samedi 7 juillet 2018

What Is The True Meaning Of Salvation?

By Larry Cooper


The terms save, saved and salvation can be used in different contexts. At the basic level, the meaning of salvation is being delivered from destruction or danger. In the strict interpretation of Christianity, it means being delivered from sins. This means that you have been rescued from eternal condemnation that translates to living forever in pain and anguish.

Christians believe that it is Jesus who saves. It is the reason Jesus came to the world, sent by his father. Jesus died on the cross to redeem humanity from eternal condemnation. The aim was to defeat Satan and his powers, in the process winning heaven or eternal happiness for human kind. It was a sign of the love of God and His desire to rescue man from eternal condemnation.

How do people get saved? This statement implies that Christians have to make a journey. It can be translated to mean that there is a path to be followed. From James 2, 24-26, this path is that of obedience to the will of God. This obedience signals that your actions are in line with the world of God.

Who is the savior? This is a strange but necessary question to ask. There is contention between Jesus and God on who saves. The source is always God and has been the case even in the Old Testament. God used different people to save his people. This is recorded in 1st Samuel chapter 10, Isaiah 43, Titus 2 and Jude 25, among other scriptures.

The ultimate savior of humanity is Jesus Christ. He is the final solution to liberating man from his peril after sending prophets in history. This is prophesied in the Old Testament and actualized in the new one. Jesus acts as the ransom for the sins of human kind. This means that anyone who needs to be saved must go through Jesus. The debate on separating Jesus and God is therefore rendered irrelevant.

Is salvation for everyone? First, only those who follow Christ have a chance at salvation. However, the challenge is whether all Christians will be saved. Well, the books of Revelations and the gospels seem to point at a chosen few. The task for those to enjoy eternal life is to be obedient to the word of God. The decision does not belong to God but is to be made by individuals through daily efforts at being holy.

Is being saved eternal? One might think that because Jesus died on the cross, it is enough for everyone to be saved. This is not the case. Everyone has the duty of working towards his own destiny. Only those who keep the fire will be safe. It is an accumulation of good deeds and efforts towards living according to the will of God. Without that, even the pastors, reverends and bishops will not find salvation.

Salvation is not a command. Rather, it is a choice that every human being has to make from time to time. Only those who are ready to walk the journey will have the joy of living with Christ in eternity.




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