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Grace, Volition & Tactical Victory Grace, Volition & Tactical Victory

This is a brief and possibly incomplete summary of the grace provisions from God which

provide for and lead to the Tactical Victory of the believer in the Angelic Conflict Appeal Trial

IF he consistently functions under Positive Volition toward Bible Doctrine and is consistent in

Post Salvation Epistemological Rehabilitation by Perception, Cognition, Inculcation and

Metabolization of Bible Doctrine, MAYBE HE WILL AND MAYBE HE WILL NOT TOTALLY

DEPENDENT ON THE USE OF HIS OWN INDIVIDUAL VOLITION.

 

Preparatory Grace Preparatory Grace

The provisions under the sovereign decision of God for Creation in its totality devoid of any

involvement of any creature volition since it was accomplished PRIOR to the existence of any

of God’s Creatures.

 

Sustaining Grace Sustaining Grace

Sustaining Grace is the provision of God which does not require any volitional involvement for the entire Human Race encompassed in the principles derived from Bible Doctrine as the Laws of Divine Establishment and Divine Institutions whereby man is able to continue to exist and function during this Angelic Conflict Appeal Trial without self destruction. This also includes all things needed to sustain human life on this earth until the Angelic Conflict Appeal Trial is completed.

 

Propitiatory Grace Propitiatory Grace

Propitiation is the total satisfaction of God the Father with payment for human sin by the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of Christ on the cross. This requires nothing from the volition of mankind and is the perspective of the salvation provision from God’s Viewpoint. Thus Propitiatory Grace is the willingness, ability and in fact the obligation of God to accept, without compromise to his character, the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of The Lord Jesus, The Christ on the cross for all the sins of mankind as PAYMENT in FULL for these transgressions of man against the Plan of God and Character of God. This is God’s Obligation because, in fact, this is His designed mechanic in the GRACE Plan to enable condemned man to acquire Eternal Salvation and live with God forever, DESPITE, his total lack of qualification to do so, simply by ACCEPTING this provision of God’s Grace.

 

Common grace Common grace

When God fulfills his obligatory responsibility of providing GOSPEL information to the unbeliever who has expressed prior Positive Volition at God Consciousness, (recognizing that God Exists and wanting to know more about God), God the Holy Spirit makes this SPIRITUAL information about the GOOD NEWS, the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of The Lord Jesus, The Christ on the cross for all human sin, LUCID for this unbeliever. This is accomplished without the involvement of any human volition upon the unbeliever being presented with gospel information. The human being begins life under spiritual death, lacking a Human Spirit and being incapable of having a true understanding of any spiritual phenomenon. Thus the GRACE ministry of God the Holy Spirit in Common Grace enables the unbeliever to understand the Gospel clearly and then make a clear decision to accept OR reject the principles of Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God by faith alone.

 

Efficacious Grace Efficacious Grace

IF the unbeliever chooses to accept the proposition of the Gospel of Christ and accept Christ’s Substitutionary Spiritual Death on the cross as payment for his personal sins, God again must provide some assistance to the Positive Volition of this person, who can still have no contact with Him because he is still under Spiritual Death. By means of EFFICACIOUS – GRACE, God the Holy Spirit ALWAYS takes this feeble, useless Positive Volition of the faith of the unbeliever and presents it to God the Father as an effective nonmeritorious system of accepting the provision of salvation as a result of the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of Christ on the cross. The believer cannot benefit from Efficacious Grace unless and until he uses his volition to accept The Lord Jesus, The Christ then God the Holy Spirit under the Grace Plan of God is obligated in effect to make his faith efficacious for salvation.

 

Salvation Grace Salvation Grace

This is Phase I Grace, entrance into the Plan of God. Any individual person can make Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God based only on ONE VOLITIONAL choice 1 time in his lifetime, and this provides Eternal Life and 40 Irrevocable Eternal Assets for this new believer. The object of this nonmeritorious faith is The Lord Jesus, The Christ and everything depends on him and he has all the merit while the subject is the individual unbeliever who receives all the eternal benefits without any participation in the process.

 

Logistical Grace Logistical Grace

Logistical Grace or Living Grace is Phase II Grace part I. After Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God, in phase II of the Plan of God, Life for the Christian, the believer has provided for him Logistical Grace WHETHER HE WANTS IT OR NOT, based on NOTHING he does, no volitional involvement from this new believer. He has become a member of the Royal Family of God as a result of 1 of the 40 assets he received from God based on his volitional choice to make Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God, the Baptism of God the Holy Spirit, and he must now live in a world totally antagonistic to God and also to HIM as a believer in The Lord Jesus, The Christ. He cannot do anything to earn or deserve this Grace Provision since it is an obligatory function of God for the believer as part of the Royal Family of God for his continued life in time in the world ruled by Satan. This is the absolute nature of his TEMPORAL SECURITY.

