God’s Complete Salvation: refs. include Watchman Nee and Witness Lee

Key verses on God’s complete salvation

The judicial and the organic aspects of God’s complete salvation are clearly revealed in the New Testament. The following is a compilation of crucial verses and commentary related to both aspects of God’s salvation.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that every one who believes into Him would not perish, but would have eternal life.

Judicially:: Sinful, fallen people need Christ to die for them, to be judged by God as their Substitute; otherwise, they will perish. Although men are utterly fallen, God still loves them with His divine love because they are vessels created by Him according to His own image to contain Himself (Gen. 1:26; Rom. 9:21a, 23).
Organically:: God gave His only begotten Son so that, by believing into Him, fallen men might obtain His eternal life to become His many sons in order to be His corporate expression. To believe into the Lord is to receive Him and be united with Him as one (John 1:12-13).

Romans 1:16-17

For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one who believes, both to Jew first and to Greek. For the righteousness of God is revealed in it out of faith to faith, as it is written, “But the righteous shall have life and live by faith.”

Judicially:: The righteousness of God, ascribed to us by virtue of our faith in Christ, justifies us.
Organically:: After being justified, we are qualified to “have life”—to receive God’s life into us—so that we may live by His life.

Romans 5:10

For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled,

Judicially:: We have been saved by Christ’s death from God’s righteous judgment unto eternal punishment. Our reconciliation to God is based on Christ’s redemption accomplished once for all for us.
Organically:: Having been reconciled, we continue to be saved daily from innumerable negative items by Christ’s life in His resurrection. Christ dwells in us, and we are organically one with Him. By the growth of His life within us, we will enjoy His full salvation to the uttermost.

Romans 5:18

So then as it was through one offense unto condemnation to all men, so also it was through one righteous act unto justification of life to all men.

Judicially:: Through justification, we have been brought up to the standard of God’s objective righteousness and fully satisfy it, so that He can now impart His life to us. However, justification changes only our outward position.
Organically:: Life is the goal of God’s salvation; thus, justification is “of life.” Objective justification is not an end in itself; it is for life. Only God’s life is able to change our inward disposition.

Romans 5:19

For just as through the disobedience of one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One the many will be constituted righteous.

Judicially:: Christ’s death on the cross was the highest expression of His obedience and was regarded by God a righteous act.
Organically:: Further, Christ constitutes us righteous. When He, the living and righteous God, comes into our being, we are constituted righteous. He thus becomes the constituting essence and element in us that can transform us from sinners into sons of God.

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter by the gates into the city.

Judicially:: The believers wash their robes (their conduct) in the redeeming blood of Christ (1 John 1:7). Because of the fall, the way to the tree of life was closed to man (Gen. 3:22-24). Through the redemption of Christ, however, the way to the tree of life has again been opened to us.
Organically:: The believers who wash their robes have the right to eat the tree of life, that is, to enjoy Christ as their life supply today and for eternity.