John Mark Hicks has just finished his 9-part series explaining the multiple layers of salvation. These posts are highly recommended.
What is Salvation? (Introduction, Sector 1, Sector 2, Sector 3, Sector 4, Sector 5, Sector 6, Sector 7, Sector 8, Sector 9)
In the posts, he explains this chart —
| Past Justification |
Present Sanctification |
Future Glorification |
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| Personal | Forgiveness of Sins and Relationship with God (1) | Moral (Inner and Outer) Transformation (2) | Resurrection of the Body (3) |
| Communal | One Body of Christ: One New Society (4) | Reconciliation and Social Transformation (5) | The Fullness of the Kingdom of God (6) |
| Cosmic | Resurrection and Exaltation of Jesus (7) | Redemptive Emergence of New Creation (8) | New Heaven and New Earth (9) |
I've found the material to be very helpful. I even presented it to my students this semester as we were discussing salvation. I wanted to help them break out of the "Get Out Of Hell Free" mentality.
Grace and peace,
Tim Archer
I have seen the same lesson many years ago prepared by a lady of one of the evangelicals. So nothing new.
We are just now discovering what many knew twenty years ago.
Bob
both you and JM forgot that he actually wrote TEN blogs for that series, so the numbers are off. Sector 4 was skipped. Here's the link: Salvation Sector 4
Nick,
Thanks much. I've made the repair.