What Was Involved in Our Coming to Christ? Two lessons ago we looked at how God’s intention to save His people is rooted in the agreement of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit from all eternity to save a chosen people and in the predestination and election of that people to Himself. In the previous … Continue reading The Covenant and Salvation (6)
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How is Christ's Work Able to Apply to Us? Without a full biblical understanding of how salvation works, the natural human tendency is to assume that it applies to us by inspiration or by the affirmation of faith. Our salvation, however, was ordained by the Triune God from all eternity in His foreknowledge of His … Continue reading The Covenant and Salvation (5)
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What Did God Do to Accomplish Our Salvation? Salvation is commonly seen as just the work of atonement and forgiveness of sin, but the work of salvation which God has wrought includes not only the crucifixion of Christ Jesus, but also His resurrection and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon God’s people on the … Continue reading The Covenant and Salvation (4)