Jesus Christ, the True Salvation!

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Acts 4:12, Romans 6:23 NIV

We ought to know that true salvation comes only from Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12), for He proclaims that He is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). This is because He was crucified on the cross as atonement of our sins (Colossians 2:13-15), and has given us eternal life instead of death (Romans 6:23). The main reason for this is that God has still loved us so much when we are sinners (Romans 3:23;5:12), due to the fact that we were still part of God’s creation (Genesis 1:27). Thus, for this reason, the word of God declares:

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (John 3:16-17)

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. (1 John 4:9-10)

Therefore, since Jesus Christ is the true salvation to the eternal kingdom of heaven (Philippians 3:20-21, 2 Corinthians 5:1-5)—we ought to crucify our worldly desires and passions, and we also ought to abide in the Spirit of God (Galatians 5:24-25). This is because the Spirit of God (John 14:15-27) leads to eternal life (Romans 8:1-13). The reason why we have to crucify our worldly desires, in order to fully abide in the Holy Spirit is that both of their desires seems to contradict each other (Galatians 5:17). This is the reason why the word of God states, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” (Matthew 6:24) In fact, the word of God strongly points out that we have to be overcomers of the world in 1 John 5:1-5 and 1 John 2:15-17, for the word of God says, “You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. Or do you think Scripture says without reason that he jealously longs for the spirit he has caused to dwell in us?” (James 4:4-5)

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. (Titus 2:11-14)

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. (Colossians 3:1-4)