The Great Salvation

The Great Salvation by Thomas Williams (Christadelphian) Contents

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• Author's Preface

Part One: What it is and how to obtain it.

Proposition

• 1. It does make a difference what we believe
• 2. There is only one Gospel that will save
• 3. We must believe in the true God
• 4. God is not a Trinity of persons, but One God
• 5. Jesus Christ – Son of God by begettal, Son of man by birth
• 6. The Holy Spirit not a person, but the effluence proceeding from God.
• 7. The nature of man – mortal, a creature of the dust.
• 8. Man dies, and is dead after he has died
• 9. In death man is unconscious
• 10. Resurrection the means of future life for the dead
• 11. Immortality the gift of God to the righteous only
• 12. Life as now possessed is not eternal, but a vapor that soon passeth away
• 13. Everlasting life not a present possession, but a matter of hope
• 14. The wicked and depraved who are not amenable die and remain dead
• 15. The wicked who are responsible of the dead and living will be destroyed after judgment
• 16. The soul not immortal, but is the mortal, bodily being called man
• 17. Many learned men deny the immortality of the soul
• 18. The spirit of man not an immortal entity, but the word is used for life, mind and disposition
• 19. Immortality is God’s holy nature; the word “immortal” is never applied to man in his present state
• 20. Eternal life is not a present actual possession, but is promised to the righteous only
• 21. The wicked will not be preserved alive in torture, but will be destroyed
• 22. Hell as employed in the Bible does not mean a place of eternal torture, but the grave and Gehenna
• 23. The devil is not a personal monster dwelling in “hell” and yet everywhere present tempting all men, but is sin in the flesh

Part Two:

• 24. God has promised to bless and fill the earth with His glory
• 25. The earth is to be the everlasting inheritance of the righteous not heaven
• 26. The Gospel as embraced in the promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is that the righteous through Christ shall inherit the earth for ever
• 27. The promises to Abraham have never been fulfilled
• 28. The seed in whom the Abrahamic promises are to be fulfilled is Christ
• 29. God covenanted with David to establish a universal, glorious and everlasting kingdom on earth
• 30. The covenant with David will be fulfilled in Christ’s possession of David’s restored throne
• 31. The fulfillment of the covenants with Abraham and David involves the restoration of the twelve tribes under Christ.
• 32. There will be a personal and literal return of Christ to the earth

Part Three: What must I do to be saved?

• 33. In Christ only can we obtain redemption
• 34. Baptism is one of the conditions of salvation
• 35. It is our duty after baptism to obey the commandments of Christ

Part Four: Objections Answered

Part Five: Who will “Meet the Lord in the air?”

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