Title: Save Me
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Text: Acts 4:12
One of the most used sentences when we evangelize is “If you believe in Jesus, you will be saved.”
Here, the word salvation is used in English as salvation or redemption. This word means “save from”. “to deliver from”, “to deliver from sin.” It has several meanings such as In particular, Redemption in English means “to make ransom and save a sinner.” In other words, it means to set the sinner free by paying the price.
If we define salvation in the Bible based on these things,
First, it means deliverance from sin.
People who were created in God's image by God had to live according to God's good will, but because they were greedy and arrogant, they did not obey God's word and sinned. Adam and Eve, the fathers of mankind, sinned by eating the forbidden fruit, and their son Cain killed his brother Abel and sinned. They were all led by the devil and sinned and became slaves of the devil and slaves of sin. It has become impossible for them and their descendants to live without sinning no matter how hard they try. He was bound by the chains of sin and became a complete slave to sin.
Kanzo Uchimura of Japan confesses how futile his ethical efforts are in his “Theory of Salvation”. After Kanzo Uchimura came to believe in Jesus, he decided to live a life free from sin through his own efforts, demonstrating the Japanese martial arts and being fair before God. ① I don't lie. ② I am not greedy. ③ I don't hate people. While making this determination, he tried his best to keep the 10 commandments in his own way, but he realized it was in vain and finally confesses. "Ah! I am a greedy person naughty sleeper I am full of hate, and I cannot shake off lies.” He declared to God, “You are my righteousness and my Lord, you are my righteousness, and I have been made good because of you. Please hold me.” When I confessed, the rain brought peace and joy to my heart.
Second, it means that those who go to hell will enter heaven.
Jesus has opened the way for us to live in a new world, that heaven, free from the punishment of hell where the devil and his angels will suffer and those who lived in sin will also enter and suffer. That is the grace of the cross of Jesus Christ. The sacrifice of the church, the death of the church, and the complete removal of our sins through the blood of the church and being able to go to heaven is salvation. In English, salvation is called Redemption, which means “to redeem sinners and save sinners.” That is, they paid the price and released the sinner. In other words, Jesus paid the price for our sins in the church and saved our souls from hell to heaven. I mean, it was moved. We must be saved through faith in this Jesus. Acts 4:12 “There is no other name under heaven given to men by which they must be saved.”
Thirdly, it is protected from all evil forces.
Dear members of Shepherd Church,
Salvation is received by those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God and that Jesus is their Lord. Now we must become the fragrant evangelists of Jesus. May that grace and blessing be with you. Hallelujah Amen!!!.