What is Salvation according to the Bible?

"9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. " Romans 10:9-10 NIV

"24 Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." John 5:24

What is the cost?

Salvation is a free gift. God has done everything for us, and we can't earn it or buy it ourselves. We must simply have faith and believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died on the cross to pay our sin debt, rose from the dead three days later, and conquered death so that we can have eternal life with Him.

"11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."

Hebrews 11:1

Why is Salvation so Important for Christians?

As Christians, we seek to be close to and have a relationship with God. And we seek to spend eternity with Him in Heaven. We are born sinners and sin separates us from God. And the consequence of sin is (eternal) death. But through Salvation, we accept and receive the free gift of eternity in Heaven. Without salvation, we would be lost forever in (eternal) darkness and separated from God forever.

The Benefits of Salvation

1. We Are Saved

2. We Know God Personally

3. We Are Adopted into God's Family

4. We Are No Longer Subject to
God's Wrath

5. We Are Reconciled to God

6. We Are Made New

1. Although we are born sinners into this world, salvation saves us from our sinful nature. When Judgement Day comes, we will be safe from the rapture that awaits those who chose not to follow Jesus.

“He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him,

we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us,”

2 Corinthians 1:20

2. Knowing “of” God is not the same of truly knowing Him. Salvation enables us to have a deeper, close relationship with the Father.

Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 17:3

When we have this kind of intimate relationship with Him, we can hear Him speak to us – and He hears us when we call out to Him.

3. When we accept Jesus into our hearts, we are immediately welcomed into His family. As a child of God, we are heirs to the Kingdom of God!

Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Romans 8:17

4. God hates sinners and we are born a sinner. The consequence of sin is death. But when we accept Jesus into our hearts, we are, in that moment, forgiven of our sins and exempt from the coming wrath of God.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

5. When we recite the Salvation prayer, we are basically offering to reconciled to God it’s like having a truce between two opposing sides. God has no more animosity towards us for our past sins.

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

6. Salvation offers us the chance to be made new in Christ! When we choose to follow Jesus, we get a fresh start. Our past is forgiven. We shed our old selves and begin to live fully in Christ.

Will you accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior today?

He Loves you, and died for you.

Are you ready to turn away from your sins and start you relationship with God?

Let's pray together.

Lord Jesus,

I thank you for opening my eyes to my sins. I confess that I am a sinner, and I ask that you forgive me for my sins by cleansing me with your blood. I have decided to turn away from my sins and start anew. I acknowledge that Jesus died for our sins and rose again. I want to have a relationship with you Lord, and I ask that you come into my life, and be the Lord and Savior in my life. I pray this in Jesus' name .

Amen!

If you have said this prayer and would like to know more and take the next step with water baptism, please see Pastor Baker. He has some great news he would like to share with you!