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Soteriology: Emma Chrane (The Salvation Diamond (The second aspect of…

- - - - Galatians 1:6-9
    - - Colossians 2:6
- - - - sitting in a chair
      - asking for someone to move a desk for you
- - - - John 6:47
      - John 5:24
    - - Ephesians 1:13,14
      - Ephesians 4:30
    - - John 6:37-40
      - Romans 8:31-39
  - - - "I don't feel saved."
    - - "I am not doing enough good works to be truly saved."
- - - - God is the judge; considers the offer and punishes Jesus while giving us the righteous standing which Jesus had
      - The prosecuting attorney is God's Law; reads out the transgressions we have committed
      - The defendant is humans(us); we leave the courtroom justified
      - The defense attorney is Jesus; steps in but does not attempt to defend us
  - - - As believers we are considered his children and call him "Father"
      - As his children we have unhindered access to God
      - As his children, we are in a community with many other siblings
      - As his children, God disciplines/trains us; we are not abandoned
        
        The concept of "discipline" is closely related to the concept of "training"
        
        God disciplines/trains his legitimate children
        
        God's discipline/training is for our good
        
        When discipline is received, God's children grow in holiness
        
        God's children are to endure hardships as God's training/discipline
  - - - sanctification comes from a Greek work meaning "to be holy or set apart"
      - the idea is to be set apart from sin and set apart to God
    - - Past: we are viewed as sanctified
      - Present: we are viewed as in process of being sanctified
      - Future: we hope for a future complete sanctification
    - - Jesus is "in" the Father, and the Father is "in" Jesus
      - Christ "in" us, and we "in" Christ
    - - Jesus' dwelling in us through the Holy Spirit
  - - - We are dearly loved (Romans 8:31-39)
      - We are given all things that pertain to life and godliness (2 Peter 1:3)
      - We are blessed with all spiritual blessings (Ephesians 1:3)
      - We are no longer under condemnation (Romans 8:1)
      - We are holy and blameless before God (Ephesians 1:4)
      - We are freed from the authority of sin (Romans 6:1-13)
      - We are a citizen of Heaven (Philippians 3:20)
    - - We should see ourselves from God's perspective as identified with Jesus; this is our true identity before God
        
        We do not work for this identity
        
        We should not try and earn our own identity
      - We should view other believers from God's perspective as identified with Jesus
  - - - Romans 8:1-4 -- walk in the Spirit produce righteous behavior/character
      - Colossians 1:27-29 -- Christ's energy working through him
      - John 15:1-8 -- Jesus produces fruit to those who "abide in Him"
      - Galatians 2:20 -- Christ is his life
      - Galatians 5:16-26 -- fruit of the Spirit