The Key to Salvation is Belief in the Gospel
The gospel presented in the Bible is the good news that God may declare someone to be righteous even though they are sinful. This is a gospel of grace, meaning that the one in question has not done anything to earn or deserve it and that God has provided this salvation freely to all of mankind regardless of the extent of their depravity, their race, social status, or former creed.
God has arranged a just means to declare a person righteous. The sin of man is not overlooked or brushed aside but rather was paid for in full by the death and resurrection of Christ. God sent Christ to become a man. He was the only man who ever lived a sinless life. He thereby demonstrated His qualification to the world as a perfect and sufficient sacrifice. God divinely imputed the sin of mankind to Christ, and Christ died in our place. Not only did He die for the forgiveness of our sins, He was raised from the dead and exalted to the highest place of honor at God’s right hand declaring justification for all who believe.
God has provided a solution for the salvation of man. It begins with the personal acknowledgment of the deadly result of sin. Having made that acknowledgment, we must exercise faith by believing that God is satisfied with Christ’s Sacrifice and sin is forgiven and removed. Exercising faith in God’s solution to the sin problem also means dismissing any other way of becoming right with God. Additionally, we must recognize that more than merely a forgiveness of sin; believers receive the righteousness of God as their own by their intimate association with the Risen Christ. God, through Christ, makes the believer Holy.
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Table of Contents: The Last Adam
Text for this post has been borrowed from my Kindle eBook The Last Adam (Book 1 of the Grace and Knowledge Series), by Brother Woody Brohm. Copyright 2012.
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