QUOTE:  DR. PINK cc definition of true salvation

 

“The ‘confession of our faith’ is that solemn acknowledgment which is made by a person when (she) publicly claims to be a Christian.

 

It is the avowal that (she) has renounced the world, the flesh, and the devil, for Christ.  It is the declaration that (she) disowns (her) own wisdom, righteousness and will, and receives the Lord Jesus as (her) Prophet, Priest and King:

          (her) Prophet to instruct (her) in the will of God,

          (her) Priest to meet for (her) the claims of God,

(her) King to administer in and over (her) the government of God.

 

It is the owning

that (she) hates sin and desire to be delivered from its power and penalty;

 that (she) loves holiness and longs to be conformed to the image of God’s Son. 

It is the claiming

that (she) has thrown down the weapons of (her) warfare against God,

and has now completely surrendered to His just demands upon (her). 

 

It is the testification that (she) is prepared to deny self, take up (her) cross daily, and follow that example which Christ has left (her) as to how to live for God in this world.  In a word, it is the publishing abroad that (she) has from (her) very heart “received Christ Jesus the Lord” (Col.2:6).

 

And let it be said plainly and emphatically, that no one acknowledging less than this is scripturally entitled to be regarded as a Christian.