 

Escrow Super – Grace Escrow Super – Grace

Escrow Super – Grace is Phase II Grace part II. Every believer has the potential for Grace blessings directly from God in 6 categories which were designed on an individual basis by God in Eternity Past just for him. These Escrow Super – Grace blessings are for each believer based on his VOLITIONAL response to Bible Doctrine and his subsequent spiritual growth to and possibly beyond Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God. This is the ONLY mechanism by which GOD receives glorification by the life of the believer which results from his function of blessing the individual believer during his life in this world while he is living under the Cosmic Dynasphere systems based on the principles of EVIL. The consistent use of one’s volition under

the Grace Apparatus for Perception for Perception, Cognition, Inculcation and Metabolization of Bible Doctrine is the Escrow Requirement which results in the development of a capacity cup into which God can then pour these Escrow Super – Grace blessings.

• These 6 categories of blessings include MANY blessing subcategories:

▪ Temporal or Material Blessings ▪ Spiritual Blessings

▪ Association Blessings for those close to this believer ▪ Heritage Blessings for those related to this believer ▪ Historical Blessings for the locality, region, and nation this believer lives in ▪ Dying Blessings for the transfer of this believer from time to eternity

 

The believer who reaches Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God and does receive these Escrow Super – Grace blessings will also have a period of time to enjoy these blessings where he basically lives above any pressures in history, his nation and his personal life.

 

Bravo Grace Bravo Grace

Bravo Grace is Phase II Grace part III. The believer who continues his advancement beyond Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God into Intermediate Spiritual Maturity, a place termed the No Man's Land of the Spiritual Life, has his Logistical Grace support, which requires no volitional input needed from him to be received from God, combined with his Escrow Super – Grace blessings, provided for him based totally on his positive volitional response to Bible Doctrine, to support him during his advance in the Spiritual Life through this level of maximum intensity of pressure in his life. In this Grace Provision the Plan of God has combined the needed volition of the believer who reaches Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God with the lack of any need for volition for the support mechanism provided for his entire life to enable him to resist and overcome this level of extreme pressure and momentum testing.

 

Escrow Ultra Super – Grace Escrow Ultra Super – Grace

Escrow Ultra Super – Grace is Phase II Grace part IV. With advancement beyond Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God through the No Man's Land of Intermediate Spiritual Maturity to the status of Advanced Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God the Escrow Super – Grace blessings received upon reaching Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God are enhanced beyond comprehension as Escrow Ultra Super – Grace. All 6 categories of these blessings are expanded for the greatest blessing for this believer in time and again this is totally dependent and requires consistency in his Positive Volition even as he traverses the No Man's Land of extreme pressure and testing in his life.

 

Interim Grace Interim Grace

Interim Grace is Phase III Grace part I. Upon reaching the end of his time in this life, the believer’s Soul and Human Spirit are transferred to the 3rd heaven to be face to face with the Lord. He is instantly under a system where there is No more Sorrow, No more Pain, and NO MORE DEATH. He is provided an interim body which can be recognized by those who preceded him and who come after him and with all that is necessary for his continued existence in this interim state prior to his dispensation’s resurrection which for the Royal Family of God is at the end of the Church Age. This Interim Grace is provided for the believer WHETHER HE WANTS IT OR NOT with no activity on the part of his volition required for its receipt because it is based on his original volitional choice to make Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God.

 

Ultimate Sanctification Grace Ultimate Sanctification Grace

Ultimate Sanctification grace is Phase III Grace part II. At the point of the exit resurrection of believers, based on specific timing for their dispensation, which is for the Royal Family of God in this Church Age just prior to the tribulation, the believer WILL then receive a Resurrection Body which would also NOT involve any activity of his volition but would be provided by God again as a part of the design of God to enable his family to live with him in heaven for all eternity. This is simply based again on his having made the initial decision for Salvation Adjustment to the Justice of God in time and becoming part of the Family or Royal Family of God in just the same manner that Logistical Grace was provided for him in time.

 

Surpassing Grace Surpassing Grace

Surpassing Grace is Phase III Grace part III. This is based totally on what Divine Good production the believer has had in his lifetime and the level of his spiritual growth or advancement he has attained during his lifetime as a result of the level of Metabolized Bible Doctrine accumulated into the Right Lobe of the Stream of Consciousness of his Soul which is based totally on his VOLITIONAL response and attitude toward Bible Doctrine during his life. He receives the provision of fantastic Grace rewards and blessings which are to be his for all eternity including for advanced believers the crowns or wreaths with many other decorations for ALL advancing believers.

 

Charlie Grace Charlie Grace

This is God’s provision of Divine Discipline, Spanking the believer, provided as a WAKE UP CALL based totally on the believer’s volition, when the believer uses his own NEGATIVE volition to LEAVE the Plan of God and move back into the Plan of Satan into which he was originally born and from which he made a voluntary decision to leave.

