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"Saved by His life" (Rom. 5: 10).
"Saved by hope" (Rom. 8: 24).
pp. 177 - 180
It is but natural that the sinner seeking forgiveness and deliverance from his bondage,
should regard with such importance that phase of salvation which is immediate, that the
salvation which is continuous, which is associated with hope and the future, fails to be
appreciated at its full value. Yet it is important for the believer's true peace, and for his
power to overcome and attain "unto perfection", that that salvation which is associated
with the sphere "where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God" should be realized as
something which is equally the work of grace and the result of the finished work of
Christ.
While there may be no need to quote the verses in Romans that speak of that initial
salvation, associated with justification by faith, which is the glory of that great epistle, we
feel that there may be need to remind the believer of those other aspects of salvation that
are also to be found in Romans.
"We shall be saved from wrath through Him" (Rom. 5: 9).
"We shall be saved by His life" (Rom. 5: 10).
"We are saved by hope" (Rom. 8: 24).
"Now is our salvation nearer than when we believed" (Rom. 13: 11).
These references are in themselves sufficient proof that salvation includes much more
than the initial deliverance in which we so greatly rejoice. But if we add to them the
intimations found in other epistles, the evidence becomes overwhelming, and the demand
upon our attention and faith insistent. Let us look at some of these intimations.
"For I know that this shall turn to my salvation" (Phil. 1: 19).
"To them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. For
unto you it is graciously given on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but
also to suffer for His sake" (Phil. 1: 28, 29).
"For an helmet the hope of salvation, for God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to
obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ" (I Thess. 5: 8, 9).
"That they may also obtain salvation which is in Christ Jesus with aionion glory"
(II Tim. 2: 10).
"Unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto
salvation" (Heb. 9: 28).
These statements fully establish the fact that salvation is a term that applies not only to
the past, but also to the present and the future.
Bearing in mind that in this series of articles we are especially concerned with those
doctrines which flow from the present position of Christ seated at the right hand of God,
let us look now at Heb. 7: 25. Here we have a passage that has something of supreme