Salvation is a miracle that only God can perform. It requires that God take a dead soul and make it spiritually alive. This can only happen when a person’s sins have been forgiven, which demands that the payment for sin (eternal damnation in Hell) be satisfied. Inconceivable as it may seem, the Lord Jesus Christ had to become a man, had to become sin (for all the people He came to save) and had to suffer the equivalent of an eternity in Hell (on their behalf), and then had to rise from the dead proving that He had indeed been victorious. Only then can those people be made righteous (as God Himself) as God transfers His goodness to them.
For He [God the Father] hath made Him [Jesus Christ] to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
And declared to be the Son of God [Jesus Christ] with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead…(Romans 1:4)
2007-10-08 08:45:29 · 6 answers · asked by JESUS means: JAHWEH is Salvation 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
throw out religion and think for yourself
2007-10-08 08:48:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Faith in Jesus Christ, Repentance, Baptism by immersion, and the Gift of the Holy Ghost
2007-10-08 15:50:17 · answer #2 · answered by Isolde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For conversion to take place a sinner must first be drawn to Christ by the father (Jn. 6:44), being convicted by the Holy Spirit of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment (Jn. 6:8-11), and in which God usually uses the preaching and example of men (as a careful study of Acts 2 reveals). And because of his sins and lack of righteousness (in contrast with the Lord's) and the judgment he will therefore face, he must realize his complete inability to escape Hell nor gain Heaven on his own merit (or that of the church). But like Abraham, who was utterly unable to effect the promise of God through Sarah, but who “considered not his own body now dead,” and "staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform" (Rom 4:19a, 20-21), so the lost destitute but repentant sinner must look to Christ, the Son of the living God, and trust in the promise of life through faith/dependence in Him and His atoning blood.
When such a convicted sinner whole-heartedly believes and thus confesses the risen LORD Jesus for salvation then he is saved (Rm. 10:9-`13). This corresponds to 1 Cor. 6:11, in which it is stated that the redeemed were “washed,” “sanctified,” and “justified” in the name of Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” Having been convicted and enabled by God to repent and believe, the sinner who yields to such is forgiven and washed (as it were) by the blood of Christ,and set apart (sanctified) by receiving the Holy Spirit and is justified with the imputed righteousness of Christ.
Praise be to God.
2007-10-08 16:01:56 · answer #3 · answered by www.peacebyjesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or, you could just recognize the fact that all religions are creations of man, and we don't actually need to be saved from anything.
2007-10-08 15:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to be saved from, noone to do the saving. Quoting the Bible demonstrates nothing.
2007-10-08 15:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by neil s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If only you could hear what you are saying from someone else's perspective, maybe you could see why we think it is ridiculous.
2007-10-08 15:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by daisy mcpoo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