The Relevance Of The Eternal Salvation Doctrine

By Andrew Jones


The main theme that runs through the entire Bible is eternal salvation. Because of that, the eternal salvation doctrine is the most important of all of the Bible doctrines. Based on its truth and teaching, each individual can know where he or she will spend his life after death.

This doctrine begins in the very first book of the Bible. The creation of Adam and Eve took place, and God placed them in the Garden of Eden. They were given free reign of the garden except for one thing. They were told not to eat the fruit of one specific tree. This was not something hard to remember. In fact it was easy.

One day, the devil, in the form of a very astute serpent, met Eve and spoke with her in the garden. Through a series of lies, the devil convinced Eve that there was no reason for her to obey God, and that eating of the forbidden fruit would not be a problem at all. Eve ate the fruit, and then gave it to Adam to eat as well. At this moment, sin entered into the world and everything changed.

From the moment Adam and Eve sinned, every baby that has been born has been a sinner. Sadly, sin cannot be present in heaven, because God is perfect, and he cannot permit sin in his presence. Each individual has a sin debt that must be paid. It is impossible for a person to pay that debt on his own. He cannot do enough good works to cancel it.

God knew that it would take a perfect sacrifice to save man from his sin. The only one who was perfect was Jesus. God loved mankind so much that he willingly sent his only son, Jesus, to die on the cross, and pay the sin debt of every man, woman and child.

All of mankind's sins were paid for when Jesus died and shed his blood on the cross. The resurrection of Jesus, proved to the world that man's sin debt had been paid. God had provided salvation for each individual.

God provided salvation to every person as a free gift, not something they were forced to accept. Choosing heaven or hell, made possible by Jesus's death on the cross, was their choice. Heaven awaits those who accept the free gift of salvation, just as hell awaits those who reject God's free gift. Man may determine that he can reach heaven on his own, but it never works. His sin debt will not be paid.

This doctrine is extremely important for every individual. The moment a person believes from his heart that Jesus paid his sin debt and that person receives Jesus as his Savior, he has eternal life. His life changes completely from the inside out without any effort on his part. The burden of sin disappears, the doubts are gone and peace, joy and contentment flood through him. He knows without a doubt that his sin has been forgiven and that his life has been made anew.




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