Good morning,
What happens when a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ? Instantly, their lives are changed.
How they are changed will be our focus for the next several weeks.
We will look at what happens when a sinner gets saved, in relation to God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and between each other.
Some of the things that happen once a sinner is saved are as follows…
In Relation to God the Son
20) He becomes a friend of God – John 15v15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
What a tremendous statement. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the one who made all things, calls us His friends. We could not earn it. We did not deserve it. He had to become sin for us. He became the blood sacrifice to pay our sin debt. The He called us to Himself. He calls us friends!
21) His name is recorded in Heaven – Luke 10v20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
What a privilege to have our names written down in heaven. The significance of this is that our eternal destiny is secured. We know when we die, heaven will be our home. We will see Jesus face to face.
22) He becomes a fellow laborer whose name is written in the book of Life – Phil 4v3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life.
We are labor for the Lord. We are to witness, give, counsel, and comfort fellow believers.
23) He becomes seated with Christ in Heavenly places – And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: In a sense, the Christian has already gone home to glory. – Eph2v6 His body is still down here, & he is in his body, ‘absent from the Lord & present in the body’. However, his spirit has been ‘born again’ & ‘regenerated’ by the Holy Spirit & joined to Christ’s Spirit – But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. (1 Cor 6v17). In this sense, he is at present seated with Jesus Christ ‘in heavenly places’
Although we are still here on earth, our position is seated with Jesus in heaven. It is reassuring to know that at the moment of salvation, we safe and secure with Jesus in heavenly places.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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