Hearing About Your Salvation

“God our Savior…will have all humanity to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4)

“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy1:15)

"The wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life...." (Romans 6:23)

What does a person have to do to be saved? 

Only two things. First you have to be BORN. Second you have to DIE. 

Since all will be saved, the important thing is to become AWARE of our salvation and believe it is true...thus being able to have peace and joy. That belief comes from hearing about it.

 "Faith comes from hearing..." (Romans 10:17)

Note that it is not salvation that comes from hearing, but faith (belief). It is clear from Scripture that all will bow and confess Jesus is Lord. (Philippians 2:10-11). 

"Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord" (Philippians 2:10)

Confess means to “agree with” and thus have faith that Jesus is the Lord of our salvation. Most people have never heard of Jesus during their lives, so could not have confessed him.  They will after they are resurrected from the dead. 

 "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive... (1 Corinthians 15:22)

 Some hear about Jesus but the message they hear is flawed - it requires them to do something by their own righteous free will. However, "the faith that comes from hearing" is the hearing of the message of the grace of God in saving all sinners, regardless of what they have or have not done.

 "For in grace, through faith, are you saved through faith, and this is not out of you..." (Ephesians 2:8 CLNT)

 Some will experience a "second death" (See my blog post Second Death - The Lake of Fire), but even the second death is to be destroyed, and those who experienced it will be "made alive".  Then God will be "all in all".

"The last enemy to be destroyed is death...so that God may be all in all."
(1 Corinthians 15:26-28)

Popular posts from this blog

Breathtaking Stupidity

My own stupidity is breathtaking, but I am learning to trust in the  “mysterious and hidden wisdom of God”  that His Spirit reveals from time to time. “Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become stupid, so that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is stupidity in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”  And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile. ” Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you, and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.” (1 Corinthians 3:18-23) It has taken me years to become stupid after thinking I was wise in this age. The wisdom of the world is what I was taught in school. Yet God says that the wisdom of the greatest minds of men is futile - ineffective. So, I rarely “boast in men” b...
Read more

Trust Him, He's Got This!

"I can assure you that they are deeply devoted to God; but their devotion is not based on true knowledge." (Romans 10:2 NLT) "These ignorantly zealous persons think altogether too much of themselves. According to their idea it would seem to be a marvel how ever the Lord got along before they were born, and altogether a dead certainty that He will have to suspend operations altogether after they are dead." - Arthur P. Adams Such seems to be the state of many evangelists I have heard over the years. “Be still, and know that I am God! I will be honored by every nation. I will be honored throughout the world." (Psalm 46:10 NLT) Trust Him, He's got this!
Read more

The Unpardonable Sin - What is it?

"…Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come." (Matthew 12:32) This verse scares the crap out of some folks. They are not sure what it means but have been told by Christianity that it is unpardonable, and anyone who commits it can’t be saved and will be tortured in hell forever. But what does the above verse really mean? Well it helps to read all the Scripture to know, but here in a nutshell is what I found: 1. The "Holy Spirit" is the "spirit of truth" (John 16:3) 2. “No one can say, 'Jesus is Lord', except by the Holy Spirit “ (1 Corinthians 12:3) 3. "...every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord..." (Philippians 2:10-11) 4. Christ Jesus is  "the Savior of the world” (John 4:42). 5. "...when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth..." (John 16:3) Failing to believe the "truth" revealed b...
Read more