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The Salvation of My Soul, the End Result of My Faith
(1Pe1:3-9)
God is the God of salvation (Ps68:20).
Salvation belongs to Him (Ps3:8; Rev7:10) and
He saves those who consider salvation as the greatest thing (He2:3).
Faith is believing Yeshua Christ as my Savior (Mi7:7) and
The life of this faith is knowing that salvation of my soul from hell as the greatest thing and
Running to arrive at salvation (Ge19:17; Php2:12; He2:1-3).
Salvation is the most important thing in a desperate situation.
Liberal Christian theologies focus on material salvation from poverty, ignorance, tyranny etc,
Causing Christians to stop midway.
But the Bible warns that the end result of faith is the salvation of the soul (1Pe1:9)
From the price of sin, from hell (Mk9:44; Rm6:23; 2Pe3:7).
The three heavens (2Ch2:6) are: 1) the first heaven/ the atmosphere; 2) the second heaven/ the universe; 3) the third heaven/ the spiritual heaven (2Co12:2).
• Hades/ Sheol — the universe — "the first heaven and the first earth” (Ge1:1-2; Rev21:1) — the pit/ darkness (Is14:15; 2Pe2:4) — “the everlasting chains” (Jude1:6) — to be burned up (2Pe3:7-13);
• Hell — the unquenchable fire — the lake of fire (Rev20:14) — spiritual beings do not die (Mk9:43-49).
Adam the ancestor was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge2:17, 3:4-6) and
All men became bound for hell with the devil (Mt25:41).
After the exodus, God saved Israel from disasters, distress, enemies etc (2Sa22:3; 2Ch20:9).
While the sanctuary reminded them that Jehovah is the God of salvation,
They forgot Him (1Sa10:19; Ps106:21; Is17:10) and
Rather asked the Egyptians to save them (Is31:1-3).
For such, they were repeatedly defeated and eventually lost their sovereignty.
The one ray of hope for Israel was the prophecy regarding
The appearance of the Messiah who will proclaim salvation coming to Zion (Is52:7, 62:11).
Accordingly, virgin Mary conceived a son and
He was given the name Yeshua for He will save His people from their sins (Mt1:21).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21), He would
Fulfill the Law which revealed sin, the price of sin, the present state of man (Rm7:8-25) and
Give salvation through the forgiveness of sins (Lk1:77) for:
Jehovah—the God of the flesh of Israel—daily— saved from reality (Jer32:27; Ps68:9); but
Yeshua—the God of all spirits (He12:9)— forever—saves from hell (Jn3:17, 12:47).
The miracles and the wonders that He displayed during His public life (Mt8:25, 9:20-22) were
The signs that He is the Savior and
He revealed that He and the kingdom of heaven and salvation are the same (Mt19:23-24).
As He died on the cross, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), for
The Word in the beginning, the God of salvation, became flesh (Jn1:1, 14) and
Through His pierced body made a way out of the immense prison Hades (Jn14:6; He10:19-20):
1) He died obeying the command and commended His soul to the Father, for salvation belongs to the Father alone (Jnh2:6; Jn10:18; He5:7-9);
2) He judged the devil, the origin of sin (1Jn3:8); and
3) His death — redeemed — all mankind — delivered
His blood — those who believe/ justified — to be saved from God’s wrath (Rm5:9).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven and
He is the source of eternal salvation, the Savior (Ac5:31, Rev7:10).
The Holy Spirit preaches the good news that saves those who believe His name (Ac16:31) and
Proclaims that there is no other name by which we are saved (Ac4:12).
Therefore, the man of the Spirit:
1) Praises and worships the name of salvation Yeshua and evil spirits flee (2Ch20:22-23);
2) Cries out the name of Yeshua and he is saved also in his reality (Ps68:19; 3Jn1:2);
3) Sees all men not as flesh but as souls and saves them with the passion to save; and
4) Confesses the name of Yeshua to the end, and he is finally saved (Rm5:9, 10:9-10).
O Lord,
While I am in the flesh, let me live for the salvation of my soul.
Like Lot’s family who escaped the city of Sodom,
Let me and all You have given me not look back or hesitate but run until the end! Amen.