The first question we should ask ourselves is why do we need salvation.
The Doctrine of Sanctification is often confused with the Doctrine of Salvation. They are
not the same, Sanctification refers to one's state with God i.e. fellowship and Salvation refers to one's relationship with God.Another way to look at this is by the function of state and standing; our state can change but our standing can not.
The
problem between man and God is SIN. Therefore, God had to come into His Own creation in order to reconcile us back to Himself because the wages of sin is: DEATH.So, what is sin?
, Romans 3:23-everything in our daily life which is against or fails to conform to the character of God. It includes rebellion and/or disobedience. We can commit personal sins by not conforming to God’s character and will by acts either of omission or commission.Personal sin
Man’s sin nature, Romans 5:19, this is the sin of Adam passed down to his posterity, every person is born with this nature and is always prone to sin. It will be with us until death. Look at Ephesians 2:3, all men were by nature…… This shows up in our will, our conscience and our intellect.
Imputed sin, Romans 5:12-18-
There is the imputation of Adam’s sin to the human race, this is the doctrine of original sin.
There is the imputation of our sin to Christ on the Cross, this completes the doctrine of salvation.
There is the imputation of the righteousness of Christ to the believer, this is the doctrine of justification.
There are two types of imputation:
Actual imputation is the receiving of judgment for what you have done, because of the work of Christ we are not receiving this.
Judicial imputation is the receiving of judgement that belongs to someone else.
Salvation is of the Lord.
The word salvation represents the whole work of God by which he rescues man from the eternal ruin and doom of sin and bestows on us the riches of His grace, including eternal life now and eternal glory in Heaven.
Special Note: We should compare and contrast this salvation with the word save, saved, deliver, delivered in different parts of the Bible especially as it relates to the children of Israel and the Church.
The quality of sin is not a quantity issue.
Sin can be cured only on the ground of the shed blood of the Son of God. The substitutes in the Old Testament were to teach the reality of Christ on the Cross.
Read Genesis 3 all, but lets look at verse 17 to see what is there.
Re: The Church Epistles:
Romans – justification
Ephesians – salvation
Thessalonians – glorification
There are three tenses of salvation: past, present and future.
Past – It is finished for the believer
Present- salvation from the reigning power of sin Romans 6.14
Future- glorification in the future, 1 John 3.2