Saturday, February 09, 2008

Summary of Salvation

The problem: It was the fading belief in the magnitude of God’s love for Adam that led to the falls. Adam was created for love, created to be like God in every way, created perfect, without need or want. His desire increased for the things of this world, and his sufficiency in love was disintegrating, so he became of the sexes, and susceptible to all the bestial functions. Love eventually faded to the point where belief in it was challenged and was defeated. The absence of belief led to disobedience, consequence, and a new way of life which was meant to accommodate for the new knowledge He had. Adam’s fall was that He couldn’t fathom God’s love; our rise is the fathoming of God’s love.

The cure: Love proven, and love believed. God loved us, He gave Himself in ‘flesh and blood’ to save us. As soon as He appeared on the earth, because of this sacrifice, forgiveness of sins was possible. The long-discussed conundrum of the simplicity found in ‘believe in me’ for the saving of one’s life from death, is just that, simple. ‘Believe in me’, the sole expression and final word of the height, depth, width, and length of God’s love for us. Love proven again in death (for payment), and then in resurrection. Becoming one (in 'marriage') with another who has already died and can never die again gives us freedom from death as well.

The regeneration: It is the initial belief in this love that begins the regeneration to the fullness of salvation. It is ‘first sight’ in comparison to the wedding day, for the fullness of salvation is a marriage. A relationship is begun, and love between them grows, as they come to know more and more about each other. Salvation is not only knowing God, but God knowing you, because at the last day, Christ will say to many [Christians]: ‘Away from me– I never knew you!’ (Matthew 7:23). It is the growing knowledge and demonstration of God’s love for us that regenerates the mind to a more solid belief – the life-giving belief. And the duration of that belief is tested, giving life to every atom of our being, until ‘the day dawns, and the morning star rises in your heart’, for this is the redemption of the body.

I Am The Way: this is the path of least question, the only offer in the whole realm of salvation methods which makes sense. It’s the only one with a God who reaches to us, instead of us reaching and striving after Him. Though the people fumble, the Truth remains the same.

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