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🔥 WHY DO WE NEED SALVATION?
Romans 3:23 declares, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
There is no ambiguity in this verdict. It is a universal indictment. Every man, woman, and child has transgressed God’s holy law, becoming justly liable to His wrath. The perfection demanded by divine righteousness has been utterly violated.
By nature and by choice, we are sinners—“dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1)—and therefore under condemnation. The Word of God does not flatter but pierces, declaring that “the soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Ezekiel 18:4). Death here is not mere cessation, but eternal separation from God in conscious torment.
Many deny their guilt and deceive themselves with vain comparisons, imagining that they are “no worse than others.” But Scripture shatters such illusions, for God says, “We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6).
Without salvation, every human being stands on the brink of everlasting ruin. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself warned that hell is a literal place “where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:44). Those who die without Christ will suffer conscious, eternal punishment—“everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power” (2 Thessalonians 1:9).
Thus, our greatest need is not political reform, social justice, or mere moral improvement, but salvation from sin and from the eternal wrath of Almighty God.
✝️ WHAT IS SALVATION?
Salvation is God’s gracious act of delivering sinners from sin’s penalty, power, pollution, and presence. It is rescue from the dominion of darkness and translation into the kingdom of His dear Son (Colossians 1:13). To be saved is to be spared from the eternal punishment of hell and brought into fellowship with God.
Sin’s penalty is eternal death: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). No illness or earthly loss compares to the peril of a lost soul. Christ warned, “Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:28). Salvation, therefore, concerns not temporary deliverances but the eternal destiny of the soul.
🩸 WHAT HAS GOD DONE TO PROVIDE SALVATION?
God, in His infinite mercy, has provided a Redeemer—the Lord Jesus Christ. Salvation is not the work of man reaching up to God, but of God reaching down to man in sovereign grace.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Note, the alternative to believing is perishing. God’s love is magnified not by ignoring sin, but by satisfying justice.
The Lord Jesus, being both God and man, lived a perfect life under the law (Galatians 4:4–5) and then offered Himself as a substitutionary sacrifice upon the cross. There He bore God’s wrath against sin: “He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities” (Isaiah 53:5).
Christ endured the punishment that was due to His elect, crying out under divine forsakenness, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). Though innocent, He suffered as the guilty, that the guilty might be treated as righteous—“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).
Upon His resurrection, Christ triumphed over sin, death, and hell, opening the way of eternal life for His people (Revelation 1:18).
🌍 FOR WHOM DID CHRIST DIE?
Christ laid down His life “for his sheep” (John 10:15), for those given Him by the Father before the foundation of the world (John 6:37–39). His atonement is sufficient for all but efficient only for those who believe. The merit of His death shall not fail in saving every soul for whom it was intended.
“Thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
🙏 WHO WILL BE SAVED?
The Gospel is to be preached to all without distinction—“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15)—but only those who repent and believe will be saved. Those who resist remain under wrath: “He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36).
Every sinner stands condemned already (John 3:18). None can plead ignorance or innocence. Yet God, in mercy, now commands all men everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30).
Christ promises, “Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37). But those who refuse shall hear the dreadful sentence on Judgment Day: “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41).
đź’” WHAT IS REPENTANCE?
True repentance is a divinely wrought change of mind, heart, and will concerning sin and God. It is not mere regret or fear of punishment, but sincere sorrow for having offended a holy God.
It includes confession—“Against thee, thee only, have I sinned” (Psalm 51:4)—and forsaking of sin—“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts” (Isaiah 55:7).
Repentance is necessary for salvation: “Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3). Without repentance, there is no forgiveness. Without forgiveness, there is eternal damnation.
đź’ˇ WHAT IS SAVING FAITH?
Saving faith, like repentance, is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8–9). It is not mere intellectual assent but personal trust in the crucified and risen Lord. Faith unites the believer to Christ, whereby all His merits become ours.
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).
Faith looks away from self to Christ alone for righteousness. No good work, sacrament, or church membership can avail. “There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
🕊️ HOW DO WE RECEIVE GOD’S SALVATION?
We are saved “by grace… through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8–9).
Salvation is entirely of grace—undeserved, unearned, unmerited. It is faith alone in Christ alone that reconciles the sinner to God. To trust in one’s own righteousness is to trample underfoot the blood of Christ (Hebrews 10:29).
No ritual, attendance, or human merit will shield one from Hell. Only the blood of the Lamb can cleanse a guilty conscience (Hebrews 9:14). Rejecting Christ leaves only “a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation” (Hebrews 10:27).
Today, therefore, “if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts” (Hebrews 3:15). “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
⚖️ CONCLUSION: THE ETERNAL QUESTION
You are either in Christ or under condemnation. There is no neutrality. Those who die in their sins will endure “the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8).
But to those who trust in Christ, there awaits everlasting joy: “And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain” (Revelation 21:4).
The question is not whether you will meet God, but in what condition you will meet Him.
As Jonathan Edwards solemnly warned, “There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.”
Therefore, flee from the wrath to come. Repent of your sin, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved (Acts 16:31).
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