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What Is Salvation?
Salvation literally means “to be rescued and delivered from what was intended to destroy us and leave us dejected”. God, by sending His Son - Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and make a once and for all sacrifice in order to rescue us from our sins and the consequences of sin (shame, guilt, brokenness, death, and eternal separation from God), He offers us the gift of Salvation. This occurred so that God may accept Jesus’ sacrifice in our place, forgive us for our sins, remove our shame, and provide a way for us to live a full life, both now and eternally in heaven.
Why Do I Need Jesus?
The gospel is the ‘good news’. In fact, it is so good that it is almost unbelievable. But we can only truly appreciate the goodness of the gospel if we understand the reality of life without Jesus. It’s critical that we first know the bad news so that we might realise just how good the good news really is.
What’s The Bad News?
Every single one of us on the face of the earth, walking around our cities, and even sitting in our churches are all sinners who deserve God’s anger. Although physically alive, many of us are spiritually dead because of sin, and ultimately, heading to an eternity where we will be separated from God. As people, we are completely broken, and we need His saving grace – His Salvation, as there is no way we can earn our way into God’s favor.
So, What’s The Good News?
The entire Bible is basically the story of God’s mission to rescue and redeem all of humanity from sin and restore us into a right relationship with Him, because of His great love for us, and His desire for each of us to be with Him. This is the reason why He sent His Son – Jesus.
Jesus is both God and human. He came into the world, fulfilled the law completely, lived without sin, and died in our place. He lived a righteous (perfect and blameless) life before making the once and for all sacrifice to take on the world's sins and the punishment for those sins. He then rose from the dead, showing that He was victorious over sin and the consequences of sin, conquering the very thing that was supposed to be permanent: death. Then, in His grace, Jesus offered Salvation to us all.
When we believe in Jesus by faith and accept Him as our Lord and Savior, God accepts Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf and sees us as righteous and perfect because Jesus paid the debt we owed. We can have a relationship with God, turn away from sin, live life empowered by the Holy Spirit, and ultimately spend eternity in heaven with God because of Jesus’ gift of love and Salvation.
More Good News...
If you are ready to accept, or re-accept Jesus’ gift of love, life, freedom, and Salvation, then say this short prayer below, with faith:
“Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord, Saviour and King. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. I pray this in Your Holy Name. Amen"
So, What Now?
Now that you have accepted Jesus’ gift of life and Salvation, we encourage you to:
- Read your Bible, as this will help as you deepen your faith and your relationship with God.
- Find and join a community of believers who love to dive into God’s Word, pray, worship God, love others, and commit to following Jesus.
- Continue to pray and ask for more of Jesus in your life and for God to reveal more of His heart and love to you.
- Get baptized as a public declaration of your newly found freedom and faith.
Feel free to tell us about your decision, as we would love to pray with you, help with your next steps on this journey of faith, and get you plugged into a community of Jesus followers just like you all across Orlando and Central Florida.
Send an SMS to (407) 501-8655 or use the connect button to inform us of your decision.