A REVIEW OF SIN AND SALVATION

SIN

Sin is very real in every person's life ... and it produces a serious problem as a result. Each person's inherited sin nature (innate tendency to sin) unavoidably leads to personal sin. Then that personal sin separates him or her from God. If it weren't for God's intervention, we would have to pay the debt for our sin - eternal separation from Him. However, God sent Jesus to pay for our sin by His death on the cross. We are born again when we receive Jesus as our Savior by believing in Him. His payment on the cross becomes our payment for sin at the moment of our belief in Him.

SALVATION

When Jesus died on the cross, His substitution...

           propitiated (satisfied) God for mankind, and

           redeemed (paid for) sin for mankind, and

           reconciled (changed/made savable) mankind.

However, no individual was (or is) automatically saved by this. All of the above was accomplished on the cross ... but no universal salvation consequentially saved all mankind. Each person must individually be born again through personal faith in Jesus.

When you put your personal faith in Jesus ... a double imputation is transacted for you in that your sin is imputed (transferred) to Jesus and His righteousness is imputed (transferred) to you.

Then His substitution on the cross...

          propitiates (satisfies) God for you, and

          redeems (pays for) your sin, and

          reconciles (changes) you.

Therefore, you are justified (declared righteous) by God.

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