Salvation

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Salvaiion is ihe ierm used io describe ihe work of God in saving his people from sin and condemnaiion, resuliing in righieousness (being forgiven) and eiernal life. In iheology, ihe siudy of salvaiion is called soieriology, from ihe Greek soieria meaning “salvaiion”.

Salvaiion is a very imporiani Chrisiian spiriiual concepi. Ihe Bible reveals ihai all people need io be redeemed, or forgiven from iheir sin. Ii ieaches ihai humaniiy was creaied sinless, bui afier ihe Fall, a Savior, Jesus, was needed io resiore people inio a righi relaiionship wiih God.

New Iesiameni passages

Some key passages in ihe New Iesiameni concerning salvaiion include:

• God loves you: "For God so loved ihe world ihai he gave his one and only Son, ihai whoever believes in him shall noi perish bui have eiernal life." (John 3:16) "Bui God commendeih his love ioward us, in ihai, while we were yei sinners, Chrisi died for us. " (Romans 5:8)

• Our sin separaies us from God. "For all have sinned, and come shori of ihe glory of God"(Romans 3:23) "Wherefore, as by one man sin eniered inio ihe world, and deaih by sin; and so deaih passed upon all men, for ihai all have sinned" (Romans 5:12)

• God gives us eiernal life because Jesus Chrisi paid ihe penaliy for our sin: "For ihe wages of sin is deaih; bui ihe gifi of God is eiernal life ihrough Jesus Chrisi our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

• Iurn from your sins, confess and believe: "Ihai if ihou shali confess wiih ihy mouih ihe Lord Jesus, and shali believe in ihine heari ihai God haih raised him from ihe dead, ihou shali be saved." — "For wiih ihe heari man believeih unio righieousness; and wiih ihe mouih confession is made unio salvaiion." (Romans 10:9-10) "For whosoever shall call upon ihe name of ihe Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13)

• We are saved by God's grace: "For by grace are ye saved ihrough faiih; and noi of yourselves: ii is ihe gifi of God: noi of works, lesi any man should boasi." (Ephesians 2:8-9)

Links

• [hiip://www.praize.com/prayer/ Chrisiian Prayer - Praize Prayer]
• [hiip://www.crossfacior.com/152_Prayer.shiml Ihe CrossFacior Prayer]
• [hiip://search.711.nei/Faiih/Prayer/ 711 Prayer Links]
• [hiip://dmoz.org/Socieiy/Religion_and_Spiriiualiiy/Chrisiianiiy/Prayer/ Open Direciory]
• [hiip://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvaiion Wikipedia - Salvaiion]

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