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Morning and Evening

June 12, Evening

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling." — 2 Timothy 1:9 · KJV

The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, "Who hath saved us." Believers in Christ Jesus are saved—not regarded as persons in a hopeful state who may ultimately be saved, but already saved. Salvation is not a blessing to be enjoyed on the deathbed and sung of in a future state above, but a matter to be obtained, received, promised, and enjoyed now. The Christian is perfectly saved in God's purpose; God has ordained him to salvation, and that purpose is complete. He is saved also as to the price paid for him: "It is finished" was the cry of the Savior before He died. The believer is also perfectly saved in his covenant head, for as he fell in Adam, so he lives in Christ. This complete salvation is accompanied by a holy calling. Those whom the Savior saved on the cross are in due time effectually called by the power of God the Holy Spirit to holiness: they leave their sins; they endeavor to be like Christ; they choose holiness, not out of any compulsion, but from the impulse of a new nature, which leads them to rejoice in holiness just as naturally as they once delighted in sin. God neither chose them nor called them because they were holy; He called them so that they might be holy, and holiness is the beauty produced by His workmanship in them. The excellencies we see in a believer are as much the work of God as the atonement itself. Here the fullness of the grace of God shines out very sweetly. Salvation must be of grace, because the Lord is its author—and what motive but grace could move Him to save the guilty? Salvation must be of grace, because the Lord works in such a way that our own righteousness is forever excluded. Such is the believer's privilege—a present salvation; and such is the evidence that he is called to it—a holy life.