Salvation belongeth to the LORD - Psalms 3:8
To understand Salvation, one has to understand what is a Sin? What is human fall?
Romans says Because of one man's (Adam) transgression, sin entered the World. Romans 5:12
This means every human being is a sinner by birth not because of his own fault but because of Adam's fault. So, God really want to save the World instead of judging the world immediately. If God immediately punished the world, he would have wiped off the life immediately from earth when Adam sinned. But, he put a plan of Salvation and Redemption for mankind by His own. But, whenever sin crosses adherence limits of God, it is the duty of the Lord to judge and punish the wicked. So, He preserved Noah and His family and a pair of each animal race before wiping out the rest of the Life in earth by Great Floods.
The promise of Salvation was announced in Garden of Eden when God said that He will crush the head of satan. As everyone knows, 'He' represents the second person in trinity, the Son, the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To bring Jesus to this world, God preserved the family of Noah but it is the big plan for the world.
What is a sin? Bible says, any human is sinful and any thought of human is sinful in nature from his childhood. Genesis 8:21 says for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.
In other words, any human being cannot be pure on His own before God Almighty. A sin is something that breaks the bond, the connection between humans and the God. Whatever it may be, if you are not able to spend time with God, then there is sin in between. Whatever took your quality time away from God, whether it is money/entertainment/movies/technology/overwork/addictions/friendship/illegal affairs/pride or anything else is sin. Whatever that affects your clean conscience is a sin. So, for God everyone has fallen short of Glory and considered a sinner.
But, Romans also says because of one man's (first Adam's) disobedience, how sin entered the world, by another man who is Jesus Christ (Second Adam's) and by His complete obedience, Salvation entered the world. Romans 5:19 To get this intimate relationship with God, to get back to the God who created the heavens and earth, who positioned the stars above, who architected the universe, we simply need to accept His Son (Lord Jesus) by faith because the Salvation is inside Him and via Salvation we get Life through Him. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and life. He is the true Light and if we are in Light, we have His Life. This can be achieved only by Jesus Christ because He is the one not of a man's seed but of woman's seed. (Virgin birth by Holy Spirit through Mary) as mentioned in Gen 3:15, otherwise He too would fall under normal human being and would be a sinner by birth and would not qualify to create Salvation. Thats why David, the psalmist cries, Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalms 51:5, Jesus was beyond this as He was concieved by Holy Spirit.
so, What is Salvation? Salvation is the starting process of eternal life of a soul in this world itself and it has to carry the soul to the end of the process which is Redemption. So, eternal life starts at Salvation and fulfills at Redemption (We will see about Redemption in another article).
How to get this Salvation? Bible clearly teaches, if one accepts Lord and Saviour Jesus in His heart and openly confesses by His mouth that He died for His sins, shed His blood for him, then He is saved or Salvation entered His life - Romans 10:9, This means God promises eternal life to a person who accepts Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and this is the definition of Salvation. But, this process of Salvation starts at that point and it will grow inside Him and Lord takes control over His life and enriches His soul and life everyday with His Words and Spirit. This will make Him move from Glory to Glory and enters the Glorious eternal life. If one is saved or entered His salvation process, then God will see Him as righteous as Jesus and considered the soul as brethren of Jesus Christ. The righteousness of Jesus is given to the soul that accepts Him.
Salvation belongs to the Lord but He created Salvation in Cross when He died shedding blood for everyone's sin. This is the best thing that God can do for a human being and He did it. But, accepting the Salvation can only be done by faith which should come from individual. That's why it is written, We are saved by His grace through faith and no one can boast as it was ordained by God. So, this fulfills the verse from where we started - Salvation belongs to the Lord - Psalms 3:8
I can keep quoting more and more but I believe the message is clear and the entire New Testament and New Covenant is about this.
God so loved the world, that he gave His only son Jesus Christ, that whoever believes Him will not perish but will get eternal life through Jesus - Salvation John 3:14
May all Glory, Honour and Praises be to God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
To understand Salvation, one has to understand what is a Sin? What is human fall?
