Salvation 101
I'm shocked by how many Christians don't understand God's salvation and even more when it includes pastors! The core foundational doctrine of the Christian faith should the first and best understood truth we should all know and yet, few get it completely right. The plan of salvation, as most call it, I'd rather call the "process of salvation". There's a process in getting saved. God actually established the steps which all must go through to be saved. The salvation process can be broken down in three states, Before salvation The person must have an open heart and an open mind to receive God's truth. A good soil as in the parable of the sower. As a child has an open mind and heart, so must a person be to make a decision. The moment of salvation When a person understands they have offended God and that Jesus paid the penalty for their sins on the cross and by faith asks for forgiveness through Christ's sacrifice, they attain salvation. Thi