Module 5 - Soteriology: The Doctrine of Salvation

The lectures in this fifth module on the Doctrine of Salvation are, like the others, introductory, not exhaustive, and they’re intended to furnish you with a foundation that you can build upon in your further studies. As you’ll recall from the first module, theology, broadly defined, has to do with the study of the knowledge of God, and all that he has revealed for us to believe and do. We noted that it is the doctrine of living unto God through Christ, thus addressing both our thinking and our living. The Doctrine of Salvation, therefore, is an indispensible component to Systematic Theology.

Those who are in Christ are heirs with Christ, and come from the seed of Abraham. It doesn’t matter whether you’re Jew or Gentile, we have a shared history. And yes, each child of God is given a new name—they bear the name of God. These, and many other components, come with belonging to God’s family or household. But there is more. God works through the gospel to re-create, in each of his children, the family likeness. He sends his Spirit to change believers, so that they look more and more like their elder brother, the Lord Jesus Christ. Well, this process of coming to share in the family likeness is called, Sanctification.

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Rev. Robert McCurley is the minister of the Gospel at Greenville Presbyterian Church in Taylors, SC, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing). https://www.greenvillepresbyterian.com