Salvation and what the bible says is very simple. Then man gets involved, it gets so complicated and confusing I believe most people turn there back and walk away. Let us go to the Bible for a simple answer we can understand. Take your bible and turn to the Gospel of John chapter 3 verses 15 thru 18. Here Jesus teaches us about salvation and how to receive it.

SALVATION AND WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS

VERSE 15: ” That whoever BELIEVES in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

VERSE 16: For GOD so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever BELIEVES in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Verse 17: For GOD did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be SAVED.

VERSE 18: He who BELIEVES in Him is NOT condemned, but he who does not BELIEVE is condemned already because he has not BELIEVED in the name of the only begotten SON.”

Salvation comes from BELIEVING in Jesus Christ and only thru him. (CHRIST means: our savior or messiah) The pathway to salvation leads us to another aspect of salvation, that is repentance of our sins. The Bible says in Romans 3:23 ” For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of GOD.” The keyword in this verse is “all”. You are not the only person to have sinned. No sin is greater or lesser than any other sin. For this is why Jesus left heaven and was born of the virgin Mary. Jesus the Son of GOD became a mortal man! Think for a minute Why would Jesus leave Heaven. HE lives in Heaven, never to want anything, He has it already, no sickness, no pain or suffering, He lives in heaven. Why would you leave?

 

   SALVATION, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Remember JOHN 3:16 ‘For GOD so loved the world”. It is because of “LOVE”. GOD the Father and his Son LOVED us so much, Jesus was willing to leave heaven, become a man, to suffer and die on the cross for our sins

The Bible teaches that only through the shedding of blood can our sins be washed away. Never to be remembered by GOD again!!!!

In the Old Testament times ( this was before Christ came to earth) this was done through animal sacrifices. When Jesus came to earth, He went to the cross to pay our sin debt of the world. By sacrificing his life and shedding his blood for our sins. This sacrifice was the greatest thing to ever happen in all the universe. Jesus came and paid our sin debt in full. Why would he do this? Because of” LOVE” !!!!! Jesus loved us with a love so great it is beyond our understanding. At the cross, Jesus died for all sin, past, present, and future. When Jesus died on the cross, we had not been born yet, our sins had not been committed yet. Now that is a “LOVE ” that surpasses all our understanding.

SO, WHAT HAS THE BIBLE TAUGHT US ABOUT SALVATION?

  1. GOD IS LOVE! HE LOVES us with a LOVE so great it is beyond our understanding

  2. YOU MUST BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST

  3. WE MUST ACCEPT HIM AS OUR SAVIOR, FOR WHAT HE DONE FOR US ON THE CROSS.

  4. WE HAVE ALL SINNED, YOU ARE NOT THE EXCEPTION!

  5. YOU NEED TO REPENT AND CONFESS OUR SINS TO JESUS CHRIST,( HE is waiting eagerly to forgive you)

  6. THEN WE WILL RECEIVE THE FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE FROM JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  8. NOW WAS NOT THAT SIMPLE