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Introduction
Some may say
that there are more than just 7 Attributes of Salvation and I won't
argue with that.
This
Ebook,
however, clearly explains and defines what I consider to be
the 7 major Attributes of Salvation i.e. Redemption - Remission -
Justification - Regeneration - Reconciliation - Sanctification -
Glorification.
I have included special notes on Adoption and
Substitution.
Furthermore,
because of its complexity, I’ve dealt with The Doctrine of
Election separately in another book: Understanding
The Doctrine
of Election.
I trust you’ll
enjoy reading this eBook and be edified by its contents!
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Chapter 1
Redemption –
Remission – Justification
When a
Law
Enforcement Officer shows his badge to a criminal and commands him to STOP in the
name of the law – That’s authority!
His badge is the symbol of the authority invested in him by the
government he represents.
If the same Officer draws his revolver and puts two slugs into
the body of an advancing criminal and MAKES him stop – That’s
ability!
The effective ability to enforce competent authority equals
excellent dominion!
In the beginning of time God gave mankind dominion over all the
earth!
Godly dominion is the authority and ability God gave to Adam to reign and rule
over God’s creation, but something went horribly wrong and
humanity lost the dominion we once had.
Thank God, however, He didn’t leave us to our own destruction
but did something about it!
God allowed our dominion to be restored by first restoring the
relationship we lost with Him through the sacrifice of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
(For the full explanation of this please
see my book: Understanding
The 3 Levels of Salvation: Spirit – Soul – Body)
Now, the God-ordained relationship and intimate fellowship we
Christians enjoy with God is only possible because of some very
specific principles that are activated every time a person
confesses his faith in Christ Jesus.
These are called the Attributes of Salvation and they are:
(1) Redemption -
This is the literal re-purchase of a human soul from the devil,
so that, instead of being under the dominion of Satan we’re
now under the dominion of God, paid for with the very blood of
Jesus.
We were once owned by God through creation, became lost to Him
through rebellion but now are re-owned by Him through redemption!
We are redeemed or bought back by God, ransomed with the blood of
Jesus.
“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the
forgiveness of sins,” Col 1:14.
Definition:
Redemption is the buying back of a human being from the dominion
of Sin and Satan with the blood of Jesus, so that the entire
person is now completely owned by God; spirit, soul and body!
“(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for
ever:) But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave:
for he shall receive me. Selah,” Ps 49:8, 15.
NOTE: This is the
reason why a Christian cannot be demon possessed.
Possession means ownership and you cannot be owned by God and
Satan at the same time!
However,
you can have an infestation, (demons living within your
body) but not possession (demons living within your
spirit)! (More about this in a subsequent book: Understanding Angels &
Demons)
(2)
Remission -
Remission means forgiveness. Being
now owned by God, He can literally do with you whatever He
wants. And the first thing He does is to forgive you for all
your sins, past, present and future.
Definition:
Remission is the complete forgiveness of all a person’s sins,
those he committed in the past, his present sins and those that
he will commit in the future. Complete forgiveness!
“To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission
of their sins,” Luke 1:77.
NOTE:
Jesus’ work affected all periods of
time, the past, the present and the future, or else He could not
have said, “It is finished!” He would have had to
say, “It shall be finished!”
His work affected the past because it reached back in time and
freed the Old Testament saints like Abraham and Moses. “And
the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which
slept arose. And came out of the graves after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many,” Mt
27:52.
It affected the present because He said to the thief on the
cross, “Today, you shall be with me in Paradise!” Lu
23:43. And, of course it affected the future because what He
did two thousand years ago affects us today. Right now... is
the future in relation to the work of the cross which was
done two thousand years ago!
Therefore, when you accept the work of the cross today it has the
power to affect your future whether it’s tomorrow, next month,
next year or one hundred years from now!
ALL
your sins are forgiven... past,
present and future!!! All your future sins are presently forgiven,
in fact, they were ALL forgiven two thousand years ago!!!
When
you sin now, in the present, the reason you ask forgiveness from
God is not for Him to forgive you, He
already did that, but for you to receive
forgiveness so that your fellowship with God can
be restored!
Sin
breaks your fellowship with God and you need to receive
forgiveness to restore that fellowship!
(3)
Justification -
This is a further step in the same direction as remission. Where
remission is the forgiveness of sins, justification is the
actual removing of all the evidence of sin. So that the
person accused of sin can now be legally declared not
guilty!
Why?
Because there is no evidence! The evidence is gone!
That’s what the blood of Jesus does; it takes away the evidence
of sin. It’s as if the
person had never sinned... at all! They are
justified from all accusation of sin and declared... innocent!
Definition:
Justification is the declaration of complete innocence and
re-instatement in good standing with a clear conscience of one
who was formerly judged guilty, by the complete removal of all
the evidence of sin with the blood of Jesus Christ!
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ,” Ro 5:1.
NOTE:
Ask yourself this
question! If a man is declared innocent and there’s absolutely
no evidence to convict him... none whatsoever! Which
just and competent court in a civilized nation will sentence
that man to prison?
None?
By the same token, if you are declared innocent of all sin
and there’s no evidence to convict you, on what grounds
will the Just Judge of the universe sentence you to hell?
There are no grounds because THERE... IS... NO...
EVIDENCE!!!
All your sins have already been paid for...
All Of Them!!!
Past, present and future!!!
This is why a Christian CANNOT be cast to hell...
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