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I believe Paul’s teachings such as he gave to Timothy have become foreign theology today because
we are not viewing the subject of salvation in its completeness. Salvation is not a totally completed
process based just on the initial act of conversion, as widely believed, but rather is an ongoing,
progressive unfolding of salvation coming to the complete man that God created: man with a spirit, a
soul, and a physical body. So important is a proper understanding of salvation that I am going to repeat
two pages from last month’s newsletter for you review:
IS A PROGRESSIVE ACTION
When God created Adam, we find these words describing what God created:
“AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF THE GROUND, (body)
AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE; (spirit)
AND MAN BECAME A LIVING SOUL” (soul)
Gen. 2:7
Man is a SPIRIT, he possess a SOUL, and he lives in a PHYSICAL BODY.
We find this confirmation spoken by the apostle Paul when he said,
“ NOW MAY THE GOD OF PEACE HIMSELF, SANCTIFY YOU COMPLETELY;
AND MAY YOUR WHOLE SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY BE PRESERVED BLAMELESS
AT THE COMING OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
HE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.”
1 Thess. 5:23-24
HOW Jesus is going to sanctify us completely (spirit, soul and body) is by means of who He is. Jesus
has a threefold revelation of Himself presented in Scripture that is the means by which He will “save”
the believer totally (spirit, soul and body). Here is that revelation:
"LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED; YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, BELIEVE ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER'S
HOUSE ARE MANY MANSIONS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I GO TO PREPARE A
PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE
YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO. AND WHERE I GO YOU KNOW, AND
THE WAY YOU KNOW. THOMAS SAID TO HIM, ‘LORD, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING,
AND HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?’ JESUS SAID TO HIM,
‘I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE.
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.’ ”
John 14:1-6
“WHERE I AM
I GO YOU THE WAY,
THE TRUTH,
KNOW,
AND AND
THE LIFE.”
YOU KNOW
THE WAY.
BEGINS IN WORKED OUT IN FINALIZED IN
THE SPIRIT THE SOUL THE BODY
“I AM THE WAY” “I AM THE LIFE”
“I AM THE TRUTH”
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME”
Jn. 14:4--6
The salvation process begins in the spirit, it is then worked out in the soul, and will only be finalized in
the body, in the future, at the appointed day of the resurrection from the dead, when the believer’s body
that lies in the grave is finally resurrected.
