I.

Christ Our Saviour

In the first chapter, Dr. A.B. Simpson presents and expounds to us that the doctrine of
salvation and that Christ is our Savior. Simpson spear heads his thesis by offering all of what
salvation saves us from, for example: the salvation from the guilt, liability and punishment of sin,
the salvation from the wrath of God for unrighteousness and evil, the deliverance from the curse
of the law, the deliverance from Satanic power and the bondages of sin, and ultimately, the
salvation from eternal death. A. B. Simpson continues onward by explaining gifts of salvation in
Jesus Christ, the process in which the blessings of God come, and also in what steps are taken to
receive this gift of grace (conviction of sin by the Holy Ghost, etc.). Scriptures then provided to
support these fundamental claims, and the value of such Good News is brought out, in which
Simpson concludes as to hold those who have salvation to the responsibility of sharing the gift of
salvation to others for its issues are for eternity.
The very core of A.B. Simpsons Christ Our Saviour is of utmost relevancy to me and
my very identity. With as much clarity that can be, Simpson illuminates the doctrine of salvation
by listing and explaining in sincerity of what it means to be saved. It is wondrous how seeing on
a page of all that salvation will do for a person like me. As I read through this chapter, it as
though I heard Simpson interact with me, Ping, do you know that Christ has taken away the
guilt of sin, and that He has freed you from all consequences of your past offences? This is a
something I need reminding of every day of my life. Often, Ive come examined my past
experiences, whether its struggle with specific sin that resurfaces from my past or dealing with
where my identity lies, and see the need of that very truth to resound in my soul, so that I may
not condemn my own heart when even Christ has declare me free. I have also seen how this is
the message that is the timeless beautiful start to a road of deliverance and healing in my life, as
well as others. I greatly appreciate the Steps By Which it is Received section, because
Simpson gives the step by step of accepting the Lords salvation, almost as though holding
readers by the hand and guiding us through. Especially in this day and age, we have often heard
of it time and time again, of this microwave gospel, of simply accepting the Lord into our
hearts and how we can be with Him in heaven forever then after; however, it has cheapen
the fullness and the full course of the Holy Spirits procedure of convicting sin, taking a
nonbeliever through the process of repentance, bringing about the understanding that salvation is
through Jesus Christ alone, who is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.
With every point that is made of what I am saved from as a believer and recipient of
Christs salvation, I am left with awe, and as well as agreement. With every point, I was given
the assurance and affirmation of the power that is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ in my own
personal life, enabling me to celebrate, and desiring to see myself celebrate, this gift of the Lord,
in all areas of my life, whether it be in my relationships, family, friends, girlfriend, in my
ministry, leading praise, discipleship of younger believers, and even in my academics. I am no
longer bound by sin, nor am I a participant of the Lords wrath, but a partaker of freedom and
everlasting life.

II. Christ Our Sanctifier

In this chapter, A.B. Simpson announces the second step of the Four-fold gospel:
sanctification, clarify, first, what sanctification is not, and then what sanctification is. Simpson
gives comprehension to how sanctification is not regeneration, as it happened from the beginning
in which salvation is received, not is it moral character built or attained by human works or
efforts, but solely by the work of God. Sanctification is, as Simpson continues, the separation
from sin, the dedication of a life to God, the conformity to the likeness of God, bearing the image
of His Son and desiring His will above all, and loving God and all of mankind.
Simpson hits it on the nail when he explained how sanctification is received. It begins
with the Lord giving us divine revelation for our personal need for a life lived in Christ-likeness,
and He does so by allowing us and letting us experience the shame of falling in and out of the
errors and mistakes of our ways, and thus the desire for a Sanctifier brews. I have come to
understand this in my very own life, seeing how great of a parent my Heavenly Father is. As
revealed by the heartbreaking tragedies of the Israel people of old, the conditions of the human
heart, my heart, is so fallen, that what I count as righteous counts against me, because of my
inability to learn from my own mistakes. Instead, the Lord provides the way, by introducing the
life of Christ, sanctified to be lived through me. The proper response is acknowledgement of my
frailty, and then the surrendering of my entire being, believing and knowing that I am dead in my
sins and my ways, but in Jesus I truly live. Always remember that on that day and on that hour I
gave myself fully to Christ and He became entirely mine, is such a soothing relief for my soul,
because though I am only 24 years of age, experiencing much sin and brokenness, whether by
the works of others done unto me or the produce of my own very hands and efforts, to remember
that I am His, and He is mine gives me such peace. I am now completely in His care, and in this
way, the old does and has truly passed and the new as come, because Jesus is the new life.
Having read this, I go into my work now unafraid of my weaknesses and my mistakes
because it tells me that the Lord has allowed me to experience shame of myself to begin the work
of sanctification in me. I realize that this entire sanctification process umbrellas the little
sanctifying moments of my life, in every aspect, because in every aspect, I am to surrender
myself to the good life of Christ and His work. An example of this may be in my obedience to
parking laws and learning from my mistakes of getting fined over and over again, and through it
the Lord works out sanctification in my heart of being a good steward of resources He has lent to
me in this life.

III. Christ Our Healer

In chapter three, A.B. Simpson gives the contrast between what is not divine healing and
what is divine healing. According to Simpson, divine healing is not medical healing, though it
has some power in mans attempt to rid the world of disease and evil in such form, but it is
nowhere close to the direct power of the Almighty hand of God Himself for Himself took our
infirmities, is not metaphysical, based upon rational or knowledge or intellect, it is not
spiritualism, where various people groups practice the removal of disease in accordance to
mediums and spirits not of the Holy Spirit, and it is not based on the works of prayer or faith or
power of will, but entirely based on the encounter with Christ, the Healer.
Divine healing has always been of great mystery to me, but even from the very beginning
of my faith, completely intriguing to me. I have never read any document that has expounding on
the doctrine of divine healing, and presented it in such a way that debunks my tendency to
believe in the metaphysical, but truly be brought to focus on how it is Christ the Healer and the
encounter with Him that brings about healing. I love that Simpson says that it is of less work for
God to raise the dead, than the work of redemption in ones life. That means I do not have to fear
or feel anxious as though God does not want to heal an individual, but from prayer and
supplication, the Lord would reveal His will for an individuals life and how I should proceed to
pray. This is an area in which I have desired to grow in my understanding and be firm in,
especially in my sphere of community where there are brothers and sisters in the church, or
family and friends outside of the faith who is trapped in ailments that the Lord desires to heal. I
am affirmed that divine healing comes by the grace of God, and not through my works, which
insures that it is not accordance to my plans that a person get healed, which may beset me with
guilt and shame if I fall for such a lie, but bestows a greater understanding that things are
accordance to His will and His grace alone. Simpson speaks of how Divine healing is part of the
redemption work of Jesus Christ, that the Cross of Calvary in which the Lord suffered and died
was Him taking upon our stripes and healing us, from that moment forth. Its great reminder to
know that such a work was a demonstration divine healing that has taken place in my life, as I
gave my life to the Lord for such an act, and have been experiencing such healing ever since, as I
become more and more His, surrender more and more to Him.
I am very thankful for the Lords grace is giving me the faith to trust Him so that divine
healing can be received. Simpsons story of a Chinaman who told of the difference between
Christ and Confucius and Buddha is one that speaks multitudes for me, as I am of Chinese
descent, raise with Confucius values, and was of the Buddhist faith. I hope to be able to reach
my non-believing parents and relatives with the hope of being the Lords vessel of extending
divine healing, in being a witness to the Lord meeting them where they are at, just as He did so
for me.