The purposes of this book are to edify and help believers understand more fully the doctrines which are the basis of our salvation and relationship with God. Sin is any and everything in the disposition, purpose and conduct of man that is contrary to, opposed to, or not in accordance with the will of God. God made Christ to be sin for us... God put the interest of humanity ahead of his own Son. Believers ... recognize continual confession of sins as evidence of genuine salvation. Concerning those who died prior to the crucifixion, their status with God rests upon their faith and reliance on the means of salvation available to them under... ...when the actual sacrificial death of Christ took place, his shed blood retroactively substituted and replaced the blood of animals that had been shed for the remission of sins. Justification cannot be earned ... but good works always follow justification. ...since Abraham had been imputed righteousness by grace through faith, all believing sinners would be justified and imputed righteousness in the same manner. Believers will not become sinless because of sanctification, but they should sin less in their Christian walk. Progressive sanctification is an ongoing work of grace whereby God renews and purifies believers moment by moment through the power and inner presence of the Holy Spirit...
