SALVATION IS PROGRESSIVE

SALVATION IS PROGRESSIVE

2 Corinthians 1:10, KJV  Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us.

The Greek noun for "salvation" is soteria.  The verb is sozo.  This is simple yet profound:  our "salvation" is a "complete deliverance."  Salvation is progressive.  Our spirit has been saved (Col. 1:9-13), our soul is being saved, our mind is being renewed (Heb. 10:38-39), and our body shall be saved (Phil. 3:21).

From strength to strength (Psa. 84:7), from faith to faith (Rom. 1:17), and from glory to glory (2 Cor. 3:18), we are being changed.  The ascended life, as revealed throughout the Psalms of Degrees, is the life of transformation.

To live is to grow.  To grow is to change. Spiritual growth denotes change after change after change.

Matthew 17:2, KJV  And was transfigured before them: and His face did shine as the sun, and His raiment was white as the light (compare Mk. 9:2).

Romans 12:2, KJV  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 

2 Corinthians 3:18, KJV  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.  

The word translated above as "transfigured," "transformed," and "changed," is the Greek verb metamorphoo, and it means, "to change into another form, to transform."  It is derived from meta (change) and morphoo (to form, fashion).  The fifteen Psalms of Ascent, a revelation of the ascended life, has to do with our growth, movement, progression, maturity, change, formation, development, restoration, repentance (change of mind), and transfiguration.

Romans 8:29, KJV  For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He (Jesus) might be the firstborn among many brethren.

Biblical sonship has to do with our maturing in Christ.  For example, the epistle to the Galatians has as its theme the maturation of the seed (Gal. 3:7,9,16,29; 4:6,19).

We are being conformed to the image of Jesus Christ.  We are ascending into the higher realms of the Spirit.  We are returning to the dominion in Eden, and to the bosom of the Father.  We are being changed.  We are being saved (delivered), growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.  We are ascending into Zion and the full authority of His throne, the hill of the Lord.  Our salvation is progressive.  We are becoming just like Jesus!

Psalms 24:3-6, NIV  Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place?

He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.

Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. Selah

Now many would say it is done and finished and this is true in the spiritual realm. The soul is just catching up.

I AM SAVED IN MY SPIRIT; I AM BEING SAVED IN MY SOUL AND MY BODY SHALL BE SAVED.