Gift of Salvation Part 2

 

    Salvation is a free gift from God given to you and everyone else who accepts through Jesus.  It makes you a Christian, a part of God's family.  You are adopted in to be loved and cared for eternity.  No one can take it away from you once you accept.  

    Salvation has nothing to do with how good you were before.  It is offered to everyone.  After salvation you become better out of love not duty.  Nothing you ever do in life is not influenced by the world in some way.  That makes your best deeds not good enough.  Don't wait to accept salvation until you are good enough or you will wait too long.  Accept it and then work with God on becoming who you were made to be.

    Salvation is a gift of love.  Jesus came to the world to show what love should look like.  He was gracious, kind, and firm to the truth.  He made the ultimate sacrifice to be the last sacrifice.  God sent him and he obeyed.  When he left, he left his people with the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit empowers Christian's new nature to be like Jesus.

    Everyone is an enemy of God until the moment of salvation.  It is proof of His love.  Why would He even bother pursuing you or anyone else?  Jesus took the the death that you deserved onto himself, so you have the opportunity not to spend eternity separated from God in regret.  

    You can have salvation only one way: faith.  You believe that Jesus was who he said he was, that he died, and that he resurrected himself to live among people for 40 more days before ascending to Heaven still living to be with God until the time of his return.  It is that simple.  You just have to believe, pronounce it, and turn from your sins as the Holy Spirit convicts you of them.

    Baptism is the first act of faith that God request of you.  Next you need to find a church that teaches the complete Bible not just the feel good parts or change it to suite society.  It doesn't have to be a particular formula or traditional church.  The point is to be with fellow believers that will help you grow and encourages you to disciple.  Christians were never meant to find salvation and then sit on the sideline allowing the world to figure it out for themselves.  You are called to live out Jesus' love like he did.

Romans 5:6-11, Ephesians 2:8-10, Colossians 1:21-23, & Titus 1:1-7, 3:1-11