(b) Of the spiritual and
eternal salvation granted immediately by God to those who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, e.g., Acts 2:47, 16:31; Rom 8:24; Eph 2:5, 8; 1 Tim 2:4; 2 Tim 1:9; Titus 3:5; of human agency in this, Rom 11:4; 1 Cor 7:16; 9:22
Not exact matches
Christ was chosen to be our
salvation, to fulfill the
eternal covenant, to lead us, to
grant us righteousness, to model
salvation to us, to guide and comfort us, and then when all has gone to pot, to return and consummate the grace he has chosen us to receive.
Much of what the west has long taken for
granted is now disappearing: the security provided by Christendom; the Christian way of interpreting reality; the confidence that the Christian path leads to
eternal salvation; and the belief that Christian doctrine embodies the essential and unchangeable truths by which to live.
Even if we were to
grant (for the sake of argument only) that God could or would intervene in this way in earthly affairs, God's resurrection of this one person can not logically support the likelihood of
salvation for the rest of us: (A) It can not prove that God is able to save us from death and
grant us
eternal life; (B) it can not guarantee that God is interested in doing this; and (C) it does not even show that God will forgive our sins.
Not that God
grants them
eternal life or
salvation, then takes it away when they become old enough to be accountable, it merely means that there exists a conditional form of grace for children that God will redeem them if they die (Deuteronomy 1:39, 2 Samuel 12:16 - 23)
Jesus alone
grants as - su - rance of
salvation to mankind: He said, «Very truly I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has
eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.»