We can talk about salvation in many different ways. We can speak of it in terms of whether or not we will go to Heaven—something that is a future reality. We can also speak of a past time when we turned from a life of sin and began living for Christ, or the date on which we were baptized. In this session, Dr. Barber will examine how Scripture speaks of salvation as something that entails the past, present, and future. Understanding salvation from all these facets will help us see the full portrait of what Jesus has done for us, will do for us, and is doing in our lives to perfect us.
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