Chapters 2 through 4 of The Salvation Meter pertain to a believer’s conversion event.  By the term “conversion event,” I refer to the specific point in time that in response to hearing the saving gospel of Jesus Christ, a believer exercised biblical saving faith.  At that moment, God took a believer and changed their spiritual condition from being lost and on the road to hell to being saved with an awaiting eternal home in heaven. 

In Chapter 2, I discuss two essential topics about a believer’s conversion event.  First, I discuss the nature of a believer’s conversion event.  For some, mere moments passed between their first encounter with the gospel and salvation.  For other people, many years and even decades stand between their first haring the gospel and their conversion.  No matter the road to salvation, a believer’s conversion event was a one-time happening.

The second topic pertains to two fundamental aspects of the substance of a believer’s belief at conversion about Jesus Christ.  The first aspect is that Jesus Christ is God, i.e., the Second Person of the Trinity.  The eternal preexistence of Jesus Christ with God the Father, the fact that Jesus Christ is the “Son of God,” and that Jesus is the “Christ” each establish the deity of Jesus Christ.  The second aspect looks at seven actions within the role and work of Jesus Christ: (1) Jesus was sent into the world by God the Father; (2) Jesus took away sins and the work of the devil; (3) Jesus is 100% God and 100% human; (4) Jesus lived a sinless life; (5) Jesus died a physical death on the cross; (6) Jesus experienced a physical bodily resurrection from the dead; and (7) Jesus ascended to God the Father.

In Chapter 3 of The Salvation Meter, I discuss what I understand to be the “irreducible minimum” of the saving gospel of Jesus Christ.  The “irreducible minimum” comprises the minimum elements necessary for the gospel of possess salvific efficacy.  Because some may be reading The Salvation Meter on their own, I set out a “Sinner’s Prayer.”  Anyone who prays the Sinner’s Prayer must do from the bottom of their heart.  Also, they should contact someone who they believe to be a Christian and go through their conversion.  Merely saying a prayer does not save a person, but it is repentance and trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ that saves.

The final section of Chapter 3 discusses the three immediate changes in kind (and not merely degree) that occur upon conversion.  A believer is a new creation in Christ, has a new heart, and is “born again.” 

Chapter 4 discusses two Holy Spirit-related consequences of a believer’s conversion.  First, a believer is indwelt by the Holy Spirit.  Second, a believer displays the fruit of the Holy Spirit. 

The following articles, which exegete selected passages using the Graphōble Bible Study Method – New Testament are available under the category – Chapter 2: No articles are presently complete. However, an article about The Role and Work of Jesus Christ: He was Sent into the World by God the Father (pages 51-53) is in process using the Graphōble Bible Study Method – New Testament. 

The following articles, which exegete selected passages using the Graphōble Bible Study Method – New Testament are available under the category – Chapter 3: No articles are presently complete. However, an article about The Sinner’s Prayer (pages 77-80) is in process using the Graphōble Bible Study Method – New Testament. 

The following articles, which exegete selected passages using the Graphōble Bible Study Method – New Testament are available under the category – Chapter 4: No articles are presently complete. However, an article about The Believer is Indwelt by the Holy Spirit (pages 90-94) is in process using the Graphōble Bible Study Method – New Testament.