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Vocabulary
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Sanctification
Sanctification is that process by which God sets all of us (who have received the Lord Jesus Christ) apart from the world and from sin in order to use us for His purpose. When we experience Christian growth and become more like Jesus, we are experiencing sanctification. The English word “sanctification” comes from the same Greek word as the word “holy.”
Salvation (How to Receive)
Salvation is a gift from God. Many people mistakenly think that we must be very good in order to earn our salvation. The Bible teaches that none of us is good enough to earn salvation. We must accept it as a gift from God. God freely gives this wonderful gift to all who will accept it on His terms. We receive salvation when we admit to God that we have sinned and are truly sorry for our sins (so sorry that our heart's desire is to stop sinning--the Bible calls this "repentance") and when we receive, by faith, the Lord Jesus Christ into our lives as our personal Lord and Savior. We simply trust Him ( instead of our good behavior or our family or our church) to forgive us our sins and to give us the gift of eternal life.
Salvation
Salvation refers to the fact that God has rescued, or saved, us from sin and from the consequences of sin (death). In the Bible, we see three aspects of salvation—justification, sanctification, and glorification.
Righteousness
Righteousness refers to being morally pure and clean in God’s sight. Many people try very hard to be righteous. But, in truth, men cannot become righteous on their own. The only way we can become righteous is to admit to God that we have failed (and failed badly!) and, by faith, receive the Lord Jesus Christ into our lives. When we do that, He imputes (for our justification) and begins to impart (for our sanctification), His righteousness into our lives.
Revelation
Truth that men cannot figure out on their own, but which must be given to them by God, is called “revelation.” The whole Bible is the revelation of God and God’s truth to men. The last book in the Bible is often called “Revelation” because God is revealing things to us that teach us about His great final victory over Satan, sin, and death.
Resurrection
Resurrection means to come back to life in such a way as to live forever and never die again. After His death and burial, the Lord Jesus Christ experienced resurrection. He came back to life and He lives forevermore. When Christians die, we also look forward to a resurrection. When the Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth, all the Christians who have died will be resurrected to life in new glorified bodies to be with Him forever. The Bible teaches that, after the resurrection, we will all have responsibilities, perfectly matched with the skills and gifts God has given us, that we will use to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in His exciting kingdom on earth.
Repent
To repent means to change one’s mind and heart completely about anything. Usually, we use the word to mean to change one’s mind and heart completely about sin. Before we become Christians, we may have a tendency to excuse our sins as if they were no big deal. But God says that when we come to Christ we must repent. We must see sin as God sees sin—as horrible, destructive, deadly behavior that brings ruin and disaster into our lives and totally offends the loving God Who made us.
Regeneration
Regeneration means the same thing as being born again.
Redeemed
Slaves can be set free if someone with enough money pays the price for the slave. The free man essentially purchases the slave for himself and sets him free. Because of sin, we are slaves--slaves to sin and to Satan. When Jesus died on the cross, He paid the price for our sin. He purchased us from Satan. Therefore, we, who were once slaves, have been “redeemed.”
Rededication
Sometimes Christians realize that they have not been walking in the Spirit as they should. When God convicts them that they have been making bad decisions, they should "rededicate" or renew their commitment to God. To rededicate is to say, "God, I know I haven't been living the way I should, and I am sorry. Would You please forgive me and help me to live like You want me to live."
Reconciled
A person who has experienced reconciliation with God is said to be “reconciled” with God.
Ransomed
Before we received the Lord Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, the Bible teaches that we were slaves to sin and to Satan. When Jesus died on the cross, He paid a price that, in effect, “bought us back” from Satan. In other words, He “ransomed” us.
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