14 Salvation Leads to Better Things

The Bible describes the concept of salvation as one of deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness. It can mean saving in a bodily sense in some instances from some peril. More importantly though it refers to spiritual salvation from the judgment of God which is reserved for God's enemies, including unbelievers. Salvation is the great inclusive word of the Gospel. It is a collective word embracing all the redemptive acts and processes associated with it.

Included within it are: justification, redemption, grace, propitiation, imputation, forgiveness, sanctification, and glorification. Salvation associated with the Gospel is presented in three tenses; 1) The believer has been saved from the guilt and penalty of sin , 2) The believer is being saved from the habit and dominion of sin , 3) The believer is to be saved in the sense of entire conformity to Christ which is our sanctification