SALVATION

If you were on a greased sliding board hurtling toward a pit of fire and a strong hand grabbed a hold of you and halted your slide, you would rightfully consider yourself to have been SAVED.  However, the SALVATION made available to us through the work of JESUS CHRIST is literally infinitely more than that.

Yes, JESUS stopped our slide into hell, but that was only a small part of SALVATION HE not only stopped the slide, but he made it possible for us to be changed in the core of our very nature - our souls.  By the shedding of His blood, JESUS totally reversed everything! Now, instead of sliding toward hell, we are totally lifted out of the curse of GOD THE FATHER, and placed in the very center of His blessings.  HIS wrath is quenched totally by HIS love.

From being worthy of only death and eternal damnation because we have broken the law of Moses, we have been transformed into true sons and daughters of GOD.  We have been recreated from our inner depths outward.  Now when GOD THE FATHER looks upon us, He no longer sees anything but the image of His beloved SON, JESUS CHRIST.  Daily, as Christians, we grow more and more into the image of JESUSJESUS is the firstborn from the dead. He is the seed that fell into the ground and died in order that a new tree could grow.  HE IS THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA - THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

So the proper question to ask a Christian is not ,"Are you saved?"  Rather, you should ask the question, "Has the SPIRIT OF JESUS CHRIST been born within you?  Are you now able to speak directly to GOD THE FATHER and call him, DAD?  Are you a new creation in CHRIST JESUS?  Does the living water of GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT flow continuously from the greatest depths of your heart and soul in to the world around you?  Can you say, as JESUS did "I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE"?

YOU ARE NOT READING THESE WORDS BY ACCIDENT. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS DRAWN YOU HERE. THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST HAS OPENED TO DOOR TO NOT ETERNAL DEATH, BUT TO ETERNAL LIFE.  IF YOU CAN SAY 'YES' TO THAT WHICH HAS BEEN SAID ABOVE, THEN YOU MY BROTHER AND YOU MY SISTER, HAVE EXPERIENCE THE MIRACLE OF SALVATION!  PRAISE BE UNTO THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT FOREVER AND EVER.