WHY DOES ONLY CHRISTIANITY OFFERS SALVATION
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In Christianity, salvation (also called
deliverance or redemption) is the "saving [of] human
beings from sin and its consequences, which include death and separation
from God" by Christ's death and resurrection,[1][a] , and
the justification following this
salvation.
While the idea of Jesus' death as an atonement for
human sin was derived from the Christian
Bible and was elaborated in Paul's
epistles and in the Gospels, Paul saw
the faithful redeemed by participation in Jesus' death and rising. Early
Christians regarded themselves as partaking in a new
covenant with God, open to both Jews and Gentiles, through the sacrificial
death and subsequent exaltation of Jesus Christ. Early
Christian notions of the person and sacrificial role of Jesus in human
salvation were further elaborated by the Church
Fathers, medieval writers, and modern scholars in various atonement
theories, such as the ransom theory, Christus
Victor theory, recapitulation theory, satisfaction theory, penal substitution theory, and moral influence theory.
Variant views on salvation (soteriology)
are among the main fault lines dividing the various Christian denominations, including
conflicting definitions of sin and depravity (the
sinful nature of mankind), justification (God's means of
removing the consequences of sin), and atonement (the forgiving or pardoning of sin through the suffering,
death, and resurrection of Jesus)
Christian salvation not only concerns the atonement itself, but also the question of how one partakes of this salvation, by faith, baptism, or obedience; and the question of whether this salvation is individual[2][3] or universal.[2][4] It further involves questions regarding the afterlife, e.g. "heaven, hell, purgatory, soul sleep, and annihilation."[2] The fault lines between the various denominations include conflicting definitions of sin, justification, and atonement.
Some Scriptures on Salvation.
Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Acts 4:12
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven
given among men by which we must be saved.
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing;
it is the gift of God.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.”
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 5:13
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you
may know that you have eternal life.
1 Peter 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and
live to righteousness. By his wounds, you have been healed.
1 Peter 3:21
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt
from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed
away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For our sake he made him be sin who knew no sin so that in him we might
become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation
I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day
of salvation.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness but is
patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should
reach repentance.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the
Lord because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through
sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.
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