What happens after a person is saved regarding Christ's lordship?
After salvation, Christ becomes Lord of the believer’s life. This follows naturally from the new birth, forgiveness, sanctification, glorification, baptism into the Body, and indwelling of the Holy Spirit. It is not Lordship Salvation or works; rather, it is the natural result of entering in by faith.
Les explains that after a person enters in by faith and experiences the new birth, becoming a child of God—forgiven, sanctified, glorified, baptized into the Body, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit—one of the other things that happens is that Christ becomes Lord of their life. He says this follows as naturally as daylight follows dark. Les clarifies he does not agree with Lordship Salvation, feeling it smacks of works. Paul is saying that if we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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What happens in a person's life when they enter into salvation by faith?
When a person enters in by faith, experiences the new birth, and becomes a child of God—forgiven, sanctified, glorified, baptized into the Body, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit—one of the other things that happens is that Christ becomes Lord of our life.
What happens to a person when they enter in by faith and experience the new birth?
When we enter in by faith and experience the new birth and become a child of God, we experience what chapter 1 calls salvation: we're forgiven, sanctified, glorified, baptized into the Body, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit.