Doctrine map: salvation
Election, atonement, justification, union, adoption, sanctification, glory.
Reading scope: canonical.
Open this guide in the Concept AtlasElection
God's sovereign choice of a people (Israel) or of individuals for covenant relationship — not based on their merit.
Look for: Open Election and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Atonement and watch how the route narrows or widens.
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God's provision for human sin — the sacrificial system and its fulfillment in Christ's cross.
Look for: Open Atonement and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Justification and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Atonement in the AtlasJustification
God's forensic declaration that a sinner is righteous — grounded in Christ's death and received by faith, not works of law.
Look for: Open Justification and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Union with Christ and watch how the route narrows or widens.
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By the Spirit, believers are incorporated into Christ, sharing in his death, resurrection, and life, the source of every saving blessing and new identity (Ephesians 1:3-14; Romans 6:3-5…
Look for: Open Union with Christ and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Adoption as Sons and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Union with Christ in the AtlasAdoption as Sons
God grants believers full filial status in his family through Christ, sealing them with the Spirit of sonship, assuring intimacy, discipline, and inheritance (Galatians 4:4-7; Romans…
Look for: Open Adoption as Sons and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Sanctification and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Adoption as Sons in the AtlasSanctification
The progressive making-holy of those God has justified — a work of the Holy Spirit in cooperation with the believer.
Look for: Open Sanctification and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
Next, move toward Glorification and watch how the route narrows or widens.
Explore Sanctification in the AtlasGlorification
At Christ’s return, believers are bodily raised and perfectly conformed to his image, freed from sin and mortality, sharing his glory forever (Romans 8:30; Philippians 3:20-21; 1…
Look for: Open Glorification and notice its strongest neighbors, key verses, and repeated vocabulary.
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