Great Sermon! One of the most powerful sermons I've heard in a long time. The Holy Spirit was with you.
I'm buying this sermon for all of the Deacons in our church.
However, if Christ had done all of the work to save those whom He had chosen to save (the elect) before He created the world, why did He have to die again on the cross? God answers that question. In Luke 3:6 God declares: And all flesh shall see the salvation of God In I Peter 1:20 He further states: Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.
To be manifested means to be seen, to be shown, to be demonstrated. God provided for our salvation in an act of love that is beyond our human comprehension. He sent Jesus to this earth to physically and literally demonstrate to the world what He had already done to pay for the sins of the elect.