In “The Importance of Christ’s Death and Resurrection,” Milo Zehr challenges a common conception of justification and salvation and calls us to learn from historic Anabaptist soteriology.

The interactive, living faith relationship of the believer with Jesus Christ means ongoing participation in the actual life of Christ, death to sin and resurrection to new life, and growth in faith, love for God, and obedience. Christ’s past work on the cross is, therefore, the basis for His present work in our life, and His resurrection makes it possible for Him to work in us today. Any past or present work of Christ on the cross, in our lives, or on our behalf that does not bring us into a living interactive relationship with Christ and produce His life in us, does not satisfy God, and therefore, does not justify us in God’s eyes.

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