Titus 3:5, 6 “He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior.”
“What Actually Happened the Moment I Trusted Christ?”
1. I was received by a person (See John 6:37).
2. I became accepted in the beloved (See Ephesians 1:6).
3. I received a person (See Colossians 2:6).
4.. I received the Holy Spirit (See 1 Corinthians 6:19).
5. I was incorporated into the body of Christ (See 1 Corinthians 12:13).
6. I was born from above (See Titus 3:6-7).
7. I became a child of God (See John 1:12).
8. I became a partaker of the divine nature (See 2 Peter 1:4).
9. I became an heir of God (See Romans 8:17).
10. I received an eternal inheritance (See Colossians 1:12).
11. I received pardon (See Ephesians 1:7).
12. I was justified in His sight (See Romans 5:1)
13. I am accounted righteous before God (See Romans 5:19).
14. I became free from condemnation (See Romans 8:1).
15. I became a saint in Christ (See Romans 1:7).
16. I received eternal life (See 1 John 5:11-12).
17. I became reconciled to God (See Romans 5:11).
18. I became free from fear of death (See Romans 8:2).
19. I was delivered from the law (See Romans 7:6).
20. I became a spiritual priest (See Revelation 1:6).
It is our hope that through a closer examination of each of these truths we will be encouraged in our faith and gain a deeper understanding of the impact and wonder of being saved. May the Lord grant us a fuller, and better understanding of the deep things that are true about being a child of God.
“Now believing is nothing else but the accepting of Christ for your Lord and Savior as He is offered to you in the gospel; and this accepting is principally, if not only, the act of your will; so that if you are sincerely and cordially willing to have Christ upon His own terms, upon gospel terms, that is, to save you and rule you, to redeem you and to reign over you, then you are a believer.”
Thomas Brooks
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