In the last post we noted that regardless of one’s view of salvation all require that we take action to be saved. Confessing our sins and accepting Christ as our savior are actions and according to Christian doctrine are actions we must take to be saved. So can we really say that salvation is a free gift?
The only Christian group that is consistent in their doctrine that salvation is a free gift is the universalists who believe everyone will be saved. No matter what one does or believes, all will be saved in the end. The problem with this view of salvation is that the Bible does not teach it. The Bible teaches the reality of hell and that not everyone will be in heaven.
The view of salvation that we proposed in this blog and in my book resolves all the above issues. We assert that Jesus died for the sins of the entire world. The entire world’s sins are now forgiven and there is nothing that any of us did to receive this free gift and there is nothing that we need to do. Once we have this free gift, the question becomes: What we will do with it? Will we use what we have been given to develop our soul so it becomes more like God or will we squander this gift and continue on our rebellious path? It is this choice that will determine where we spend eternity.
