Las Vegas, Nevada Church
Affiliated with the Intercontinental Church of God and the Garner Ted Armstrong Evangelistic Association

Firstfruit Fundamentals
 

Subject: Prayer

Question 8

Absolutely He does!!  We have already discussed how important firstfruits are to God and the fact that if you are in the Salvation Process, you have the Holy Spirit that connects you to God.  You are in the Salvation Process and this makes you God’s property.  You are therefore sanctified and justified.  There is no higher level of importance that these.

Overcoming sin is a process and you are overcoming sins and making progress in these areas continually from baptism to death.

Romans 8:30 
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

Titus 3:7-8
7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

2 Timothy 2:21
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

You are justified and sanctified as long as you are a firstfruit in the Salvation Process.  Clearly you have work to do all your adult life in this process but God is never going to forsake you.

Let me end with these words.  They are the words of Paul to the Philippians but let them today be my words to you…

Philippians 1:2-6
2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,
5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
 

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