You’ve Not Just Been Saved… You’ve Been Delivered | Dr Tony Evans | Sermon Notes — Hello Pastor

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You’ve Not Just Been Saved… You’ve Been Delivered

Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship • Apr 20, 2025 • 28 min

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Summary

In this powerful sermon, Dr. Tony Evans clarifies the biblical understanding of salvation, explaining that scripture speaks of being saved in terms of eternal justification, daily historical transformation, and heavenly glorification. While Christ's death on the cross pays for our sins and grants us a perfect spiritual credit score before God, His resurrection life provides ongoing deliverance from daily struggles and consequences. Believers can take comfort knowing that Jesus is not only saving them for heaven, but actively delivering them on their trip to heaven.

Themes

Salvation and JustificationOngoing Deliverance and SanctificationImputed Righteousness of ChristGod's Passive Wrath vs. Divine MercyResurrection Power in Daily Life

Pastor's Points

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First Salvation: Justification regarding our eternal destiny through Christ's death on Good Friday.

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Second Salvation: Historical transformation and daily deliverance through Christ's resurrected life on Sunday.

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Third Salvation: Glorification in heaven guaranteed to every justified believer.

Key Points

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In Scripture, the word saved refers to three distinct realities: eternal justification from sin's penalty, daily historical transformation/deliverance, and future glorification in heaven.
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Humanity was completely helpless to meet God's holy standard on its own, and a perfect God cannot compromise His righteous character to accommodate imperfection.
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On Good Friday, God changed our spiritual credit score through divine imputation, taking our sin debt upon Christ and crediting Christ's perfect righteousness account to believers.
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Eternal salvation cannot be earned through human effort, good behavior, or self-improvement; it is a free gift received solely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ as our personal substitute.
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While justification by Christ's death rescues believers from eternal judgment, Christ's resurrected life provides a second salvation that delivers Christians from daily struggles in history.
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God's passive wrath operates in present history when He abandons individuals to the natural, destructive consequences of their own choices and rebellion.
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Because of Jesus' resurrection victory, addictions, past rebellion, and negative consequences do not have the final say in a believer's life.

Sermon Moments

“God can't change His protocol just because He loves us. Here's how you know whether somebody loves you: the price they're willing to pay for you. God loved sinful mankind so much that He was willing to pick up the full tab.”

“God changed your spiritual credit score. Through imputation, He placed the perfect score of Jesus Christ onto your account when you trusted Him.”

“On the cross, Jesus paid for your meal. But on top of your eternal destiny, by His resurrected life, the tip and the valet are covered too—that's much more!”

“On Saturday, Jesus went to hell and proclaimed victory, telling Satan, 'You lose, we win.'”

“Your addiction doesn't have the last say. Your rebellion doesn't have the last say. The consequences don't have the last say, because Jesus is an ongoing Deliverer for believers.”

“He not only wants to save you for heaven, He wants to save you on the trip to heaven.”

This Week

Place your full faith in Jesus Christ's finished work on the cross rather than relying on your own self-righteousness or good works.

Thank God daily for imputing Christ's perfect righteousness account to you, freeing you from guilt and fear of judgment.

Identify areas of personal struggle, bad habits, or addiction where you need Christ's active historical deliverance today.

Walk in daily, intimate fellowship with the risen Savior to experience His power over present temptations and trials.

Confess known sin promptly to avoid experiencing God's passive discipline and divine abandonment in your daily life.

Read and meditate on Romans chapter 5 to deepen your understanding of being justified by Christ's death and saved by His resurrected life.

Surrender full control of your daily life to Jesus, honoring Him as boss because He paid the complete tab for your salvation.

Remember This

Jesus did not only die on the cross to save you from eternal judgment in heaven, but He also rose to deliver you from present struggles and consequences on earth today.

A Challenge for You

Decide to walk with the Savior who saved you for free, giving Him all you have because He has earned the right to be the boss of your life and deliver you on your trip to heaven.

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