SALVATION

 

^"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."


Salvation history is the story of God and the story of man.
It’s how God has loved and cherished mankind since the beginning of time.
It’s how mankind has journeyed from Godly riches to rags and back again.
It’s how the hero-king, the rescuer Jesus Christ, came down from his throne to share his life and deliver mankind from captivity.
Quite literally, it’s the history of how we are saved–our redemption in Jesus Christ. But it’s actually much more than that. It’s the vehicle to understand who you are in this world and what you’re supposed to be.

Salvation is real history

Salvation history comes primarily from the Bible.
The Bible is a collection of stories. These stories have different literary genres. There’s poetry, prophecy, wisdom/proverbs, epistles (letters), and history.
The historical books tell a story that unfolds over thousands of years. It can be hard to understand how it all fits together, but it does.
This is a true account. The historical narrative of the Bible is not a fairy tale or made up. It really happened.
God writes the world like men write books. History is really “His-Story.” God’s story.
God has orchestrated events in time so that what has happened, from the dawn of time, is kind of like God’s own book. He writes in actual events the same way you or I would write in words.

What is the story?

The story of salvation begins with creation, Adam and Eve, and the story of the Fall.
At the center is Christ. He is the hero and the interpretive key. All of salvation history is grounded in Christ and the Cross. Everything before leads to him. Everything after emanates from him.
But the story is actually much older than creation, and you can’t understand it without one more essential piece–the Trinity.
Before time and creation, God lived and loved in a union of Persons so perfect and wonderful, words can’t even describe it.
God created us to live in this union with him. So, everything God has “written” in history is for that purpose–the union of mankind to himself.


PRAYER OF REPENTANCE:

 

 

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness.

I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin.

You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved.

Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved.

Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.

Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.
Amen

 

 

If you just said this prayer and you meant it with all your heart and you have repented for your sins, we believe that you just got saved and are born again.  You may ask, "Now that I am saved, what's next?" First of all you need to get into a bible-based church, and study God's Word. Once you have found a church home, you will want to become water-baptized. By accepting Christ you are baptized in the spirit, but it is through water-baptism that you show your obedience to the Lord. Water baptism is a symbol of your salvation from the dead. You were dead but now you live, for the Lord Jesus Christ has redeemed you for a price! The price was His death on the cross. May God Bless You!