I started a new book on Audible recently that’s a bit of a different take on Audible. This one is called Who Am I? by Jerry Bridges, read by Alistair Begg.

So far, it’s good enough that I almost want to start it over again once I finish to get everything I probably missed the first time.

One part that I definitely didn’t miss was Jerry’s analogy of salvation. The gist is this: imagine a death row inmate who is waiting to be executed. He’s a serial killer who deserves to die.

But at the last minute, the governor pardons him and releases him from prison. Not only that but the governor legally adopts him into his family and invites him to live at the family mansion.

He gets all that, plus he becomes an heir to the governor’s estate and everything that goes with it. That’s a good picture of salvation.

It’s not perfect. The governor didn’t shed any blood to sign the papers to set the prisoner free. Also, there’s the matter of a transformation from death to life, the old self gone away and the new self here to stay.

But you get the point. Salvation isn’t assenting to new beliefs but becoming somebody completely new. Every single salvation is a resurrection and a miracle of sorts.

This Easter, I’m praying that those who know the joy of their salvation will remember and celebrate. I’m also praying that those who don’t know this salvation will experience the joy of being made new and having a forever brand new start.