The Gospel Message
What is the Gospel Message? What does it mean to “be saved? How do I become a Christian?
All these questions are essentially the same. Salvation is finding favor with God and thus gaining eternal life for your soul beginning now and that continues after physical death. Christians teach that there is only one means of finding favor with God. That means is through faith in Jesus Christ. This kind of faith is a life altering belief in Jesus’ death and resurrection with an acceptance of His Spirit and a commitment to righteous living. The concepts I’ve just mentioned such as “faith,” “God,” “His Son” and “His Spirit” are confusing without explanation. Therefore, I have provided descriptions about salvation, the Trinity, and faith:
Jesus said some rather strange things about Himself. He urged people to believe what He said as a means to begin making them a better people now and to avoid eternal death while gaining eternal life. This is what Christian Salvation means.
Jesus said:
Jn 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.”
Jn 14:6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
Salvation
What Does it Mean to Be “Saved”? by Bodie Hodge and Answers in Genesis
People might tell you that you need to be saved. But do you feel like you’re only getting half the story?
Are you like me? I get tired of sitting down in the middle of something like a story, show, etc. and wondering what’s going on. I think most people feel like this when they hear about Jesus for the first time. In my past, I would hear things like: “Good news! Good news! Here’s how to get saved: Believe in Jesus!!”
I was thinking, “Saved from what? Jesus who?” Obviously, there was something missing in the approach that these well meaning Christians used with me…
https://answersingenesis.org/gospel/salvation/what-does-it-mean-to-be-saved/
The Trinity:
There is but one God and yet He is manifest as three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In the comments of Blog 41, 42 and 43, I explained the Christian concept of the triune nature of God with a natural analogy of matter that consist of mass and space in time A more full explanation can be found here:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/aid/v3/n1/the-trinity
Faith:
Faith is belief in action. For instance, getting up to turn on a light switch takes faith in electricity. Again, a more full explanation can be found here:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v5/n4/faith-reason