Section 9
of daily life. Under God's sovereignty, we may be come a person in a particular situation. Paul became such a person when he was imprisoned in Rome. Imprisonment caused him to be a per son in a particularly difficult situation. But being a person in that kind of situation afforded him an excellent opportunity to experience and enjoy constant salvation. We may also find ourselves in particular situations. For example, a brother may suddenly find himself without a job. This brother needs the salvation in 1:19.
Most of the time our situation is rather com mon, ordinary. As we have pointed out, the daily situation of fallen man includes murmurings, reasonings, and many other negative things. In our married life we need a constant salvation in order to be rescued from murmurings and reasonings. We also need a constant salvation in order to be rescued from crookedness and perverseness. For example a brother may not be honest or straightforward in dealing with his wife. Thus, he needs a present, constant salva tion. If he does not experience this salvation, there will be no way for him to hold forth the word of life.
Day by day we need a constant salvation to save us from anything that is not Christ. This