Our Salvation

   Salvation is ours, but only if we pursue what God Jehovah has made available to us, in the ways He has instructed us, since His Christ has establishing it by His willful act of allowing His blood to be shed, as full payment for the repented sins of the souls that He descended to earth to save, those who chose to seek the truth of His Father, Jehovah. Christ's ultimate act of love for humanity, allowed not only the Jews, but also, the rest of God's earthly children who would seek Jehovah's salvation. First and most important, Jehovah, Almighty God is our Savior, "But the salvation of the righteous is from Jehovah." (Psalm 37:39), "Jehovah has bared His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God." (Isaiah 52:10) "Yet I am Jehovah, your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall know no other gods then Me. For there is no Savior besides Me." (Hosea 13:4), this verse is not confusing if you understand that Jesus had not yet established His Father's salvation with His personal blood at Calvary. It was God's intension from the beginning to free us from the bonds of sin, for us to live the life He intended for all to live; this was by Jehovah's design; this should also be man's desire, to seek God's offer. However, knowledge and understanding is needed for those desiring His salvation, so that our acquired wisdom, derived from His Book would guide our choices toward God, and our destination to be in His kingdom. God Jehovah chose, by His desire in creating each individual that shares this earth with us, this was and continues to be His act of love for humanity, His love also gave us a beautiful and self-sustaining world to live in during this age of education, where all our earthly needs are available to us. Jehovah also made available to us our needed spiritual food, upon our request to Jehovah, including our need for His salvation. Because of sin, humanity was given a death sentence, which included the world Jehovah created for our current benefit. It is our individual responsibility to seek Jehovah's salvation, which is the main theme and the purpose of God's Book, the Bible.

  To make this needed choice, each of us must be involves in this process of consuming God's word, to learn of God's ways and understand what He has provided for us to know, and to reason why His way is for our benefit, for our co-existing with the other souls we will exist with. To those who already know God's word, this is a relatively simple decision to make; however, staying on this path toward Jehovah's salvation can be a difficult task to maintain, because of the many evils that Satan disguises to look enticing and deceptively needful. As it says about Satan, "...he deceived the whole world..." (Revelation 12:9), and the only sure way to know if you are being deceived is to know all of God's word, which will be confirmed when you are on the correct path. If Satan deceived the whole world, can you be sure your church leaders are teaching God's truth, and none of Satan's crafted lies, according to Jehovah's expressed words, understanding that there are over two thousand Christian denomination, all with a different sets of doctrine? The groundwork of God's truth is His Ten Commandments, plus the laws that He gave to us through Moses; they were designed for our good fortune and peacefulness, and for our guidance to His salvation. To come to the needed correct conclusions, one needs to seek and understand these rules of life, by consuming all of His word with our personal efforts and our commitment in pursuing the truth of God's pure word.

    God's salvation is not the act of Him saving us from our sin, "So then my beloved, even as you always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling." (Philippians 2:12), it is the act of us shedding sin from our desires, voiding our soul from entertaining anything against the laws of God's truth. In God's kingdom there will be no one tempting you to transgress Jehovah's perfect way to live, which Satan has been diligently doing during this age of education. If sin was allowed into God's kingdom, there wouldn't be much difference then it is now, therefore, now is our time to adjust our spirit and to purify our heart, allowing Jehovah's truthful word to rest and control our actions. Now is the time we are to embrace this solemn responsibility, to void our heart from yielding to every unrighteous desire during our time in this current age of education. This cleansing process must be done, Jehovah is not going to perform this for us, He secures us in the way we are at the end of our life, by His judgment, or shortly before Christ comes the second time, "The one acting unjustly, let him still act unjustly; and the filthy, let him still be filthy; and the righteous, let him still do righteousness; and the holy, let him still be holy." (Revelation 22:11). Those not pure of heart will not be accepted into Jehovah's perfect kingdom; one's heart will not be made permanent with unjust and un-repented contaminations left within, based only on God's ways and His loving and forgiving heart, who recognizes a loving heart in us. God's kingdom will be pure with or without any one of us. This is our responsibility and your decisions now to cleanse our heart, to prepare yourself to be in the presence of God's other righteous souls, the Father Jehovah, His Son, Jesus, the host of angels and the souls that spent this time wisely and chose their character wisely.

    Sin was not an accident, unplanned by Jehovah, He is perfect and all things are aligned according to His perfect plan. Consider the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden, which He named, "The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil" indicating that we needed to know the difference in order to make our choice between the two, and our God hopes we make the right choice, because Jehovah desires us to express our love for Him as our Father and Savior, "Salvation belongs to Jehovah, Your blessing is on Your people, Selah." (Psalm 3:8), The choice is ours, the information needed to make this choice is available in God's word, given to us by inspiration from God's only-begotten Son to the many Bible writers, and Christ's spirit is constantly available to us for making this life journey successful. Christ is the "Way" which leads home to His Father and to our Father's kingdom, and Christ will be with you the entire way, if you invite and allow Him in your heart, because humanity was given to Jesus, "As You gave to Him authority over all flesh, so that to all which You gave to Him, He may give to them Eternal life." (John 17:2), who also is our Savior, because He was sent to earth to establish His Father's salvation with His blood, to cover our repented sins, and to enlighten us and strengthen us, with His Father's truth, if we choose to follow Him, because He led a perfect human life as an example for us to follow.

   It is generally preached by many that a Christian's salvation is secure and assured, indicating that all our sins are and will be forgiven and we can rest on this assurance. This is very easy to swallow, but this thinking contains a cautious side effect, it relaxes our concern and efforts to be repentant, "From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near." (Matthew 4:17) and "and repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached on His name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem." (Luke 24:47). Our salvation is part of an agreement, a covenant, which involves both parties holding to their part of the agreement. What is absolutely assured is Jehovah's commitment to His part of the covenant, but our individual part remains in question until our last breath. The Old Testament was an example for our education to seek understanding of our part of the covenant, "And all these things happened to those as examples, and it was written for our warning, on whom the ends of the ages have come." (I Corinthians 10:11), and the New Testament is more of the same, but added is how this education in the Old Testament is put into effect, into action. Hopefully, after learning of God's way, we can develop a stronger faith in our God Jehovah and His righteous laws and commands, understanding how they are for our benefit and peace, for our guideline and for our co-existence with Jehovah, His Son and all the Heavenly host, including the future new arrivals, God's chosen people, chosen if we are prepared. The salvation Jesus activated with His sacrifice is His Father, Jehovah's salvation, "For I am Jehovah your God, the holy One of Israel, your savior..." (Isaiah 43:3), "...And all flesh shall know that I Jehovah am your Savior and Redeemer." (Isaiah 49:26). All in Jehovah's Heaven desire our presence, "I say to you that so is joy in Heaven over one sinner repenting, then over ninety-nine righteous ones who have no need of repentance." (Luke 15:7). Salvation is available and assured; it is up to each of us to seek it and secure it by way of repentance and love for the Godhead and our neighbors, that covers the globe.