Sunset over the Pacific taken by Amy Langston in Hawaii 2005
Salvation By Frances M. McCrory-Meservy
All you have to do to be saved is allow the Holy Spirit to possess you by moving inside you and working through you. He is the one who produces the fruit of the Spirit in you so others will know you are a Christian.
If you said a prayer and did not change into a more loving, caring person, you did not get saved. If you do not love God and your fellow man, you are not a Christian.
Jesus died on the cross when all our sins were placed on him. He did this so we could live in Heaven. Three days later he rose from the dead so we would not have to taste death (have eternal life. Christians do not die. We simply go from an earthly body instantly into our Spiritual body.
On this earth we are taught that we have to earn everything. We are taught if we don't eat, drink, act or dress a certain way we are not Christians. Our earthly living makes it hard for us to accept the simplicity of the Gospel.
1. Jesus died on the cross so we would not have to die and go to hell.
2. Jesus rose from the dead so we would not have to taste death.
3. God gives us the faith to accept his gift of salvation.
4. Jesus' Holy Spirit is willing to live in us and love others through us if we allow it.
5. We are saved by Grace and can not earn it.
6. We rest in the Lord and the Holy Spirit works in us and through us to do God's good pleasure.