 

Grace not requiring Volition Grace not requiring Volition

Volition is not involved in Logistical Grace support, Interim Grace and Ultimate Sanctification Grace and the believer receives the benefits under these categories of GRACE because of being a believer and having used his VOLITION 1 time in 1 instance in 1 moment of time to express faith alone in the Substitutionary Spiritual Death of The Lord Jesus, The Christ alone putting himself into the Plan of God and becoming thereby a member of the Royal Family of God in this Church Age and thus under the obligation of his Parent, God the Father, to provide for him for his entire life both temporal and eternal.

Grace Partly Requiring Volition Grace Partly Requiring Volition

Volition is not involved in receiving Logistical Grace but is required to receive Escrow Super – Grace blessings. Therefore, after reaching Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God and moving beyond it in order to receive Bravo Grace for extra ordinary support under maximum intensified pressure in life volition is in part required and in part not needed at all.

 

Grace Requiring Volition Grace Requiring Volition

Volition is involved in Salvation Grace, Escrow Super – Grace, Escrow Ultra Super – Grace and Surpassing Grace. Here the believer’s use of his Positive Volition to first CHOOSE for the Plan of God and enter into it and then to CHOOSE to use his time in this life while supported by Logistical Grace to progress in the Plan of God to the status of Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God results in Escrow Super – Grace, Escrow Ultra Super – Grace and also as a result of ANY spiritual advancement receive Surpassing Grace to varying degrees. Volition must be involved in these categories of GRACE provision because these are involved as the KEYS in the Angelic Conflict to demonstrate the error of the Appeal of Satan at the Angelic Conflict Trial. The use of individual volition to move into or beyond the status quo of Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God is the basis for the Tactical Victory of the believer Angelic Conflict Appeal Trial. This is the individual believer exploiting to a maximum level the strategic victory of The Lord Jesus, The Christ in his Substitutionary Spiritual Death, Physical Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Session at the Right Hand position of Honor with God the Father. Wherever volition is involved it is always NONMERITORIOUS volition the only volitional function compatible with the Grace of God.

 

God has been resting since Eternity Past regarding provisions in his plan including Escrow Super – Grace, Escrow Ultra Super – Grace and Surpassing Grace blessings and the reason it is available to every believer in every generation since the creation of man is because GOD provided all of it in Eternity Past PRIOR to creating anything. The point is that everything God wanted the individual believer to have, the things He knew the believer would need and ultimately have the capacity for and which he knew would bring him great happiness was provided by God in Eternity Past even before creation began. In Eternity Past God knew who would become a believer based on his own volitional choice for Phase I Grace and He knew what each believer would require as Phase II grace to sustain him in this life so that Logistical support IS provided for every believer which does not require anything from his volition to acquire it and is based only on his choice for Phase I Grace. In Eternity Past God knew which believers would choose to advance in the Spiritual Life to Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God and which would not BUT He provided Escrow Super – Grace blessings for ALL believers. However, to receive these Escrow Super – Grace and Ultra Super – Grace and high level Surpassing Grace blessings requires fulfillment of the Escrow Requirements that Positive decisions be consistently made regarding Bible Doctrine. These consistent Positive Volition choices for Bible Doctrine result in accumulating a maximum level of it into the Right Lobe of the Stream of Consciousness of the Soul. This is the single requirement for reaching Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God which is the only status which brings the development of capacity for these blessings which when received are the ONLY mechanism for the believer to Glorify God in his lifetime.

In Eternity Past God wanted every believer to share his happiness and He has combined that desire with the tactical defeat of Satan by providing the mature believer with Escrow Super – Grace or Ultra Super – Grace blessings in time and his Escrow Surpassing Grace blessing and rewards received at his resurrection. By this means God not only fulfills these desires from Eternity Past to provide happiness for the believer but is also able to clearly demonstrate to angelic creation, especially all fallen angels, the great tactical temporal defeat of Satan in the Church Age intensified Angelic Conflict Appeal Trial.

 

In this GRACE Plan of God, God found a way to reward the believer for all eternity based on his volitional choices regarding Bible Doctrine in time and whether or not he has advanced to the point of receiving his Escrow blessings in time. In an apostate generation such as the one in the world today there will be highlighted the contrast of God pouring Escrow blessings to the believers who reach Maturity Adjustment to the Justice of God so that God is glorified and they receive happiness from the blessings which results in the believer’s life having meaning and Satan being defeated in the pouring of these blessings. Then, in addition, he will have released for these believers who advance in the Spiritual Life in time, Eternal Blessings and Rewards based on this pouring. We do not have much information regarding these Surpassing Grace Rewards and Blessings but Rev 3 says in part that IF God can give the maximum to the unbeliever, his enemy in life, then he will give more to the believer who executes his plan to completion both in his life and for all eternity.