Is salvation a process or an instantaneous event?

Les teaches that salvation is not a process but an event—an instantaneous event. The gospel is simple: Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. There are no strings attached, no prescribed ritual, and no particular way one must do this. A person can believe it at the kitchen sink, driving down the road, or when waking in the middle of the night, saying, “Yes, I see it. For me, the sinner, there is only one remedy: Christ died for my sins and arose from the dead.” Then God does all the rest. God saves us, sets our feet on a rock, and begins to open up the Scriptures so we comprehend the truth from cover to cover. That growth and Bible understanding do not happen all at once, but salvation is instantaneous. Les explains that Christian growth is a process and Bible understanding is a process, but salvation is a one-time event. What an event—to be translated from darkness to light, to know sin’s forgiven, and to be known as justified. All of that happens instantaneously. Les also notes that in this age of grace, it is never taught that we have to beg God to forgive us our sins.