THE SEVEN COSMIC FUNCTIONS OF THE LORD JESUS:
6. REDEMPTION & SALVATION
ERRONEOUS TEACHINGS OF SECTARIAN CHURCHES ABOUT
SALVATION
According to many sectarian churches, to be saved, people must be
members of their church, and according to them this principle is the assurance
of Salvation.
A sectarian church had spread in many nations its deceitful
doctrine, that once anyone received the LORD JESUS CHRIST, that person is
forever saved, even to the extent that he or she remains in sinfulness until
death. They teach that SALVATION is unconditional.
Another sectarian church has a contravening doctrine, against the
true doctrine of the LORD JESUS regarding SALVATION. They teach that SALVATION
can be attained by the good works of anyone, through performance of their
sacraments.
All the proponents of these deceitful doctrines contrary to the
absolutely indisputable, irrefutable and irrevocable doctrine of the LORD JESUS
CHRIST with regards to SALVATION will deserve eternal damnation to hell and the
lake of fire, if they will not repent, for all liars will eventually be
eternally destined in the lake of fire, and it will be forever and ever (Rev. 21:8).
THE
BIBLICAL HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANT PURPOSE OF SALVATION
When the LORD JESUS created the world (cosmos in Greek
word)- the heavens and the earth, as willed by God the Father and in witness of
God the Holy Spirit (Gen. 1:1), it is implied
that angelic beings were created in heaven (Ps.
148:2, 5) although the Bible have no explicit detailed explanation about
the creation of the angels.
In the book of Revelation of the LORD JESUS CHRIST (Rev. 12:7), there was war in heaven “Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon
[referring to satan ] and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer
a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the
serpent of old who is called the devil and satan who deceives the whole world;
he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him” (Isa. 14:12; Rev.12:8, 9).
It happened that after the fall of the devil who exalted
himself as equal with God (Isa.14:12-15),
that he deceived the first created man Adam and the woman Eve, by way of the
temptation, to transgress the command of the LORD JESUS not to eat the fruit of
the tree in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen.
3:1-6).
After the woman ate the forbidden fruit by the devil’s
instruction, she persuaded Adam to eat the fruit also, believing the devil that
they will not die and be like God (Gen. 3:4, 5).
Consequently, after Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree
in the midst of the garden which was forbidden to eat as prohibition of the
LORD, the curse and death penalty was rendered to them because they
transgressed the command of the LORD JESUS (Gen.
3:13-19).
“Therefore, just as through
one man, sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread
to all men because all sinned” (Rom. 5:12). Thus the
sinful blood of Adam was transmitted to all created human kind when human race
multiplied, and all became sinners (Rom. 3:23).
Eventually, even the last man to be born will be a natural
sinful created being; it was the tragic downfall of man because the wages of
sin is death (Rom. 6:23).
All human kind
became alienated from the rule of the LORD JESUS in His ETERNAL KINGDOM,
because of sin which deserves condemnation (Jn.
3:19; Rom. 8:3).
The extremely worst circumstances are perpetually happening
in the world because all have been traversing the path of the wicked (Job 22:15; Mt. 7:13). Nevertheless, the Great and
Compassionate God the Son Incarnate, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, through His loving
kindness and mercy (Ps. 136:1-26), had
voluntarily subjected Himself to the will of God the Father (Jn. 6:38) to be the Saviour of the world (Jn.3:17) from the devastating destructions of sin
by way of redemption (Ti. 2:14)through the
once and for all offering of His body (Heb. 10:19) and shedding of His blood (Heb.9:14), through
the Eternal Spirit, which had been accomplished of the LORD JESUS for the
restoration of death bound souls, to obtain His Eternal Life (Rom. 6:23).
This Salvation that had been accomplished by the LORD JESUS
CHRIST, and His fulfilled redemption of the world, through His shed blood, must
greatly be acknowledge as the AMAZING GRACE for all (Heb.
9:14; 10:10).
His Salvation [Soter in Greek word] and Redemption (apolutrosis in Greek) became the New Testament (Mt.
26:28; Mk 14:24; Lk. 22:20; 1 Cor. 11:25; Heb.7:22).
In the Old Testament, Ceremonial Law of Offering animals for
sin had been mandatory law to be accomplished by a human priest with limited
life.
The functioning high priest must regularly offer blood of goats, and
calves, as symbolic purifications of themselves from sin, the sprinkling of
animal’s blood for those who had been defiled, sanctify for the cleansing of
the flesh (Heb. 9:12-13).
When the LORD JESUS Himself Incarnated in the flesh (Jn. 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:47; Ro. 8:3; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1 Jn. 4:2),
He perfectly accomplished once for all the work of Salvation and Redemption (Heb. Chptr. 9; Ti. 2:14). By His Amazing Grace of
Salvation, He nullified the devastating over all destruction of sin and death (Heb. 10:5-22).
By faith in the LORD JESUS CHRIST,
as Eternal Salvation (Heb. 5:9; Eph. 2:8; 2Tim.
3:15; Heb. 11:6; 10:38) anyone can be saved; and it is appropriated
conditionally for anyone who renounces sin, prior to, at the time of, and after
the accomplished work of redemption by LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF.
Thus, the significant Eternal Purpose (Eph. 3:11) of SALVATION for all created human kind,
who will irrevocably devote their all to the LORD JESUS CHRIST, i.e., totally,
absolutely and exclusively, will splendidly have ETERNAL LIFE (Jn.10:27-28) and be with Him forever.
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