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Getting Saved - What Happens At The Time Of The New Birth?
Quote: Dr Peter Ruckman, Romans Commentary (The Bible Believers Commentary Series), page 140-141:
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"Here are words that define Bible salvation:
I. JUSTIFICATION — the declaration that a man is righteous when he is not.
II. REDEMPTION (vs. 24) — the payment made to buy the sinner back from the wrath of God.
III. PROPITIATION (vs. 25) — the price paid to satisfy the demands of an angry God against sin. The difference between redemption and propitiation is that in redemption the payment is made;
in propitiation the payment is accepted by God and appeases, or placates, His anger. He is completely satisfied with the payment He received.
IV. REMISSION (vs. 25) — the payment for sin is applied to your account, and you are forgiven the debt that you owed.
V. EXPIATION — the act of purging (burning out) or cleansing of sin. Sin is taken away, not merely forgiven, based upon the actions of Christ on our behalf.
VI. IMPUTATION — the act of God whereby He charges the sinner’s sins to Jesus Christ, and whereby He charges the righteousness of Jesus Christ to the sinner.
VII. REGENERATION — the act of salvation in which the Holy Spirit enters the sinner and gives him new life by a new birth. A new spirit, able to respond to the Holy Spirit, is created within the sinner.
VIII. RECONCILIATION — the act whereby two warring parties (you and God) are brought together in peace.
IX. SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION — the act of the Holy Spirit that divides the new nature in the Christian from his body of sinful flesh, so that no sin done in the flesh can affect the new spirit.
X. ADOPTION — the act whereby God takes a sinner and puts him into the family of God upon salvation.
XI. SANCTIFICATION — the act whereby God sets a saved sinner apart, so that, from then on, he is dealt with as a son instead of as a stranger.
XII. GLORIFICATION — the ultimate end of the saved sinner whereby he is made completely like Jesus Christ and given an inheritance with Him in His kingdom.
Now, that is what happens to you at salvation (you are predestinated as a Christian to glorification). When I got saved, I knew just one thing: I was a sinner headed for Hell,
and if something didn’t happen pretty quick that it wouldn’t take long for me to make it there. That’s all I knew when I got saved;
I didn’t learn until much later that all of those other things took place."
Click here to listen to Dr Ruckman's audio commentary on Romans
In the 6 minute Dispensation Timeline video below, Dr Ruckman will explain why we are saved by grace through faith now in the Church Age, and the different gospels in other time periods (dispensations):
The Most Important Question: What Must I Do To Be Saved?
If you died
today do you know for sure that you are going to heaven?
Would you like to be saved from an eternal Hell and go to Heaven?
How to get saved with The Gospel according to the scriptures:
Would you like to be saved from an eternal Hell and go to Heaven? Simply follow along with the scriptures below.
It's as simple as the A B C's
A = Admit,B = Believe,C = Confess
We all have sinned sometime in our lives
and therefore in God's eyes we have a dark heart, and God won't allow a
sinner into Heaven. Under the Law of the Old Testament, breaking just
one of Gods laws, or commandments is sin and puts us in a condition not fit for
Heaven. Since we all sin, our own righteousness is not acceptable by God, so we need Gods righteousness, which is given to us by Gods son Jesus Christ.
The scriptures tell us that "ALL have sinned", so then we need to accept the fact that we personally have sinned against God and ADMIT it.
Rom
3:23
"For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God,"
God says that there are none righteous; no not one (Rom 3:10), as no one can make it on their own rightousness. In God's eyes, commiting just one sin still means guilty.
Rom 6:23
"For
the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord."
Since the wages of sin is
death, those people who are not saved go to Hell. The bible is clear on the fact that those
who reject God's son, will pay for the wages of sin in
the eternal burning in Hell. But here is the good news - with the New Testament, or covenant,
Jesus has
redeemed us from the curse of the old Law. Know that Jesus
loves us and has paid the price for our sins by taking Gods judgement and punishment for sin in our place, actually
taking our place by dying for us on the cross, and rising again from the dead.
Rom 5:8
"But God
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us".
When Christ died for sinners, man did not love God, as they were his enemies (Rom 5:10).
They were sinners that had broken God's laws.
The Bible says that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Heb 10:31).
But God commendeth, or showed, how much He loved us by not requiring sinful men to become better before He showed His love by dying in place of sinners.
Christ died for us when we didn't deserve it.
Can you imagine an enemy actually dying for you? Only God Himself has that kind of love.
God's offer is reconciliation and peace between you, the sinner, and God - and it is free.
To accept his free gift, you need to ADMIT you sinned against God, you
need to BELIEVE Him, and then CONFESS
it by asking Him to save you from Hell.
Rom 10:9
"That if thou
shalt confess with thy mouth
the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and
the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon
him."
Rom 10:13
"For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved".
Speak to Him affirming The Gospel with a prayer such as this one, and mean it with your heart, and
you will be saved:
"Lord
Jesus Christ, I know that I am a sinner, and unless you save me, I am lost forever. I believe that you are the son of God, and you died on the cross
for my sins and rose again from the dead to give me eternal life, according to the scriptures. I come to you the best way I know
how. I'm sorry for my sins, and I ask you
to forgive me, justify me and save me from Hell. I receive you now as my savior, and I thank you Jesus for coming into my heart and saving me from hell."
Watch this short 3 minute video for a follow-along walk-through with exactly what to say when getting saved, and/or click on one of
The Gospel Cartoon tracts:
John 10:28 "And I give unto them eternal life; and
they shall never
perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand".
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name"John 1:12
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may
know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13
Compare Scripture with Scripture above: John 1:12 and 1 John 5:13
Below are three variations of the "follow-along walk-through" video:
John 1:12
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name"
1 John 5:13
"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may
know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
Compare Scripture with Scripture above: John 1:12 and 1 John 5:13
Mark 16:15"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world,
and preach the gospel to every creature".
What about the heathen - those people who never heard the Gospel?
