Salvation

The Church has had difficulty explaining what is meant by salvation.  When Jesus was at the well with the Samaritan woman, He explained that the water He gave would lead none to thirst again.  This is the salvation that is for every Christian: those who surrender to Christ and live as He directs them according to His Spirit, He promises to provide for forever, satisfying the deepest wells of their heart and giving them a life that partakes of and gives them and others, Divine Love.

As the life of Christ demonstrates, this does not mean there will be no troubles or hardship for us.  But importantly, these things do not separate us from the love of our Father. Rather, He will strengthen us by His Spirit, as long as we receive Him, to carry our cross, as individuals, to nail His Divine Will onto His Creation.

Salvation is a baptism of the human being into Divine Love, where the heart of the Father directs His child into their best possible life. Salvation is ensured when one gives their life to Christ.  But salvation is perfected through sanctification. As the child, or you, become like Christ, Christ actually begins to live in you. Now, Christ, your friend, is with you, and you are with Him.  So, with Him, you will perform miracles, heal the sick, cast out demons and raise the dead. When your current body dies, you will be, with Him, raised up again, by the same Spirit that raised Him up, in your new, glorified body.

Salvation is the presence of God in you, redeeming your life now, and directing it to become like His. To much has it been presented as a creed to be professed to enter into heaven, a life received after death.  Through one’s baptism in the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, one has already immersed themselves into a new life. Baptism is the entrance into the Christian walk, and as such, is necessary. As one immerses oneself in the water, this leads to the further immersion of oneself in the heart of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for eternity.

One’s daily life must demonstrate this change. Unlike a legal contract that may be entered into without a change of character, the commitment that our Father, our Big Brother and the Holy Spirit make to us, and that we make to them, cannot be contained by a letter. They save the lost soul, call us Son and Daughter and rescue us from the world that killed His Only Son.

Salvation is radical. By the roots, one becomes a child of God, existing in authority over oneself, the world and the enemy.  Jesus, the name that means “God saves,” is the only answer to the fallen Creation that, at best, like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, hide from Perfection because they do not want to show their shame, or at worst, like the Enemy, rebel against Him out of an interest in their own power.