Title: The Road to Salvation
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You need to know the way to go. The way that Jesus Christ took is the way of salvation. This is a path that can only be passed through the process of first dying and living again. With Jesus, the old man must die and the new man must be born again with Christ, so that he can enter the Father's house at the end of this road.
The old man, flesh and blood, can never enter the Father's house. Therefore, Jesus, who is the way of salvation, said, "...I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
God the Father sent his Son into the world in the likeness of sinful flesh to rid the old man of disobedience to his people who are looking for the way to salvation.
The Son of Man is by nature a child of wrath and has the essence of disobedience. Therefore, Jesus, who was born of the line of David, also had the form of a sinful flesh of disobedience, so it is written, “...with his face to the ground he fell on his face and prayed, saying, My Father, if it is possible, take this cup from me. Let it pass by, but not as I will, but as you will...” (Matthew 26:39) He denied himself and nailed himself to death on the cross, the blood of disobedient David. This is the same as saying, “The Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it again” (John 10:17). Regarding this, the Bible says, “As for this Son, who was born of the line of David according to the flesh, and was declared the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 1:3-4). is proving that.
By this nature, the children of wrath are not dealt with and will never inherit the kingdom of God. That is why the Bible testifies, “Brothers, I say this, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor do perishable things inherit incorruption” (1 Corinthians 15:50).
Dealing with the Son of Man who will not inherit the kingdom of God is the cross that puts off the old man. This is because the way of salvation is that the faith that is crucified with Jesus, the Son of Man, is actually realized. This is the way to forsake the Son of Man and become the Son of God.
The road to salvation is the road that Jesus Christ went, so unless you know Jesus Christ, who has gone this way, you can never walk this road. That is why the Bible says that believing in and knowing him must become one in order to be perfected as a man of God. It is written, “We shall all become one in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, until we become a perfect man, even to the stature of the stature of the stature of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13).
Therefore, when John 3:16 and John 17:3 become one, we can pass through the way of salvation and dwell forever with Christ Jesus in the Father's house.
This way of salvation is a gift from God to His people who follow the guidance of the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth, sent by the Father in the name of Christ Jesus, so that those whom God foreknew may conform to the image of His Son.
Therefore, it is said, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). 3:2) You did.
That is why the Bible says, “If we have been united in the likeness of his death, we shall also be united in the likeness of his resurrection” (Romans 6:5).
Only those who have a better homeland with Christ Jesus leave the homeland from which they came. Also, only those who know the new life with Christ Jesus lay down the old life. Therefore, the truth says, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32).
Let's hear the testimony of the spiritual body that passed through this road before. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away; behold, the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5:17). Amen.
Therefore, the way to salvation is the way of the cross. Thank you Lord.
little brother kim yoon-goo