08/12/25 SALVATION IS REALITY, NOT ILLUSION OR DELUSION

08/12/25 SALVATION IS REALITY, NOT ILLUSION OR DELUSION

I unashamedly tell you upfront, Jesus is the only deliverer from sin and sinning.

Any "Jesus" or "Christianity" or "Gospel of Grace" or "Salvation" that does not save from all sin, in this present evil world, is a false hope.

God is neither a puppet master or prestidigitator or pretender or pied piper.
When God saves from sin, He actually saves from sin, by giving His cleansing and power to those who believe His word and call on Him by faith in Christ.

1. Salvation begins transformation through justification and regeneration of sinners by faith Christ.
2. This work of grace is followed by the purification of the believer's heart when he trusts God to deliver him from the carnal (or fleshly mind, a.k.a. the Old Man, the body of this death, the law of sin and death, which purification of the heart comes with the infilling and the fulness of the Holy Spirit).
3. Glorification is the final part of God's deliverance. This is when the believer receives His Resurrection Body, either in the rapture or when Christ shall raise deceased believers from among the dead.

God has worked in phases throughout history, and He manifests His salvation through phases.
This is called the First Resurrection (which has three phases:
1- "The First Fruits," which happened when Christ arose from the dead and raised the Old Testament believers along with Christ followers who had died during the earthly ministry of Christ.
2- "The Harvest," which will happen when Christ raises those who have trusted and followed Him since the time of His resurrection, along with the believers who are alive at the time when Christ begins His return to earth.
3- "The Gleanings," which will be the resurrection of those believers who will trust Christ during the Tribulation, as well as those who will trust Christ but will suffer physical death during the Millennial Earthly reign of Christ, and before the consummation, (when Christ sets up His eternal kingdom), after the final destruction of this present evil world, and after the final judgment a.k.a. the Great White Throne Judgment.

Some people miss justification and regeneration because they have never heard the gospel or because they have never repented.
Some believers miss the purifying infilling and fulness of the Holy Spirit because they never heard the whole gospel or because they fail (fall short) of the grace of God.
And some will miss the final resurrection and glorification of believers because they did not remain faithful, they did not continue steadfastly in grace, in the faith, in Jesus, in the love of God, they did not finish the course, they did not endure to the end.

We can experience and enjoy all of God's salvation, from beginning to end, if we believe His word and trust Him to do what He said He would do.

He promised that if we believe on Him, we shall be saved.
He promised that if we ask, seek, knock, for purity of heart, He will give us purity of Heart.
He promised that if we follow Him, He will give us eternal life.