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verse, to present something of an analysis of these aspects of the gospel of our salvation, and rejoice to believe that
many a preacher of the good news, will find help and stimulus in this great ministry.
A tentative suggestion to preachers of the gospel is, that the Salvation presented and provided should be
subdivided into three aspects. It is a salvation from sin and all its consequences, it is a salvation to Glory and its
blessed associations, it is a salvation accomplished by a Saviour, His sacrificial death, by grace and by faith. We
commence below, such a set of relationships, but every preacher will be able to supplement these lists out of the
experiences of his own ministry. Let us never forget that the LORD who led Israel from Egypt, led them ultimately
to the land of promise that He kept them in the way, and was all the time their Saviour and their God. Let us not so
present the gospel as to leave the impression that He Who delivers us from our extreme danger, has forgotten and
left our pilgrim journey unprovided for.
SALVATION IS
FROM
BY
TO
Condition
Agent
State
Lost
Seeker
Found
Perishing
Believing
Everlasting Life
In Adam
Substitution
In Christ
Sin
Sin Offering
Salvation
Sin
Redemption
Forgiveness
Sin
Shedding of blood
Cleansing
Sin
The Cross
Deliverance
Enmity
The Cross
Peace
Far off
The Cross
Nigh
Death
Grace
Life
Condemnation
Faith
Justification
`By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man
should boast' (Eph. 2:8,9).
We trust this survey of the presentation of the various gospels found in the New Testament and the application to
them of the principle of `right division' will have been of some service to those of our readers to whom some of the
truth taught in The Berean Expositor is somewhat new and startling. We also hope that those readers to whom
nothing here written is new or strange, will nevertheless rejoice at this presentation of the truth that reveals in such a
bright light both the `grace' and the `glory' of the gospel of our salvation, and find this booklet of service in its
assurance, that `Right Division' robs us of nothing but reveals how rich is the grace made known in the gospel
especially entrusted to Paul the apostle of the Gentiles. We lose nothing, we rather gain the more, for he who `tries
the things that differ' will `approve things that are excellent' (Phil. 1:10 margin).