Salvation
Langerak provides a comprehensive theological exposition of salvation centered on the person and work of Jesus Christ, emphasizing that salvation is entirely a work of God's sovereign grace applied through Christ's imputed righteousness and the indwelling Holy Spirit. The article traces salvation's accomplishment and ongoing perfection, grounding the doctrine in biblical testimony and highlighting its forensic and transformative dimensions.
Jesus is salvation! Let there be no doubt. His name literally is: "I Am Salvation" (Ps. 35:3; Matt. 1:21). There is salvation in no other name (Acts 4:12). Of this salvation the prophets diligently searched, and declared that one day the ends of earth would see it (I Pet. 1:10). Taking Jesus in his arms, Simeon testified: "Mine eyes have seen thy salvation" (Luke 2:30). Stopping on His way to the cross, Jesus told Zacchaeus, "Salvation is come to your house" (Luke 19:9). Salvation is in Jesus...
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