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RESULTS OF SALVATION
(Soteriology : Doctrine Of Salvation)
SECTION 1: MEANING OF SALVATION
1. Saved From God's Wrath: Hell
Romans 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
2. Regeneration (Reborn)
a. We Need To Be Born Again To See The Kingdom Of God
John 3:3-6 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
* Born again: 1st birth is physical birth, 2nd birth is spiritual birth
b. Washing Of Regeneration
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
* regeneration = born again = Holy Ghost renews us
SECTION 2: IN RELATION TO GOD THE FATHER
1. Access: We Get Boldness To Have Access To God
Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
* Before we got born again, we have sin and He cannot talk to us
* After we are saved, we get "boldness" to access God: God is no longer fearful
2. Adoption: We Got Adopted By God, He Become Our Father And We Are Now His Child
Galatians 4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
Ephesians 1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
* Predestine = God sets our destiny
3. Inheritance: We Become An Heir Of God And We Gain Inheritence
Romans 8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
4. Election / Predestination
a. Elect According To The Foreknowledge Of God
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
* Wrong teaching by Calvinist: before we got saved, God elected us to be saved. - this is wrong
* Right Teaching: God elects us after we got saved, it is through salvation we got elected. Not before we got saved or before salvation
b. Chosen Us In Him Before The Foundation Of The World
Ephesians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
* Wrong teaching by Calvinist: before the foundation of the world God elect us
* Look at the condition to be elected - "we should be holy and without blame before him in love"
* This means only saved people are elected
c. Predestinated Us Unto The Adoption Of Children By Jesus Christ To Himself
Ephesians 1:5, 7 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
* Look at the condition to be elected - "only people who have redemption through His blood"
* This means only saved people are elected
* Before God created the foundation of the world, He decided that as soon as people receive His son for salvation, He is going to elect them and take them to heaven
5. Service: We Are Made Free From Sin And Become Servants To God
Romans 6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.
* We get the high honour to serve God
6. Priesthood: Chosen Generation, Royal Priesthood
1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
* In the old testament, people had to go the priests to do intercession for them for forgiveness of sins
* We don’t have to do that anymore
7. Reconciliation
a. We Were Reconciled To God By The Death of His Son
Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
* It means reconcile, bringing two divisions together again
* Before we got saved, we are separated from God because we are sinners and He is a holy God. We were damn for hell. All these divisions are gone when we are saved
b. We Are Made Nigh By The Blood Of Christ
Ephesians 2:12-13 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
* We were strangers but now brought together
8. Propitiation: God Sent His Son To Be Propitiation For Our Sins
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
* Propiation means act of appeasing wrath, or satisfying the wrath against sin
SECTION 3: IN RELATION TO GOD THE SON
1. Beloved: He Made Us Accepted In The Beloved
Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
* We are loved by God
2. Baptism: Baptism Of The Holy Spirit Into The Body Of Christ
1 Corinthians 12:12-13 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
3. Buriel: We Are Buried With Him By Baptism Into Death
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Colossians 3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
* Our sins are buried
4. Indwelling: Christ Lives In Us
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
5. Friendship: God Calls Us Friends
John 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
* Fellowship with Christ
6. Record: Our Names Are Recorded In The Book Of Life
Luke 10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
7. Seat: As Soon As We Got Saved, A Part Of Us Are Already Sitted With God In Heaven
Ephesians 2:5-6 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
8. Redemption: By The Blood Of Jesus, He Obtained Eternal Redemption For Us
Hebrews 9:11-13 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
* To buy/ purchase something back
* We were once a bond slave to satan - we were sold to satan but Jesus bought/ purchased us back with His blood and now we belong to Him
9. Sainthood: We Become Saints
1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
10. New Creature: We Become A Brand New Man
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
11. Atonement: We Now Received The Atonement By The Blood Of Jesus
Romans 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
* Atonement = covered under
SECTION 4: IN RELATION TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
1. Regeneration
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
* Regeneration = born again
2. Anointing: Anointing Of The Holy Spirit Abides In Us
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
* Only the old testament kings got anointing from holy spirit so that they could be filled
* But we got it when we are saved
3. Residence: Holy Spirit Lives In Us
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
* Holy spirit lives in us
4. Gifts: God Gifts Us A Certain Skill That We Can Use For His Honor
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
5. Seal: Holy Spirit Seals Us Until The Rapture
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
* Holy ghost is sealed with us no matter what . We are sealed until rapture
* day of redemption = rapture
6. Intercession: Holy Spirit Can Relate Our Feelings To God
Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
7. Circumcission: Our Soul Is Seperated From Our Body Of Sin By The Circumcission Of Christ
Colossians 2:11-12 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
SECTION 5: IN RELATION TO SINS
1. Justification: To Be Declared Righteous
Romans 4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
2. Remission: Forgiveness Of Sins
Romans 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
Colossians 1:14-16 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
* Old testament saints had to sacrifice animals for remission, but we dont have to do that
3. Washing: God Washed Us From Our Sins In His Own Blood
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
* God washed our sins and we can feel clean
4. Forgotten: God Will Forget Our Sin
Hebrews 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
5. Imputation: A Judical Act Charging Our Sins To Christ And Christ’s Righteousness To Us
Romans 4:24-25 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
6. Sanctification: Separation From Sin To Holiness
Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
SECTION 6: IN RELATION TO THE WORLD
1. Witness
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
* Witness = supporter of an evidence - we prove christianity
* We are qualified to bring people for salvation
2. Ambassador
2 Corinthians 5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
* Ambassador = a representative - representing christians to the world
3. Salt
Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
* Salt hurts in a healing process - We hurt the world when we show them truth
4. Minister
2 Corinthians 5:18-19 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
* all of has a ministry of reconciliation = giving the world the gospel
5. Candle
Matthew 5:14-15 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
* We are the few who have the truth - the light.
* We are to spread the light to the lost world
6. Victory
1 John 5:4-5 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
* When we feel down. Tell ourself we already won the war even if we lost the battle
7. Judge
1 Corinthians 6:2-3 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
SECTION 7: IN RELATION TO FORCES OF EVIL
* before we got saved, we belong to satan
1. Advocated
Revelation 12:9-10 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
* Satan will try to point out our sins to God, (even using scriptures)
* Jesus is our advocate, He will defend our cause
2. Winner
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. Soldier
2 Timothy 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 6:11-12 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
* Our battle is a spiritual battle
4. Freedom
Hebrews 2:10, 14-15 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
* We were once a slave to satan but now we are free
* Christ broke the chains and delivered us from from the forces of darkness
* All this wonderful blessings we get automatically when we got saved