Romans says Because of one man's (Adam) transgression, sin entered the World. Romans 5:12
This means every human being is a sinner by birth not because of his own fault but because of Adam's fault. So, God really want to save the World instead of judging the world immediately. If God immediately punished the world, he would have wiped off the life immediately from earth when Adam sinned. But, he put a plan of Salvation and Redemption for mankind by His own. But, whenever sin crosses adherence limits of God, it is the duty of the Lord to judge and punish the wicked. So, He preserved Noah and His family and a pair of each animal race before wiping out the rest of the Life in earth by Great Floods.
The promise of Salvation was announced in Garden of Eden when God said that He will crush the head of satan. As everyone knows, 'He' represents the second person in trinity, the Son, the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To bring Jesus to this world, God preserved the family of Noah but it is the big plan for the world.
What is a sin? Bible says, any human is sinful and any thought of human is sinful in nature from his childhood. Genesis 8:21 says for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth.
In other words, any human being cannot be pure on His own before God Almighty. A sin is something that breaks the bond, the connection between humans and the God. Whatever it may be, if you are not able to spend time with God, then there is sin in between. Whatever took your quality time away from God, whether it is money/entertainment/movies/technology/overwork/addictions/friendship/illegal affairs/pride or anything else is sin. Whatever that affects your clean conscience is a sin. So, for God everyone has fallen short of Glory and considered a sinner.
But, Romans also says because of one man's (first Adam's) disobedience, how sin entered the world, by another man who is Jesus Christ (Second Adam's) and by His complete obedience, Salvation entered the world. Romans 5:19 To get this intimate relationship with God, to get back to the God who created the heavens and earth, who positioned the stars above, who architected the universe, we simply need to accept His Son (Lord Jesus) by faith because the Salvation is inside Him and via Salvation we get Life through Him. Jesus said, I am the way, the truth and life. He is the true Light and if we are in Light, we have His Life. This can be achieved only by Jesus Christ because He is the one not of a man's seed but of woman's seed. (Virgin birth by Holy Spirit through Mary) as mentioned in Gen 3:15, otherwise He too would fall under normal human being and would be a sinner by birth and would not qualify to create Salvation. Thats why David, the psalmist cries, Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Psalms 51:5, Jesus was beyond this as He was concieved by Holy Spirit.
so, What is Salvation? Salvation is the starting process of eternal life of a soul in this world itself and it has to carry the soul to the end of the process which is Redemption. So, eternal life starts at Salvation and fulfills at Redemption (We will see about Redemption in another article).
How to get this Salvation? Bible clearly teaches, if one accepts Lord and Saviour Jesus in His heart and openly confesses by His mouth that He died for His sins, shed His blood for him, then He is saved or Salvation entered His life - Romans 10:9, This means God promises eternal life to a person who accepts Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and this is the definition of Salvation. But, this process of Salvation starts at that point and it will grow inside Him and Lord takes control over His life and enriches His soul and life everyday with His Words and Spirit. This will make Him move from Glory to Glory and enters the Glorious eternal life. If one is saved or entered His salvation process, then God will see Him as righteous as Jesus and considered the soul as brethren of Jesus Christ. The righteousness of Jesus is given to the soul that accepts Him.
Salvation belongs to the Lord but He created Salvation in Cross when He died shedding blood for everyone's sin. This is the best thing that God can do for a human being and He did it. But, accepting the Salvation can only be done by faith which should come from individual. That's why it is written, We are saved by His grace through faith and no one can boast as it was ordained by God. So, this fulfills the verse from where we started - Salvation belongs to the Lord - Psalms 3:8
I can keep quoting more and more but I believe the message is clear and the entire New Testament and New Covenant is about this.
God so loved the world, that he gave His only son Jesus Christ, that whoever believes Him will not perish but will get eternal life through Jesus - Salvation John 3:14
May all Glory, Honour and Praises be to God through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.
