Mark Dever: How Were Old Testament Saints Saved?

This is a question that I have been asked from time to time, particularly by young folks who are beginning to grapple with some of the tough questions for the first time.

This answer comes from Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., executive director for 9 Marks Ministries, and trustee of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mark gave this answer through the media ministry of The Gospel Coalition, a ministry near and dear to my heart...

We believe because we are saved

“A man is not saved because he believes in Christ; he believes in Christ because he is saved.”

- Loraine Boettner, The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination (Philadelphia, PA: P&R Publishing, 1965), 101.

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What I contribute to my redemption.

“All is of God; the only thing of my very own which I contribute to my redemption is the sin from which I need to be redeemed.”

- William Temple, quoted by Sinclair Ferguson, In Christ Alone (Lake Mary, FL: Reformation Trust Publishing, 2007), 42.

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