Salvation is a highly important doctrine. According to God’s words, each person will go on to the next life to one of two places: to heaven with God or to the lake of fire and brimstone with the devil and his angels. By one man, Adam, sin came into the world and death passed upon all men. So every man has sin as defined by God. A man with any amount of sin will not get into heaven with God. God cleanses a person from sin only through Jesus Christ in His death on the cross whereby Jesus accepted the judgment of God against sin for all men. Through His resurrection Jesus Christ provides life free from sin for any person.
Thus apart from Jesus Christ there is no salvation. Since there are a multitude of people on this planet who are not trusting Jesus Christ for salvation, there are a multitude of people who need salvation. Furthermore, God’s word declares that most people who think they have salvation in Jesus Christ are not saved. God Himself, in the words He has written to us, is the only one to trust about how to be saved. The Theology Slides, Salvation in the Church Age, carefully explore the what God says about salvation and how every person in this age can get the life God intended for them.
Because God wants each person to know how they stand with Him, He deals with each person individually concerning how sincere they are about seeking truth about Him. Depending upon that sincerity, God will show anyone and everyone the truth. Ultimately knowledge of that truth is only to be found in God’s words to us. Salvation can only come through believing those words — words quoted in these slides.