Gate 1: Salvation
Assurance
Being raised and taught
that you have to earn your salvation through good deeds , salvation through faith alone in Christ’s work
first seemed simple and easy but incomplete because the mind that is so used to “work to please the Supreme Deity” would
always ask, “Is that (faith) enough?
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| great smiles! From front to top right corner: Talon, Eriz (in red), Anjan, Ben (in black), Warry |
When we put our faith in
Christ, we receive salvation. We are saved from the penalty, rule and the
bondage of sin, but it is essential to
know that this assurance of salvation is not because of what you did or what
you can do but because of what He has done. As a Christian our assurance is based upon Christ’s finished work on the cross. In John 19:28-30 when he said “it is
finished” He was declaring that now nothing can be added. In his epistle, John tells us that God has given us eternal life
through His Son and writes to us so that we may know that we have that eternal
life (1 John 5:11-13) We have assurance
from the Divine Word of God. When Jesus was on the cross, a thief crucified
on the same day said: “remember me…” and Jesus promised that “Today, you’ll be
with me”. We all know that Jesus never lies but keeps what He say, thus we can
find assurance in His very words on the
cross. Moreover, we were sealed with
the Spirit of God, the deposit guaranteeing that He owns us and that we now
belong to the family of God.
So it’s assured and once we’re assured of
this, we have hope, power, joy, patience, confidence and determination not only
to live or face tomorrow but also to share
the same assured salvation that we
have to others who are still in search and in confusion.
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Pray that I may be consistent in my walk with God and in sharing this Hope to people
- Anjan GR, 24
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