God’s Salvation
- God selected and predestinated many people to be his sons: Eph 1:4-5; Rom 9:11-13; 8:29; John 8:44; 1:12
- The Source of Salvation – God’s Love: Eph 2: 4-5; Tit 3:4-7; John 3:16; 1 John 3:11; 1 John 4:9-10; Rom 5:8; 1 John 3:1; 1 Pet 1:3; John 17:23; 2 Thes 2: 16-17; 2 Cor 5:14-15; Gal 2:20
- The Basis of Salvation – God’s Righteousness: Rom 3:21-22, 1:17, 10:3; Rom 8:3; Phil 3:9; 2 Pet 1:1
- Redemption (to repossess at a cost) by Christ’s blood: Eph 1:7; Gal 3:13; 1 Pet 2:24; 3:18; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 10:12; 9:12, 14, 28; 1 Pet 1:18-19
- Forgiveness and Cleansing of Sins: Jer 31:34; Zech 13:1; Matt 26:28; Heb 9:12-14, 22-23; 1 John 1:7-9; Rev 1:5
- Justification by faith, based upon Christ’s redemption: Rom 3:22-24, 28; 4:25; 5:1; 8:33-34
- Reconciliation: man was God’s enemy but was reconciled by Christ’s death: , 10-11; Col 1:20-22; 2 Cor 5:18-19; Eph 2:13-18″ target=”_blank”>Rom 5:1, 10-11; Col 1:20-22; 2 Cor 5:18-19; Eph 2:13-18
- Regeneration: Born of God with a new heart, a new spirit, and the indwelling Spirit: Rom 8:29; John 3:2-6; 1:12-13, Tit 3:5; 1 John 5:12; 1 Pet 1:3; Ezek 36:26-27
- Sanctification: to be made holy by growth in life, through the Spirit and the Word: 1 Thes 5:23; Rom 5:10; 1 Pet 2:2; Rom 1:4; Eph 5:26; John 17:17; 6:63
- Transformation: a metabolic process, by the spreading of Christ in our mind, emotion and will, by beholding the Lord with an unveiled face: Rom 12:2; 2 Cor 3:16-18; Eph 4:23; 5:26-27; Phil 2:13; Col 3:10; 1 Pet 2:2-5; Rom 8:28-29
- Conformation: to be conformed to the image of Christ by the growth of life and environmental dealings, conformed to the body of the Lord’s glory: Rom 6: 3-5; 8: 29; Phil 3: 10, 21; 2 Cor 3:18; Eph 4:20-21; Gen 1:26
- Glorification: God expressed: John 1:14; Rom 3: 23; 8:30; Col 1: 27b; 3: 4; 2Thes 1:10a