--- A Christian is someone who is SAVED from the penalty of sin (past tense)
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been SAVED through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
--- A Christian is someone who is BEING SAVED from the power and pleasure of sin (present tense)
1Co 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are BEING SAVED it is the power of God.
--- A Christian is someone who WILL BE SAVED from the presence of sin (prospective tense)
Ro 13:11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation IS NEARER than when we first believed.
A Christian is someone who is saved, is being saved, and will be saved. Get one and you get all the rest. And you can have it all through faith in Christ Jesus. The moment you trust in Him for salvation and what He did on the cross is the moment that the three will become surely yours.
