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Salvation
Written by David Creech
Friday, 20 March 2009 10:01
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Page 1 of 10 It seems that among those that call themselves "Christians," there is fairly consistent agreement over what the word "salvation" means, but much disagreement over how to obtain it.
Let us start by addressing the first, and then speak at length of the second.
Salvation defined:
The first definition above might be considered a secular definition of salvation, but is nonetheless closely tied to the second, non-secular or religious definition. To deliver someone from the "power and penalty of sin" is at the heart of our discussion of salvation, and closely tied to "redemption." See the article about "God's Redeemed" on the home page.
The word "salvation" comes from the Latin word "salvare," meaning, "to save."
Why do we need to be saved?
Romans 3:10
As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one. (KJV)
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (NASU)
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NASU)
We see from these passages that we have ALL sinned, and that the price to be paid for that sin is death. The Bible is not speaking here of a physical death, for these fragile bodies that house our souls will all cease to exist at some point. Instead, it is speaking of a spiritual death - eternal separation of our soul from the Creator.
Okay, but what is sin?
1 John 3:4
... sin is transgression of the law. (KJV)
The Creator has, from the dawn of creation, made known to mankind what is right and acceptable in His sight. From how we should worship Him, to how we should conduct ourselves with our fellow man, God has always expressed His desires (in the form of law), and allowed man the choice of whether to obey or disobey. The choice to disobey, to "transgress" God's law, is sin.
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