SALVATION

How can I be saved and what are the steps? We will see what order the benefits of redemption are applied to the elect, or the chosen ones. Some of these benefits occur or begin simultaneously in the new Christian when he believes in Jesus Christ.

The Application of Redemption

The application of redemption is derived from Romans 8:29-30, we will look at a number of other biblical passages to obtain the full list of items and their positions on the list:

For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

The benefits of redemption: election, calling, regeneration, conversion, justification, adoption, sanctification, and preservation.

ELECTED

The biblical doctrine of ELECTION teaches that God has chosen a definite number of individuals to receive salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. The exact identities of these people have been determined and are unchangeable. God has chosen these individuals without any consideration of their decisions, actions, and other conditions in them. Rather, the basis of his choice was his will alone – he chose these people for salvation just because he wanted to choose them, and not because he foresaw anything that they would decide or perform.

In Romans chapter 9. Although national Israel was supposedly God's chosen nation, most of its people had rejected Christ, and did not obtain salvation. Does this mean that God's promise toward Israel had failed? Paul clearly answers this in his letter to the Romans:

It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are His descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring.

For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son." (Romans 9:6-9)