What roles do God the Father and the Holy Spirit have in salvation according to 1 Corinthians 6:11?
In 1 Corinthians 6:11, God the Father in heaven looks down on sinful men, while the Holy Spirit convicts sinful men of the finished work of God the Son. The verse says believers are washed, sanctified, and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Les explains that 1 Corinthians 6:11 shows the working of the whole three persons of the Godhead. God the Father in heaven looks down on sinful men, and the Holy Spirit in turn convicts sinful men of the finished work of God the Son. The whole triune God comes in and washes these kinds of people. Les notes that we may not have been steeped in idolatry or gross immorality, but the potential was there; his heart was born just as wicked as these Corinthians, and so was ours. As a result of the grace of God, the finished work of the cross, and our faith in it, we too have been washed, sanctified, and justified.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
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What does the Holy Spirit do in salvation according to 1 Corinthians 6:11?
The Holy Spirit's role in salvation is to convict sinful men of the finished work of God the Son.
Who washes, sanctifies, and justifies believers in 1 Corinthians 6:11?
In 1 Corinthians 6:11, the washing, sanctification, and justification of sinners is the work of the whole triune God—the Father, the Holy Spirit, and God the Son.
How do the three persons of the Godhead work in 1 Corinthians 6:11?
In 1 Corinthians 6:11, the washing, sanctification, and justification of believers is the working of the whole three persons of the Godhead.