Monday 10 December 2018

What does it mean when bible says 'Believe in Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved'?

What does it mean when bible says 'Believe in Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved'?

St Paul says, "Believe in Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead you will be saved." What does it mean?

My dear brothers and sisters, please read:

To be saved means turning away from a life that is focused solely upon ourselves. It means giving up the obsession with our needs, our wants, our pleasures, our comforts, our importance, our egos, and our power. If my world is nothing but me only, God won't get into our life.

It's all about unconditional love -- towards your brothers, sisters, neighbours, everyone. Being saved from also means being saved from destructive patterns of life -- things that destroy us instead of build us up. 

It's turning away from alcohol, drugs, sexual misuse and abuse, intolerance, lust for power, calumny, jealousy, gluttony, pursuit of money at the expense of others, and so forth. We think it's ok to do it. No. 

It's also about tithing and using your assets to help the poor.  

Last but not the least is repentance and reparation. That's the bottom line.

IN short, it's about following what Jesus taught us. Believing means doing what Jesus told us to do. It's not parroting just the scriptures and refusing to do it. Execute it. 

Even devil knows that if you believe in Lord Jesus Christ, you will be saved. 

So think and act.

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