Salvation : Truth Or Myth?

Salvation describes the deliverance by God for those who believe in him. It is the saving of the soul from sin (and its consequences) through Gods will and grace. Though it takes different forms in every religion, the principle is still the same, often emphasising the necessity of both good works, repentance, and asceticism, as well as divine intervention (in this case the action being the grace of God). If assuming that Christ is the full truth, then the only way to gain access to God after death is through the salvation given by the Christian God. Jesus himself has indicated that a person must hear the word, believe it, repent of past sins, and be willing to confess faith before others, be baptized into Christ for the remission of sins, and then continue to live a faithful life throughout this physical life if we are to go to heaven.

"Salvation" by Langston Hughes is an Essay written about the pressures young adults can face in their lifetime. It represented the life of a young boy and the pressures he received to accept Christ into his life. The story reflected lies, sarcasm, and hypocrisy from his peers, his family, both immediate and church. This young boy was told that Jesus would come to him, he would “See” Jesus, he would know. He was faced with the misconception of “How” Jesus would come to him, he was misguided. The young boy went forward anyway, walking to the pulpit, and accepting Christ. Although he had never experienced Jesus coming to him, he had never seen Jesus, he goes anyway, pretending to be saved due to social pressures. Later he returns home and cries

Salvation, as known by many different religions, is a sort of deliverance from the physical and spiritual aspects

Christians believe that salvation is a gift from God that is offered through the death and resurrection of Jesus. This gift is accessed through faith in Jesus. The Christian understanding of salvation draws heavily from the Jewish tradition of Moses and the Exodus, where the Hebrew

An observation of this compelling issue is, all humans are extended the opportunity to receive salvation. However, in order to receive salvation that brings credits us with righteousness, we must have faith that God the Father sent his son Jesus to take

During the revival service, despite how hard he tries, Langston could not seem to ‘see’ Jesus which is the only qualification he needs to be ‘saved’. “What was I supposed to do? Pretend like Westley?” Langston observes that Westley never ‘saw’ Jesus nor was truly ‘saved’. In fact, the only reason he stood up and rushed the alter was to no longer have to sit on the Mourners’ Bench. Westley technically lied under the definition Langston had known a lie to be. Was he to lie as well? “I began to wonder what God thought about Westley, who certainly had not seen Jesus either, but who was now sitting proudly on the platform, swinging his knickerbocker legs and grinning down at me, surrounded by deacons and old women on their knees praying. God had not struck Westley dead for taking his name in vain or for lying in the temple. So, I decided that maybe to save further trouble, I'd better lie, too, and say that Jesus had come, and get up and be saved.” By sharing this thought in detail, Hughes demonstrates his point of view from a child’s perspective that often gets lost when looking that the bigger picture. His aunt and the rest of the congregation only wanted what was best for him. Sadly, that intention got overshadowed and became one of standard to Langston. Saying, through their actions of “mighty wails of moans and voices”, this is the

Salvation is defined as the deliverance from sin and its consequences. In a Christianity sense, salvation is when a person accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as their savior, and they believe the fact that he died for the sins of Christians. The term of salvation is often referred to as being “saved”. Salvation is when one delivers not only their body in a physical to the church and God, but it is also a committee to Jesus mentally and spiritually. Getting saved can be a very pressuring and life changing decision. That is sometimes forced upon young adolescents. Ultimately it can cause one to question their spiritually sometimes even damaging their belief in Jesus. In Langston Hughes’

The author Langston Hughes reminisces about when his Aunt took him to church when he was thirteen years old; ‘Every night for weeks there had been much preaching, singing praying, shouting, and some very hard sinners had been brought to Jesus’(1059). At the end of revival the children were asked to approach the ‘mourners’ bench ‘To be saved!’ Langston’s Aunt told him about how when you were saved ‘something happened to you inside.’ (1059) So Mr. Hughes went to the bench with the fellow children in the church, the preacher preached, hymns were sung they keep saying ‘wont’ you come, Young lambs to Jesus?’ One by one the children rose to Jesus. Leaving Langston Hughes and another boy Westley; the boy Westley got tired of sitting on the bench he stood up to be saved. Langston Hughes sat there waiting for Jesus he too grew tired of sitting on the bench and he figured that Jesus didn’t smite Westley for lying; so he stood up.

Personally, I can relate to “Salvation”, as I had a similar (confusion of) religion as a child. When I first read Hughes’ story, I was angry at the adults that had put him and the other children through such an experience. It reminded me of the time my foster parents forced my sister and I to go to church at least twice a week, sometimes more because they were quite involved in the community. Before then, I had grown up in a non-religious household, and was intimidated by the idea of church and God. I didn’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to choose my faith simply because I was a child, or even because I was an ‘unfortunate’ child. Unlike me, Hughes was raised religious and afterwards lost his faith, but he is relatable to me because he is

We have to realize that there is only one way to God and that is threw Jesus. Without him we couldn’t be with God because we have sin but Jesus sacrificed himself and paid for our sin so that we can be with God for eternity. We have to accept Christ personally into our lives because if we don’t we go to hell but if we do we got with God in heaven

Throughout the Gospel of John the term “belief” is used in multiple ways for different reasons. Belief is employed as a means to give the reader motivation to believe in Jesus and God which will bring them to eternal glory and happiness. This belief can be rewarded with eternal life, as well as a personal connection to Jesus Christ. God can also be seen and believed in if one only believes in Jesus and allows for a wholesome connection to the Father and Son. In addition to beginning to understand the use of “belief” in the Gospel of John, one must correctly infer from his words and deduce their meaning.

Each religion has a different way in obtaining salvation. Jewish and Christian community, the Islamic community has different views on salvation as well as beliefs. It is

This paper on Salvation is defining both objectively and subjectively from the two required reading text. The first text is written by Alistair McGrath’s “Theology: The Basics and the second is written by Dr. Yung Chul Han’s “Transforming Power: Dimension of the Gospel. I will describe how the both texts are in association as well as seeking observations, and other conclusions to gain a better understanding of salvation from both perspectives. According to (Mc.Grath, p.78), the word salvation is referred to as something that has already happened in the past, to something that will happen in the future. Spiritual transformation requires of us what is called dependent responsibility. All the moral commands and exhortations of scripture assume our responsibility. Salvation is deliverance from danger or suffering. The word salvation carries the idea of victory, health, or preservation (www.biblia.com). Salvation can be viewed as a spiritual transformation which the dependency of the Holy Spirit assist in the change of a believers past, self to a vessel of God in the present lives which exemplifies life, deliverance, peace, and a victory won through personal conviction. The victory is one that only Jesus Christ has authority save us which gives believers complete approval to have possession to enter the kingdom of heaven.

When man calls upon God, putting his faith into God’s hands, man is involving himself in God’s eternal purpose. God’s eternal purpose was to bring many sons into his glory. The purpose for God calling many sons into his glory is so man will be prepared for the arrival God himself. God finds pleasure out of answering man’s prayer, it is man’s responsibility to seek God creating a relationship. When man prays to God and has faith within God, then he has entered God’s eternal purpose therefore man is saved. Man must approach God faithfully, if man doubts God, God will still be present in man’s life though man will not receive any of God’s grace. God believes in every man so man should have faith in God as

Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. The Scriptures are clear that there is no other name by which man can be saved but by Christ alone (Acts 4:12). One can only be delivered by the power of sin through the Lord Jesus Christ. In John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.” The same exclusive statement is made in John 10:7-8 when Jesus said, “Truly, Truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers.”