Salvation
Salvation:1. the act of saving or protecting from harm, risk, loss, destruction, etc.
2. the state of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
3. a source, cause, or means of being saved or protected from harm, risk, etc.
4. Theology. deliverance from the power and penalty of sin; redemption.
I grew up with the 'Four spiritual laws' and the 'Roman road' as means of leading someone to salvation...but I'm wondering if it's much simplier. I can't imagine God with a clipboard and pen checking off the steps to salvation like some ToDo list of sorts.
John 3:16 tells us God wants us to have 'eternal life'.
John 17:3 tells us 'eternal life' is knowing the one and only true God.
What if the 'prayer of salvation' is...
God, I want to know you.
Isn't that truely what God is after...a relationship with us. Doesn't he affect all else (i.e. the above definitions of Salvation) through that 'one on one' relationship?
posted by Rick @ 5:54 AM
1 Comments:
I accept Paul's statement that God is Love. This image has helped me shake the childhood notion of God as a "He" (or "She".)
We are invited to join this Love through thought and action and to join with this Love through prayer.
Salvation, then means living love.
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