THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION

Psalm 103:8-18 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 15 The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; 16 the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. 17 But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children’s children— 18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

Salvation is the act of rescueing someone from harm to safty.  In the New Testament, the term salvation describes two essential components of a Christian’s life: Being delivered from the penalty of sin, which is eternal death (Romans 6:23) "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"

 Key Interpretations of Romans 6:23:The Wages of Sin (Death): Sin is described as breaking God's law, which earns a "payment" or "reasonable return." 

Sin is a separation from God, encompassing both physical and spiritual death. The Gift of God (Life): Unlike wages, is Being delivered from mortality and given the gift of eternal life. This gift of eternal life is available only through faith in Jesus Christ, the Mediator who absorbed the cost of sin. Eternal life is not something a person can earn through good deeds; rather, it is a free gift of grace that is received by believing in Jesus' sacrificial death and resurrection. 

(John 3:15-17). 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him. 16 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. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.


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