Heaven on earth…”
Keep the faith. Stay the course. God is coming soon. Keep living as His Light to the world.
To “get saved” is to bring heaven to us. It’s not necessarily a gift given by God that gets us to heaven.
Recently I read an article published in a book entitled, What does it mean to be saved? In the words of Watts, salvation is the “new creational restoration” of man who is created in the image and likeness of God and, therefore, His image bearer. Because man fell into sin by disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, man lost his “light bearing status” before God and His creation. Jesus came to redeem man from his sin and lift him to the light bearing status for which he was created. In Christ we are reflecting the light of God as we walk in obedience to God–loving Him with all our being and loving our neighbors as ourselves. So salvation is a restoration of the “image-bearer” by becoming a new creation in Christ Jesus. It is the Holy Spirit that brings the new life to bear May I share some more words of Mr. Watt’s that further supports his thesis of “image-bearer” salvation?
In light of this, what should we do with this “so great a salvation”? We must realize that we are saved by believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth that Jesus Christ is our Savior. And we must recognize that we are being saved daily as we surrender our will to the Spirit of God, asking Him to rule over our hearts. Finally, we will be saved to the uttermost when Christ glorifies our bodies at the resurrection. How should we then live? Live everyday as the light-bearer we were created to be. Let the light of Jesus shine through us until we are seen by others as the true image of Jesus to this world.
Keep the faith. Stay the course. God is coming soon. Keep living as His Light to the world.
To “get saved” is to bring heaven to us. It’s not necessarily a gift given by God that gets us to heaven.
Recently I read an article published in a book entitled, What does it mean to be saved? In the words of Watts, salvation is the “new creational restoration” of man who is created in the image and likeness of God and, therefore, His image bearer. Because man fell into sin by disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, man lost his “light bearing status” before God and His creation. Jesus came to redeem man from his sin and lift him to the light bearing status for which he was created. In Christ we are reflecting the light of God as we walk in obedience to God–loving Him with all our being and loving our neighbors as ourselves. So salvation is a restoration of the “image-bearer” by becoming a new creation in Christ Jesus. It is the Holy Spirit that brings the new life to bear May I share some more words of Mr. Watt’s that further supports his thesis of “image-bearer” salvation?
In light of this, what should we do with this “so great a salvation”? We must realize that we are saved by believing in our heart and confessing with our mouth that Jesus Christ is our Savior. And we must recognize that we are being saved daily as we surrender our will to the Spirit of God, asking Him to rule over our hearts. Finally, we will be saved to the uttermost when Christ glorifies our bodies at the resurrection. How should we then live? Live everyday as the light-bearer we were created to be. Let the light of Jesus shine through us until we are seen by others as the true image of Jesus to this world.
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