There are 3 aspects of salvation
➔Justification which means you have become innocent in the eyes of the law.
A. God renders you innocent in His eyes, when you accept salvation.
1. The practical application of justification, you need to receive the terms that God sets.
a. Repent, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, except & confess your need for God, then Christ is the atonement for you.
Romans 10:9-10 That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Mark 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
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➔ Regeneration is God’s spirit in you regenerating you spiritually back to life.
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.
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➔ Sanctification means a “separation”
1 Peter 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Thessalonians 4:4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
A. Sanctification has two parts: God sanctifies you by separating you in His attitude towards you for His purpose.
1. Your cooperation to sanctification comes by your attitude to separate yourself unto God.
2. Through cooperation, with the cleansing process God is doing in you to separate you from lying, gossiping, stealing, cursing, negative thoughts, negative attitudes, etc.