THE DOCTRINE OF SALVATION

Salvation is God's grace upon mankind. It is achievable not by any works, it is not a right. It is only accessible through obedience to God. Obedience to God is submission to Jesus Christ. For it is Jesus who made it possible that we can be saved. 

Salvation is a free gift to be taken by everybody. It is all inclusive, it never discriminates in terms of color, race, height, stature, social status, education, etc (Luke 18:9-14). To whoever comes to Him, to them He gave the power to become children of God (John 1:12).

Now, salvation from what?

Man is a sinner. And by way of being sinner, it provided a way for the devil to seek to fullfil his agenda of tormenting, killing and destroying man. For the devil is already cursed and condemned eternally. The philosophy/practice of Salvation therefore is redemption of the human race from the torment of the devil and eternal death. For nothing else could have been done to set man free, apart from shedding the spotless blood of Jesus CHRIST.

Obedience to God by recognition of the true and justified sacrifice of the spotless blood of Jesus CHRIST which cleanses us from our former sinful self and are made anew by the grace of God (2 Corinthians 5:17). In that, we are made to assume the righteousness of Jesus (1 Corinthians 1:30), (2 Corinthians 5:21), (Romans 3:21-22; 4:13; 9:30, 10:4). It is by this way that we are made holy and acceptable before God. The conclusive affirmation here is that Salvation is only by God, and right in the way that He has directed us. There is nothing else besides it, you either take it and live, or deny it and die.

The Christian doctrine of Salvation is well stipulated in the Holy Scriptures. First of all, it is by accepting, and submission to the begotten Son of God; Jesus CHRIST. To know Jesus is to know God. All that God demands of us to know about Him, He has engraved it in Jesus. And if Salvation is only from God, so it is that everyone needs Jesus CHRIST if to be saved. And yes we are because Jesus is our Savior (John 14:9-11).

Salvation can't be made anything else other than what it is, more so what Jesus designed it to be. Many individuals have created versions of salvation but those (versions) are only known to those individuals. Salvation is well expounded in scripture. If it is less or more than what scripture tells us it is, then it becomes something else, not the form that Jesus CHRIST formed on the cross. Salvation is not a religion, it is not a practice, and it is not a lifestyle. It is life; it is recreating a relationship with God without which one is counted dead. It is not about what we do. It is never by right and not by merit. It only comes by God's grace (Ephesians 2:8), (Acts 15:11).

What is the process of acquiring Salvation?

Scripture is very clear on the process of acquiring Salvation, but the clearest scripture is (Romans 10:8-10). The process of Salvation must first of all involve recognition of the worthiness of the almighty God. And that Jesus is the indisputable Son of God. This is to be followed by one's acceptance and confession that Jesus Christ was sent by God the Father for none else but to die on the cross so that the sin of the world can be forgiven. And that Jesus rose from the dead and He is now seated on the right hand of God the Father (Acts 7:55-56), (Romans 8:34), (Ephesians 1:20), (Colossians 3:1). 

Then one should recognize that he/she is helplessness to overcome sin by self, and thereby submit and accept the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin. If all this is done, then one confesses to be saved and indeed he is.

Additionally, one should pronounce change of allegiance from the devil (by denying the devil and his works) to God's will and thereby follow in the footsteps of Jesus CHRIST. For a Christian must exhibit his allegiance to Jesus and God by both  good works (holiness) and thought (righteousness).

Why is Salvation only through Jesus?

Salvation is only through Jesus because He alone offered Himself to be the only true acceptable and justified sacrifice for the remission of sin. It is only Jesus who has lived in the human flesh free of sin. No body else could have. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life without whom, nobody can have access to God the Father (John 14:6-7). No one else has ever made such a statement.

The life of Jesus was indisputably exceptional. Despite that He (Jesus) was indisputably sinless, He did not seek to find a way to condemn the sinful man, but He sought for a way (no matter the cost) to make us be like Him and to be justified. Who else could it be??? Who else could afford??? This is not something to be simply claimed, for one must be exactly what he says.

As that, all that is Salvation must have its roots in Jesus CHRIST, and the work He did on the cross. I mean the Salvation by which we are granted eternal life and are led to Heaven to meet God the Father. Jesus is the exact meaning of salvation.

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WILL THERE BE SEX IN HEAVEN?

Surely, there will be no sex in heaven. Jesus teaches that in heaven, we will all be spirits. We will all be like the angels of heaven which can't either be defined as male or female (Mathew 22:23-33). There will be no male or female; we will all be spirits, in the image of God. There will be no marriage and obviously no any such actions associated with marriage.

The primary purpose of sex on earth is to reproduce physical mortal bodies. In heaven, there is no need for sex so as to reproduce. There will not be these earthly physical mortal bodies in heaven.

However, there are some religions who are nursing the belief that there will be male and female in heaven and that sex will be there as it is here on earth. In fact they presume sex will be part of the rewards by God to whoever will have pleased Him. I must categorically say; this is a false belief with no any scriptural back up.

Having formerly been a Muslim, I have no choice but to say what I am going to say, and just the way it was taught to me. I was taught while still a young Muslim boy that when you die a Muslim, one of the rewards for dying a Muslim is to be given women who would present themselves to you when you need them. Such a belief would drive not only me but many of others to strive to be the Muslims that Allah wanted us to be. This is because nobody doubts how sweet and exciting sex can be. In fact, to Muslims, everything that is as sweet here on earth either to eat or practice is one of the rewards by Allah to those who closely follow after him. 

We were made to believe that just as the physical mortal person is here, so will he/she be in heaven and therefore all that that person enjoys or holds dear here on earth will equally be available to the same in heaven. The Muslim young men who set themselves ablaze today with the aim to die with or kill many others (non-believers in the Muslim faith, infidels), do it in the spirit that Allah will after all reward them with many sweet good things including virgin girls so as to thank them for the “good” job done. However though, just as I said before, all such is mere say with no evidenced proof.

Many other religions have strange beliefs; which I may not be able to mention one after the other, that are never founded. However though, the Christian Faith is very clear on such very topical issues. When we die, we have simply transformed into spirits, whether destined to hell or to heaven. There is no male or female spirit. There is therefore no mechanism of playing sex because it is an act that involves physical mortal bodies. In heaven, we will have put on heavenly bodies (1Corinthians 5:1-10), like the one Jesus put on when He ascended to heaven. Equally so, those who are destined to hell will put on the type of body which is suitable for hell fire.

Additionally, the rewards of being faithful believers and followers of Jesus CHRIST will not be as we envisage them here on earth. There may not actually be such rewards as we may presume (1 Corinthians 5:4), but one reward scripture states categorically is eternal life (Romans 6:23), what goes with it is only known to God almighty.

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