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The Good News of Salvation (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)


It can continue
The Good News of Salvation
As we walk with God

All of these analogies are true and more. Jesus gives us many metaphors of Salvation in the Gospels. There are some key things that we should probably know and realize in our lives:
1) Salvation is not merely a final destination; it is a relationship, a journey with our Lord and Saviour. Salvation is us living with and serving our Lord, starting now and with the option to continue forever.
2) Salvation, Christianity and Holiness are not distinct from each other. They are all based on the same word - Hagios; they are one in the same. If you are saved, you are a Christian (Saint), and if you are a Christian (Saint) you are holy. The Bible is very clear that as we spend more time with God, the Holy Spirit makes us more like Him. God changes us; the world doesn't change, we do.
3) When we are experiencing the Lord's salvation in our life it does not mean that we will have the perfect life in that nothing troubling will ever happen again. Until Jesus returns, bad things will still happen; sad things will still happen; mad things will still happen; as will perplexing and vexing things. What our Salvation means in the here and now is that in the midst of real life we can experience the peace of Christ and the Joy of the Lord in all our circumstances. And as we do we can be employed by Him to offer the same peace, love, and comfort to all we meet in Jesus' Name.

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