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Salvation is offered to man through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to His glory alone.
It involves the redemption of the whole man, and is offered freely to all are drawn by God and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, who by His own blood obtained eternal redemption for the believer. In its broadest sense salvation includes regeneration, justification, sanctification, and glorification. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.
A. Regeneration, or the new
birth, is a work of God's grace whereby
believers become new creatures in Christ
Jesus. It is a change of heart wrought by
the Holy Spirit through conviction of sin,
to which the sinner responds in repentance
toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Repentance and faith are inseparable
experiences of grace.
Repentance is a genuine
turning from sin toward God. Faith is the
acceptance of Jesus Christ and commitment of
the entire personality to Him as Lord and Saviour.
B. Justification is God's
gracious and full acquittal upon principles
of His righteousness of all sinners who
repent and believe in Christ. Justification
brings the believer unto a relationship of
peace and favor with God.
C. Sanctification is the
experience, beginning in regeneration, by
which the believer is set apart to God's
purposes, and is enabled to progress toward
moral and spiritual maturity through the
presence and power of the Holy Spirit
dwelling in him. Growth in grace should
continue throughout the regenerate person's
life.
D. Glorification is the
culmination of salvation and is the final
blessed and abiding state of the redeemed.
Scripture References:
Genesis 3:15; Exodus 3:14-17; 6:2-8; Matthew
1:21; 4:17; 16:21-26; 27:22-28:6; Luke
1:68-69; 2:28-32; John 1:11-14,29;
3:3-21,36; 5:24; 10:9,28-29; 15:1-16; 17:17;
Acts 2:21; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31; 17:30-31;
20:32; Romans 1:16-18; 2:4; 3:23-25; 4:3ff.;
5:8-10; 6:1-23; 8:1-18,29-39; 10:9-10,13;
13:11-14; 1 Corinthians 1:18,30; 6:19-20;
15:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20; Galatians
2:20; 3:13; 5:22-25; 6:15; Ephesians 1:7;
2:8-22; 4:11-16; Philippians 2:12-13;
Colossians 1:9-22; 3:1ff.; 1 Thessalonians
5:23-24; 2 Timothy 1:12; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 2:1-3; 5:8-9; 9:24-28; 11:1-12:8,14;
James 2:14-26; 1 Peter 1:2-23; 1 John
1:6-2:11; Revelation 3:20; 21:1-22:5.
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