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Salvation |
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Jesus Christ is who saves a person! What are we saved from? Everyone has sinned against God. What motivated God to forgive our sins? For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 This verse means, God the Father initiated salvation. Remember there is one God, but he has represented himself in three persons. The biblical term for the whole world is propitiation which is a big word meaning he made a way for everyone to be saved, but unfortunately everyone will not receive his forgiveness and love. Salvation can be theological, but we have decided to make salvation simple and yet being accurate with the Bible. The Gospel means Good News The Good News is;’ God became a perfect man without sin, took your sins upon himself, and died so that you may live. This is how the Gospel works, God the Father Calls a person, God the Son, Jesus Christ is the way. He is pictured as the gate to the narrow path that leads to eternal live. God the Holy Spirit convicts you of your sins and leads you to Jesus Christ. Jesus said I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 The Bible states’ you are saved by Grace through Faith, that is a gift and cannot be earned or bought. If you want to be saved, this is what you need to do’ repent, being truly sorry for your sins, by turning from your sins and turning toward God. Believe that the second person in the tri-unity of God came to this earth and took your sins upon himself. The wages of sin is death’ therefore he had to die. If you have sincerely repented and believe, you have received the gift of grace and therefore have been redeemed, bought back from your sins. If you believe Jesus Christ is really God and he died in your place, you should be baptized, this is the believers baptism. You should tell others about this Good News, salvation is personal, you should be motivated by the Holy Spirit to share the Good News with others. If any be in Christ, he or she is a new person, old things have passed away’ all things have become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 |
