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“Salvation” refers to God’s act of saving us from our sins. The Son of God was called Jesus because He would save His people from their sins. The name means, ‘God is our Salvation.’ Therefore, we refer to Jesus as the Saviour of the World.
Christian understanding of salvation is different from what other religions or traditions mean by the same term.
Those who put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for their salvation, and make His death and resurrection their own – through Christian water baptism – set out on a long journey called the Christian life or the Christian pilgrimage. It is natural for new Christians to have doubts about their status in Christ, about the Bible, about practices in the Church, etc.
A great start can make all the difference to a long journey. To help you make good progress in your spiritual life, let us take you through the most significant things you should do after making the all-important decision to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
You chose the small, narrow door. But are you walking the narrow path that leads to eternal life?
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. – Jesus Christ.Matthew 5:13-14
What does it mean to be “born-again” or “born-anew”? Most evangelicals will tell you that you were born-again the moment you “invited Jesus into your heart.” They will point out the spiritual experience accompanying such moments of “conversion” as evidence of God’s work in your heart. Is “experience” the test of all truth? What did Jesus actually mean when He said to Nicodemus, “You must be born again?”
Why is Exodus the best illustration for understanding the nature of Christian salvation? What lessons can we learn from it? Will people’s claim – “Once saved, always saved” – hold any water if held against this divinely appointed illustration? What does the word "saved" imply? Why should we persevere along the narrow path after we have entered the narrow gate?
John Calvin and his followers espouse a “Reformed” view of Christian salvation, aka Calvinism. They emphasize God’s sovereignty at the expense of God-given human free-will. The main points of their teaching is popularly known by the acronym ‘TULIP.’ You can either follow Calvinism or believe in John 3:16.