vendredi 25 mai 2018

Intelligently Exploring The Meaning Of Salvation

By Michelle Sanders


You may have many questions about what being saved means. Some may ask, "What is the meaning of salvation?" Not all people think the same way, though there are similarities in all. All people believe that this involves the forgiveness of their sins. Not all believe the same way about how that happens, and the way to obtain it, however. Also, many believes it also involves other things than just forgiveness of sins.

All believe that being saved involves the forgiveness of any sins we have committed. However, there is more to it than that, some believe. We are delivered from evil as well, both temporal and eternal. We are also allowed to live a life of freedom. In addition, the saved person, it is believed, has protection by God from the dangers of this earth. To those who believe this, there is even greater comfort in being saved. However, not all hold to these beliefs.

Deliverance from evil can involve two realms, the temporal and the eternal. The temporal refers to a limited amount of time, as opposed to the eternal, which has no beginning or end. Accepting God relieves us of the results of this evil. This includes the agony of knowing you are participating in evil things, as well as the results of leading an evil life as well as the results of evil around us in the world.

Something else one enjoys when saved, according to some beliefs, is the freedom from sin and its control. Man must daily fight sin, as that is his nature. Once he is saved, however, he no longer has to fight this great evil. It no longer rules his life nor has dominion over the man. The ability to fight sin is enhanced when one is saved. He has a power over sin that God gives him.

Another part of accepting God and His law is that we get protection from dangers here on earth, some believe. In Psalms, God made a promise to the Israelite nation that He would protect them from disease, illness, famines, and other calamities of a world of sin, just as long as they accepted His law.

A person may wonder how one becomes saved. There are definite instructions in the Bible about how this happens. It involves belief and faith in Jesus Christ. After that must come an obedience to Him to show that belief and faith. This does not mean you can earn being saved. This obedience just proves your belief and faith. The Bible also says one must confess their faith in Jesus and put Him on in baptism. Omitting any one step is not following His will, as He requires all of it.

Some teach that once you are saved you will never loose it. That is not the case, according to others. Just as a drowning man who is rescued from the water can jump back in, a sinner who has been delivered can go back into their sin. The Bible says to continually work on your salvation, which means being faithful. It further says if we remain faithful until death, Jesus will give us a crown of life.

The hows and whys of being saved gets complicated, in reference to how one believes the Bible. However you believe, it is something to be desired to have a relationship with God. It would take a hardened person indeed to not want that.




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