The three redemptive works of Christ are the types and shadows of every true believer in his lifetime that can be summed up into tenses of salvation.
Many Christian denominations believe that to be saved is just to believe Jesus Christ as their Lord and personal savior and is enough, you are already saved. But, have they really understood the Gospel as the power of God unto salvation.? (Romans 1:16)
And what is the Gospel? 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 "15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time." Mine emphasized.
1. The death is the redemptive work of our Lord Jesus Christ to save mankind from the PENALTY of SIN.
We called it Past Tense salvation or being saved from the penalty of our sins.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, saved us from the penalty of our sins by his death on the cross. We are the sinners and we are deserving to die on the cross, instead he redeemed us, he was the one who took our place.
In other words, he took our sins so that we will be justified in the sight of God as without sin.
This is called JUSTIFICATION. Romans 5:1
2. The resurrection is the redemptive work of Christ to save us from the POWER of SIN.
His resurrection represents a new life of the believer. The Bible says that we must believe in our heart that Christ was risen from the dead Romans 10:9. The gospel is not only that Jesus took away our sins and brought it on the cross with his death to redeem us, but his resurrection should also be preached. 1 Corinthians 15:1-4.
We called Present Tense Salvation.
It is because it is not enough to believe that Jesus died on the cross for our salvation, but we must also believe that he was buried and have risen from the dead.
To believe that he died on the cross for our redemption is just only for the salvation from the penalty of our sins.
Many Christians believed that Christ died for them on the cross and no more, and they think they are already saved. Oh yes they are saved from the penalty of sins, but in the other hand they are not yet saved from the power of sin.
To be saved from the POWER of sin, we must believe on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Thus by believing in his resurrection, you are redeemed from the power of sin - the old and sinful nature. Christ resurrection is the type and shadow of our being new creation in him.
By His resurrection, he redeemed us from the old nature which is the sinful nature and he gave us the new creation.
This is called SANCTIFICATION. 2 Corinthians 5:17.
3. The Ascension is the redemptive work of Christ to save us from the PRESENCE of SIN.
It is not also enough to believe that Jesus Christ died for us and he was resurrected from the dead, we must also believe that he was ascended to heaven so that we will also be going to heaven.
Future Tense Salvation, saved from the presence of sin. In heaven, there is no presence of sin.
We called this GLORIFICATION.
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