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.
In relation to God the Father…
10) The saved sinner becomes a priest of God – 1 Pet 2v9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: 1 Pet 2v5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Note – NOT ‘literal’ sacrifices!
11) The saved sinner is reconciled to God. Eph 2v12+13 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: v13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Rom 5v10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
12) When a sinner trusts Jesus Christ as his Savior, he is sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus 1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. Acts 26v18 lists sanctification as a direct result of conversion…To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
This is just the beginning of what happens when we get saved. It is amazing what God has done for us. When we are tempted to think God has abandoned us, grab this list and rejoice in the fact that God cares for you.
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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