Salvation and behavior change...

[k4c]

I believe there are two realities in salvation. There is the positional reality where we are positionally placed in Christ the moment we believe. This is apart from any behavior change or even water baptism. The second salvation reality is experiential. For one to experience the reality of salvation in their life one must live according to the will of God. This includes water baptism. Each step we take in obedience to the faith will bring us into a more deeper and life changing experience of God's saving work in us. It's these experiences that change us to become more like Christ.

 

[rainbowinthesky]

Thanks for beginning this thread.

We are positionally placed in Christ the moment we come to God just as we are, sinful, helpless, dependent, believing that the merits of Christ's sacrifice are sufficient to present to the Father in our behalf in order to receive all the blessings of the covenant of grace, that is, to receive the grace of the Holy Spirit which brings the righteousness of Christ into the life which accomplishes everything as it is made manifest in obedience to the will of God as expressed in the precepts of His holy law. Thus we become one with Christ and we are walking in the light as He is in the light.

This is our lifebusiness.

rainbow