The Perfect Plan Of Salvation

Speaking about the final events brings great fear for many. However, for God's chosen people it is not a subject of fear, but of great hope. We live in times in which we must be prepared to insure our salvation. The blessed hope must focus our eyes on heaven and in Jesus who has already conquered the world. He established a perfect plan of salvation in which everyone can be saved. Jesus makes no exceptions; salvation is extended to anyone who is willing to accept it.

Human beings were created in the image and likeness of God .*1 We were originally created to live eternally happy in this world. Unfortunately, sin destroyed the original purpose of God’s creation resulting in death .* 2

The Problem

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— *3

The reality is that just by being born into this world you automatically suffer the consequences of sin. We hate to think about it but from the moment a child is born, inevitably the child will die. Nonetheless, since the foundation of this world, God made a plan by which humans could have a chance to be saved.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.* 2

What a solemn thought, Jesus the prince of the universe, honored everyone in the universe, our creator, would become a man, suffer and die for his creation, for us! But what hope!

... For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.* 4

The Solution

For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. * 4

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have[a] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, * 5

Why do it?

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.* 6

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, * 7

What must we do to be saved?

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.* 8

Our Reward

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, * 9

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.* 10

Then he said to me, “Write: ‘Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” And he said to me, “These are the true sayings of God.”* 11

The Natural Result

For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.* 12

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. * 13

Here is the patience of the saints; here are those[a] who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. * 14

“If you love Me, keep[a] My commandments. * 15

Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.* 16

Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?* 17

Our Trust

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.* 18

“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.*19

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. *20

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.* 21

Now we see the perfect plan of redemption in action. Jesus died for us to reconcile us with God .* 22 Through Jesus we are saved if we believe in Him, do His will and keep His commandments just because we love Him. Finally, we obtain the promise, to dwell forever in Heaven with Jesus!

We do not have to worry about anything if we come to Jesus with a contrite heart. As long as we allow Him to transform our hearts we can fully trust in his promises.

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shalltribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.* 23

THE LORD IS COMING SOON, LOVE IS COME LORD JESUS!

1 * Genesis 1:27
2 * Romans 6:23
3 * Romans 5:12
4 * Romans 5:15, 17-19
5 * Romans 5:1
6 * John 3:16
7 * Ephesians 2:4-8
8 * John 3:17, 18
9 * Ephesians 2:19
10 * 1 John 3:1, 2
11 * Revelation 19:9
12 * 1 John 5:3
13 * 1 John 5:18
14 * Revelation 14:12
15 * John 14:15
16 * Revelation 22:14
17 * James 2:22
18 * 1 John 4:17
19 * John 14:1-3
20 * 1 John 5:4
21 * 1 John 5:13
22 * Colossians 1:20
23 * Romans 8:28-39