Salvation
Salvation
Salvation is by grace through faith in Christ’s death for sins, burial, and resurrection three days later according to the Scriptures1.
God the Father’s Involvement in Salvation
God the Father is the one that forgives the trespasses and sins of the believers on the basis of Christ’s cross work2.
He imputes Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection to the believers, thus He imputes the believers to be righteous3, counting the believers to have died with Christ and to have been raised with Christ 4.
God the Father seals the believers in Christ by the Holy Spirit5.
The Son’s Involvement in Salvation
God the Son, in his humanity, was separated both spiritually from God for three hours on the cross and physically from His human body. His death, burial and resurrection are imputed to believers; therefore, making the believer righteous before God the Father6 and giving them access to Him7.
His physical death
His physical death provided reconciliation for mankind and spirit beings to God the Father8 and provides redemption for all men9.
His spiritual death
His spiritual death dealt with the sin nature of man10. The sin nature was a result of Adam’s trespass and was passed on to all men.
His work on the Cross
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