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
13) The sinner is ‘accepted in the beloved’ Eph 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
We are accepted by Jesus. How? When we trusted in the finished work Jesus did for us on the cross, His blood paid our sin debt, and we became acceptable to Jesus.
14) The believer is baptized into Christ’s body by the Holy Spirit – 1Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. Paul says in Gal 3v27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Every child, every sinner who trusts Christ, is put into Christ’s body by the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
15) When the sinner who trusts Christ is ‘accepted in the beloved’ (Eph 1v6) & is baptized into Christ’s body by the Holy Spirit, he is buried with Christ by ‘spiritual’ baptism – Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Col 3v3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Romans 6 helps us understand the old nature versus the new nature. It uses baptism to illustrate the burial of Christ. Please read Romans 6. Satan no longer has dominion over us. We belong to Jesus. Why? Because He bought us through His blood sacrifice for our sins.
Rejoice in what Christ has done for us!
Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain, 907 715-4001
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