Post Salvation Teachings

You have taken the first step in faith by confessing your sins and believing Christ is your Savior. There are now a few things to learn and understand about your salvation by faith. The Spirit of God has changed your heart. You are now a disciple or follower of Jesus, a new creation.

We have been united to Christ, that is we are one in Christ.

• Col 1:27 ÒChrist in you, the hope of glory.Ó

That we are in Christ emphasizes that He is our entire life.

• John 15:4 ÒAbide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you, unless you abide in Me.Ó

We were saved by faith alone

• Eph 2:8,9 ÒFor by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.Ó

As Christ becomes a part of the personÕs life, ChristÕs nature becomes his nature and ChristÕs life becomes his life.

• Phil 1:21 ÒFor toe me to live is ChristÓ
• Gal 2:20 ÒI have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and delivered Himself up for me.Ó

We are a bond-slave of Christ.

• 1 Cor 6:19,20 ÒOr do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in you body.Ó

God has started a work in you and He will be faithful to finish it. We are to cooperate with Christ.

• Phil 1:6 ÒBeing confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.Ó
• Rom 8:28,29 ÒAnd we know that God causes all things to work together for the good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son that He might be the first-born among many brethren.Ó

How will you withstand the coming trials and temptations?

• 2 Cor 9:8 ÒGod is able to make all grace (unmerited favor) abound to you, that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.Ó

As you are in Christ you will want to be with others who are related to Christ. You will not want to daily associate with those who are not in Christ, who are actually enemies of God as you once were.

• Col 3:16 ÒLet the word of Christ richly dwell within you awith all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.Ó

How do you know if others are in Christ as you now are?

• 1 John 3:7,10 ÒLittle children, let no one deceive you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous.Ó ÒBy this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.Ó

Your life has been bought with a price; the physical crucifixion of Jesus Christ. You owe your entire life to the grace of Jesus Christ. You must live a new life worthy of that. If Christ is our life, it will be reflected in our conduct.

• Gal 2: 20 ÒI have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.Ó

Recognize that your new life will not be trouble free. Your new life will be full of joy within the troubles because you are in Christ and He is in you. You know you will conquer every trouble because Christ will strengthen you and carry you.

• Phil 1:29 Òfor unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.Ó
• James 1:12 ÒBlessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.Ó

As you are in Christ you will want to make a public confession of this through baptism. You will publicly identify the crucifixion of your fleshly desires and old self through the symbolic burial of your sin and old self. You will symbolically receive the cleansing of water baptism and publicly commit yourself as a follower of Jesus through this identification with Him in baptism.