Salvation

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16

To refer to “salvation,” in a Biblical sense is, often, to talk about the translation of the sinner from a deserved eternity in Hell—that place of perpetual torment and spiritual separation from God—into the undeserved promise of eternity in Heaven—that place of everlasting joy, peace, and fellowship with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Also called “justification,” this type of salvation occurs when one places his faith in the content of the Gospel (i.e. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross for the sins of all mankind. He rose back to life, and is the only Way to Heaven). As a result of this faith in Christ, the individual is credited with the righteousness of the Savior, Himself—made forever clean in the sight of the Father. This action, on behalf of the LORD, is purely by grace—unmerited and irrevocable. No person can earn salvation, by his own works; and, neither can anyone, having once believed unto justification, take away what God has freely given.

The doctrine of justification is related to the concepts of “sanctification” and “glorification.”

See also: John 5:24; 10:28-30; 14:6; Ephesians 1:13-14; 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; Romans 4:1-8; 6:23; 8:1, 38-39; 2 Thessalonians 1:8-10; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 2:2; Acts 4:12; Philippians 3:9.

“Jesus is not one of many ways to approach God, nor is He the best of several ways; He is the only way.”

A. W. Tozer