Devotions and Bible study

God’s Redemption [Salvation] Plan for Humanity.

Salvation is the full restoration of relationship between mankind and God through the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary.

It is important to understand that salvation is not religion, and religion is not salvation.

Salvation is the key to eternal life in the Kingdom of God, but religion without salvation does not guarantee eternal life.

Salvation comes by faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God who is the Lord and Savior for all mankind.

There is no salvation and eternal life without Jesus Christ, and the sacrifice that He made with His own life on the Cross of Calvary.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 NKJV.

Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 NKJV.

And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I John 5:11-12 NKJV.

All mankind have inherited sinfulness and the nature from Adam following the fall of man in the garden of Eden.

For everyone born of woman was born into sin having inherited the nature of sin from Adam, with the resulting punishment being eternal condemnation in hell fire forever.

All of us have sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. But God treats us much better than we deserve, and because of Christ Jesus [sacrificing His life on the cross of Calvary so that all mankind who believe in Him should be saved], he freely accepts us and sets us free from our sins. Romans 3:23-24 CEV.

Wherefore, as by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: [for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.] Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Romans 5:12-19 KJV.

Because God is LOVE, He designed a means of escape from the deserved eternal condemnation by sending His only Son Jesus Christ to come to the world to pay for the sins of humanity by death on the Cross of Calvary so that whoever accept Christ into his or her life as Lord and Savior shall be SAVED.

And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. Hebrews 9:22 NKJV.

The Law says that almost everything is made clean by blood. Sins are not forgiven unless blood is given. Hebrews 9:22 NLV.

It is TRUE that blood is required to forgive sins, but not all blood was accepted by God Almighty for forgiveness or remission of sins.

God was not happy with the blood of bulls used as a sacrifice for the covering of human sins, for He commanded them in the days of old to use these animals as a sacrifice to cover their sins temporary while awaiting for the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE and SHEDDING OF THE BLOOD OF HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS OF CALVARY.

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said [to God the Father]: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll— I have come to do your will, my God.’ ” Hebrews 10:5-7 NIV.

God prepared a body for Jesus Christ to inhabit, He lived in that body in human form and then was crucified on the cross, so that God can be PLEASED.

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 NKJV.

The following are the sequence of events from the Fall of Man to Salvation through the death of Jesus Christ on the Cross of Calvary, which will end with the WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT – Believers in Christ to Eternal Life in Heaven and Unbelievers in Christ to Eternal Condemnation in Hell Fire.

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt. Daniel 12:2 NKJV.

Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. I Corinthians 6:9-11 NKJV.

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Titus 2:11-14 NKJV.

Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences. For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. II Corinthians 5:11-21 NKJV.