is just that their priorities are in proper order.
    Gal 3:29 if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise
    Gal 5:24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts

THE END OF THE WAY
    Heb 5:8-9 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
    Most people can’t grasp the importance of obedience.  Here is why it is so important.  When one has everything and wants for nothing, why would one not obey?  Jesus had always obeyed the Father, but he never had anything to lose.  When there are consequences for obedience, then the obedience means something.  Jesus learned obedience because it would cost him pain, suffering, and death.  He didn’t look at the cost of obedience, but at the gain for it.  He wasn’t shaken by the trials and tribulations.  When the Spirit came upon him, he was led immediately into temptations in the wilderness.  He also overcame them.  Now that Jesus understands obedience and its consequences, he is the author, meaning causer, of eternal salvation to all who obey him.  It seems that it is not the obedience that is so important, but the faith and the relationship we have with him to stand in that obedience. 
    2Tim 2:11-13 For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:  If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:  If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
    It is himself that he can’t deny, not man.  The verse said that he can and will  deny man.  He is the word and he cannot deny the word or his Father, because he and the Father are one.  He cannot go against his word even if he wanted to because he cannot lie.