Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The topic of Salvation

What is Salvation? defined by Websters it is a rescue from danger. But the Bible is all about God's activity in rescuing people from sin and restoring them to a right relationship with Him. So this has to mean that Salvation is from God. It's a free gift from God through Jesus Christ that rescues the believer from sin and its consequences.-that's what Salvation truly is....just like Acts 4:12 says "Salvation comes no other way, no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only by this One."
Why is Salvation neccessary you might ask? for a couple of reasons. The first is because of Creation- God made this world and all that is in it:Gen.1:1,27. God created human beings to be like him and have unhindered fellowship with Him, and when His work of creation was done, he saw that it was good. (Gen.1:31) The second reason is because of our rebellions. Adam and Eve were the first people made by God they were also the first to rebel against God. They had complete freedom to live in fellowship and trust with Him but they chose to rebel, to doubt His word, and trust in their ability to discern good and evil- which a lot of us have trouble with that. Because God designed that Adam would represent the entire human race, his sin affected us. Our fellowship with God has been broken. Through sin, we all died spiritually. (Romans 5:18) Unbelief, (Romans 14:23) pride, (Hebrews 11:6) and selfishness lead us to think we know better than what God knows and to try and put ourselves in His place. like Romans 13:23 says-"We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God"

So the last question is How has God provided salvation??? - God could have left us humans under His divine judgement, but he set into motion a plan to save us from all of sin. 1 Corinthians 15:3 tells us how by sending His Son as a true man who would bear the penalty for our sin and die in our place. John 3:16 To believe in Jesus includes both a whole-hearted trust in Him for forgiveness of sins and a decision to forsake one's sins or repent them and be restored to a right relationship with God. Believing in Him also requires relating to and putting trust in Jesus as He truly is- not just a man in ancient history but also a living savior today who knows our hearts and hears our prayers. The last thing i want to say is in this verse...
"I am the way, the truth, and the life, No man can come to the Father except by me." -------- He is the way out of your difficulty, He is truth away from evil, and He is the life which is salvation itself.

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