What happens to a new believer after they enter into salvation by grace?
Upon entering salvation by grace, a new believer first experiences joy and turns from idols to the living God, but then begins to be bombarded with constant pressure to return to former false teaching or idolatry. This pattern is not new and is typical of Paul’s converts.
Les explains that when a new believer comes under the power of the Gospel, comes away from other things, and enters into salvation by grace, the result is often immediate pressure to go back. The Thessalonians, for example, turned from idols to the living God after Paul brought the Gospel of grace into their pagan city. The Galatians similarly entered into the joy of salvation, realizing it was all of grace, but then faced pressure to return. Les notes this same thing happens today, describing a man who came out of false teaching but was bombarded with constant pressure to return to where he had been before. This is not new.
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What happens to new believers after they are saved by grace?
New believers who come under the power of the Gospel, leave their former ways, and enter salvation by grace are then bombarded with pressure to come back.