(2 p 11. 11 2-'° 3" "), and as ' the Saviour of the
world' (1 Jn4"). , ,,
(i) The means of tlie deliverance was notably Christ's passion and death. According t(> St. I'eters speech in Ac 2---' it was * by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God that Christ was ' delivered up,' a fact implying the purpose accomplished by His death. According to St. Paul's speech at ICphesus (Ac '20=«) Christ purchased with his own blood' 'the church of God. llie word of the cross is' ' the power of God unto us which are being saved ' (1 Co l'»). ' Christ cruci- lied ' is ' unto them that are called, both Jews and Greeks,' 'the power of God, and the wisdom of God' (1-s- ■-■'). It was part of His work that by the "race of God he should taste death for every man' (He 2«). That 'he became unto all them that obey him the author of eternal salvation is mentioned in close connexion with His su lenngs (5s.1i) 1 -With precious blood, as of a lanil) willi- m.t blemish and without >^Pot, even the blood of Christ,' were men ' redeemed' (1 P 1>»- >»)• He ' loosed us from our sins by his blood .(Rev 1 ). To Him described as the Lamb it is said, 1 hou wast slain, and didst purchase unto God ^yltll thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and peop e, and nation' (5»). 'They which come out of the great tribulation . . . washed their robes and made tl.em white in the blood of the Lamb ( ;").
tc) The deliverance thus wcoinplished wasjrom shi. In the speeches of St. Peter and St. Paul in the Acts, and in the words aiUhesscd to St. 1 an 1 at his conversion by Christ, the work of Christ is constantly associated with remission of sins (Ac .138 319 531 io« 13'» 26'" ; cf . Rev 1'). ' (rf) The deliverance was also from the penalties of sin ' Being now justihed by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through him (Ko y ). He 'abolished death ' (2 Ti 1'"). It was .a purpose of His incarnation that 'through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil ; and might deliver all them who throu'di fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage' (He 2'*-"'). . ,
(e) The reception of the deliverance is made pos- sible by faith. ' A man is justified by faith ap.art from the works of the law ' (Ro 3-« ; cf. 5'). 'A man is not justihed by the works of the law save through faith in Jesus Christ (Ga 2'). J'i .'race have ye been saved through faith (Eph 2»). " if) The faith which enables the Christian to lay hold on the deliverance includes life and action.^ In the teaching of St. Paul that w'hicli ' availeth _ is 'faith working through love' (Gal 5"), and faith in St Paul's writings habitually means luore than mere intellectual belief and includes the moral attitude of surrender to God. St. James dilleren- tiates the faith which has not works, and doth not profit, and is dead, and is like the belief of the demons, and is barren (2'^-=»), from the faith which is needed in prayer that is to be elVectual and which makes those who have it rich (1" 2^ 5'').
tn) The .salvation is far more than deliverance. It allbrds not only escape from the penalties of sin and from sin itself, but also admission to union with Christ, so that the saved are enabled to parti- cipate in His risen and ascended life. AH. ''^■'; who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death. We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in ne-ivness of life' • ' If we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him'; ' P.eckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God In Christ Jesus' (Ro 6"- «• "). 'The cup of bless- in" which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it
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not a communion of the body of Christ?' (1 Co 10") ; ' In one Spirit were we all baptized into one body' ; ' Ye are tlie body of Clirist, and severally members thereof (12"- -'). 'Ye are all sons of God, through faith, in tUirist Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ. ... Ye all are one man in Christ Jesus' (Gal 337.28) 'That Clirist may dwell in your hearts throuv;li faith' (Ejih 3"). 'Having been buried with liim in liajitism, wherein ye were also raised with him through faith in the working of God ' (Col 2'-). ' If then ye were raised together with Christ' ; ' ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God' (3'-^). Thus the life of salvation which the Christian lives is a life in which he has been brought into Christ, is alive in Christ, partakes of Christ's body and blood, is united in Christ to other Christians, and has Christ dwelling in his heart.