Elements of Salvation (Systematic Theology Part 8)

Today we're discussing part 8 in our 12-week Systematic Theology series with hosts Bryan Dwyer and Ross Anderson. Our focus today is on the the elements of salvation. Broadly speaking, salvation is the application of the work of Christ to the life of individual persons. At its core, the word means “deliverance” - whenever a serious need or peril arises, and a person is rescued from that peril. In our relationship with God, the primary peril is sin.

This suggests that salvation has past, present, and future aspects. Some aspects of salvation have already been applied to believers. Other elements relate to God’s ongoing, transforming work in our lives. Some have to do with the life to come after we die. So our salvation is both complete and incomplete. in one sense. We possess salvation, in Christ, and nothing can be added to it. Yet we have not yet experienced everything promised to us in our salvation.

Talk about this topic as a family, with your small group, or in a mentoring relationship by using the discipleship tools at https://www.pursuegod.org/systheo/

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