Text: Titus 2:11

Salvation

I. Salvation is more precious the more we know about it.

A. Ex. 14:13 - Salvation means deliverance.

B. Ps. 27:1 - David could be delivered by God.

II. Tenses of salvation.

A. Titus 2 - Salvation is deliverance from sin.

1.	V. 11	Guilt and condemnation of sin	past tense
2.	V. 12	Power of sin removed	present tense
3.	V. 13	Presence of sin removed	future tense

B. Verse 14:

1.	Gave	past tense
2.	Redeem	Present tense
3.	Purify	future tense

C. Salvation is:

1.	Possess it now	Justification	past tense	Salvation of the soul
2.	Experience it now	(Progressive) Sanctification	Present tense	Salvation of the Spirit
3.	Look forward to	Glorification	future tense	Salvation of the body

D. Israel in bondage is a type of salvation.

1.	Delivered	past tense
2.	In wilderness	present tense
3.	In the promised land	future tense

E. A man drowning in water. Eph. 5:25-27 - Notice past, present, future.

1.	Past tense	getting help
2.	Present tense	got to shore
3.	Future tense	after all is over

F. Salvation is:

1.	Past tense	Salvation of the Spirit	Death of Jesus on the cross
2.	Present tense	Sanctification (progressive)	Jesus as intercessor or the work of Jesus as priest
3.	Future tense	Glorification	Second coming of Christ or Christ as King

G. The New Testament pictures the three tenses of salvation.

1.	The four gospels look back to Jesus	past tense
2.	The epistles look to Jesus as intercessor	present tense
3.	Revelation looks forward to Jesus as King	future tense

III. More on salvation, sanctification, and glorification.

A. Salvation in the past tense. (Prophetic office of Jesus Christ.)

1. Death of Jesus - Guilt has been removed - I Peter 2:24.

2. The source of this blessing is God.

3. The foundation of this blessing is the blood of Jesus - Ex. 14:13.

4. This comes by faith - Eph. 2:8,9 Rom. 4.

5. We can know we are saved.

a. Witness of the Word of God.

b. By the Spirit of God - Rom. 8:16, I John 5:9-13.

c. Witness of life - Practical righteousness.

1. I John 2:29 - "righteous" people are born of God.

2. I John 2:3 - We have fellowship with the Father.

3. I John 5:2 - We love His commandments.

4. I John 3:14,18 - We have the true love of God in our hearts.

B. Sanctification - Christ intercession.

1. Rom. 5:10 - We shall be saved by His life.

2. Heb. 7:25 - How we are sanctified.

3. Phil. 2:12,13 - Our sanctification is salvation.

4. John 11:44 - Lazarus came out alive (Justification). He was bound with grace clothes and Christ commanded to loose him (Sanctification).

5. II Cor. 5:14,15 - Christ died for us and all the saved shall live for Him in this life and in the life to come.

6. What about sin in our lives?

a. Our fellowship with God is broken.

b. Ps. 51 - The joy of our salvation ceases.

C. Glorification - kingship of Jesus - Phil. 3:20.

1. Heb. 9:28 - Christ shall receive us into His eternal kingdom.

2. I Peter 1:3-5 - He has an inheritance for us that will not fade away.

3. Rom. 8:23 - We pray for the redemption of our bodies.

4. Rom. 13:11 - Our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

5. Note these blessings (and they are only a few we shall receive).

a. Get home at last.

b. We'll have perfect bodies.

c. We'll have perfect environment.

d. Unbroken fellowship with the Father - Rev. 22:4.