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What is Salvation?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes…
~ Romans 1:16 ~

Man’s Condition

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
~ Romans 5:12 ~

Every single person living on this earth has committed at least one sin. (Romans 3:23) No matter how good a person is, everyone has committed at least one sin and that sin is justification for eternal separation from God and a destination of hell. However, there is hope…

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
~ Romans 6:23 ~

Why Jesus?

Any sin we commit makes us deserving of spiritual death- eternal separation from God. However, in His abundant mercy, God had a plan. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, as propitiation (payment) for our sins. (Romans 3:24-25) So now, instead of us having to pay for the sins we committed by spending an eternity in hell, Jesus already paid that debt when He died on the cross for us and went down to hell in our place.

God, Himself, testified of Jesus’ authenticity. (Matthew 3:17; 17:5; Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22; 2 Peter 1:17) In John 14:6, Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No man comes to the Father, but by Me.” Acts 4:12 says, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

If you read the Old Testament, God always required a sacrifice for sins. The sacrifice was always the best that man could offer- pure, unspotted, unblemished. Consequently, God gave the best that He could offer, His Son, as the ultimate sacrifice once for all. He paid the price for our sins. (1 Peter 3:18) So why would you want to pay the price also, especially when that price is death? If you accept Jesus Christ, you accept His gift of dying on the cross and going to hell in your place. (Romans 5:8-11)

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
~ Romans 5:8-9, 11 ~

What If I Just Don’t Believe?

If I truly believe that I can breathe underwater without any external apparatus, does it make it true? Of course, not. Once I have been informed of the truth, it is my responsibility to align my belief with the truth so that I don’t die. In the same regard, we should always align our beliefs with what is true, not attempt to shape the truth to fit our beliefs. We don’t shape God to fit our beliefs; we shape our beliefs to reflect God. (Acts 17:29)

For what if some did not believe? Will their unbelief make the faithfulness of God without effect? Certainly not! Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar.
~ Romans 3:3-4 ~
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His etermal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man…
~ Romans 1:18-23 ~ (emphasis added)

What Must I Do to be Saved?

That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
~ Romans 10:9-10 ~
Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
~ Luke 24:46-47 ~

Conclusion

What it all boils down to is that God loves you. He loves you so much, He sent His own Son to die for you so that He wouldn’t be separated from you for all eternity. Since He gave such a wonderful Gift as that, why would you reject it? If He gave His Son for you, how many more great and wonderful things does He have in store for you?

A Prayer of Salvation

Dear Father in heaven, thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for my sins. I repent of every sin that I have committed, both known and unknown. I accept the Gift that You have given by believing in my heart and confessing with my mouth that Jesus Christ is Your Son, that He died on the cross, and rose on the third day. Thank You for adopting me into Your family! In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

And that’s it!

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