Revealing Grace + Repentance + Faith + Election + Spiritual Baptism + Conversion + Indwelling = Salvation + Good Works
Where:
Revealing Grace = hearing and understanding the call through the gospel of Christ.
Repentance + Faith = turning from our self-centered life to trusting in Christ alone with our life, now and forever.
Election = God choosing for salvation those whose faith He credits as righteousness.
Spiritual Baptism = God sets a person apart by placing them spiritually “in Christ.”
Conversion = Once “in Christ” a person undergoes the circumcision of Christ and arises “in Christ” a new creation, created for good works. It is a spiritual work of God, not us changing our minds.
Indwelling = After God puts us spiritually in Christ, He seals us with the Holy Spirit forever. The Holy Spirit provides each born anew (converted) believer with light to understand the meat of God’s word, awareness of the will of God, and brings to mind our sins such that we are convicted. As we grow more mature, we will exhibit the fruit of the Spirit.
Salvation = First our "spiritual baptism into Christ" results in "positional sanctification" freeing us from the penalty of sin; Next as our indwelt Holy Spirit leads us from new born Christian to Christian maturity describes our "progressive sanctification" freeing us from the power of sin; and finally our adoption in glorified bodies at Christ's second coming results in our "ultimate sanctification" freeing us from the presence of sin.
Good Works = reflects our accomplishments for Christ after our positional sanctification and conversion during the remainder of our physical lifetime. If we build on Christ's foundation, we will enter heaven "abundantly" but if our "good works" burn up like straw, we still enter heaven, but as one escaping from a fire.
Note that not part of the Salvation formula is "effective call" or "irresistible grace" or "gift of faith" or any of the other terms used to deny God credits the faith of some individuals, as flawed as it may be, as the basis for their election to salvation.
Where:
Revealing Grace = hearing and understanding the call through the gospel of Christ.
Repentance + Faith = turning from our self-centered life to trusting in Christ alone with our life, now and forever.
Election = God choosing for salvation those whose faith He credits as righteousness.
Spiritual Baptism = God sets a person apart by placing them spiritually “in Christ.”
Conversion = Once “in Christ” a person undergoes the circumcision of Christ and arises “in Christ” a new creation, created for good works. It is a spiritual work of God, not us changing our minds.
Indwelling = After God puts us spiritually in Christ, He seals us with the Holy Spirit forever. The Holy Spirit provides each born anew (converted) believer with light to understand the meat of God’s word, awareness of the will of God, and brings to mind our sins such that we are convicted. As we grow more mature, we will exhibit the fruit of the Spirit.
Salvation = First our "spiritual baptism into Christ" results in "positional sanctification" freeing us from the penalty of sin; Next as our indwelt Holy Spirit leads us from new born Christian to Christian maturity describes our "progressive sanctification" freeing us from the power of sin; and finally our adoption in glorified bodies at Christ's second coming results in our "ultimate sanctification" freeing us from the presence of sin.
Good Works = reflects our accomplishments for Christ after our positional sanctification and conversion during the remainder of our physical lifetime. If we build on Christ's foundation, we will enter heaven "abundantly" but if our "good works" burn up like straw, we still enter heaven, but as one escaping from a fire.
Note that not part of the Salvation formula is "effective call" or "irresistible grace" or "gift of faith" or any of the other terms used to deny God credits the faith of some individuals, as flawed as it may be, as the basis for their election to salvation.
