the Way of Salvation   In firrst, what is salvation?   Ps.38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.   Ps.55:16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.   In the psalm, David is driven and threatened by King Saul, asking God to save him many times. It is salvation that saves a person in such a difficulty. For example, saving people who are drowned or cure people who have a disease is also salvation. But for all of us, there is a problem called 'death' and 'judgment' that no one can solve by their own strength. Eccles.3:19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.   Heb.9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: John5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. The greatest wish for all humans is to get out of death and have eternal life, and this is the ultimate salvation. After death, going to the blessed heaven without going to the painful hell is also saved. So in the Bible, 'getting eternal life', 'going to heaven', and 'getting salvation' are written in the same sense. The only way humans can get eternal life by God is through the Bible, the Word of God.   2Cor.13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?   People usually think it is not difficult to be saved. I thought believing in the basic doctrine, and I can be saved. But salvation is not my own way, but God determine according the truth of the Bible. It is not desirable to feel easy about my salvation before born again by truth and Holy Spirit.   Matt.7:13~14 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:  Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.   There are many people going to the wide and comfortable road to destruction, but not many people go to the narrow and difficult road that leads to life. The path that many people believe is right may not be the path of salvation, but the end may be a cliff. The way of salvation may be a narrow and difficult thorn road, unlike our thoughts. So first you have to find a narrow door that is not visible, and if you find a narrow door, you have to walk along a narrow road.   Luke13:23~24 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.   Jesus gave a negative answer to the question of whether there are few people who are saved. A narrow door is not a self-entrance, but strive to search. Many people try to enter a narrow door, but they can not enter because they do not live as the truth in the Bible says. A narrow door can only escape the body, because there are too many things to take without abandoning their own possession and greed.   Luke13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:   Those who came to the wide door and the comfortable way were rejeccted by Jesus in front of the Heaven Gate because they did not come through the narrow door and the hard way. Even Christians, do not live according to God's will, live according to my will, may be denied by jesus in front of the gate of heaven.   Luke13:26~28 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.   Luke13:29~30 And they shall come from the east, and [from] the west, and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.   They ate and drank in front of Jesus, and even though they were taught by Jesus, they were expelled from heaven and cried for illegal behavior by Jesus. First, those who misbelieve and do illegal acts are expelled from heaven, but later those who believe right and do truth later will come from all over the earth and sit in the kingdom of God.   Matt.13:47~48 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:  Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.   Luke12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.   Jesus says heaven is like throwing a net (gospel) into the sea (world) and catching many fishs (people), but it is like dragging them to the beach (judgment table) and putting good fishs (people) in a bowl (heaven), and bad fishs (people) out (going to hell). It is important to remember that, as you can see from the flood judgment, only eight Noah families were saved in the whole world, and only three of Lot's families were saved during the Sodom judgment, so what is important to God is quality rather than quantity.   Matt.20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.   Matt.22:14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen.   Num.32:11~13 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. In the end, many people have been called to be saved, but there are not many people who can go to heaven by taking a choice from God getting complete salvation. This is like only Joshua and Galleb, 2 persons cross jordan river to the land of Canaan who are obedient to God, without any criticism, even though 600,000 Israelites cross the Red Sea to the wilderness when they escape from Egypt.   Acts19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?   I saw myself unable to expel devils that bothered me, and I realized that I had not been fully saved. Because Satan and the devisl have the authority to harass those who are not completely saved at any time. In order to be fully saved, we must first look closely at the Bible. I will give you a detailed description of how to receive full salvation from the next 'the Course of Salvation' section.    Rom.12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.   * Word document for print; WAY of SALVATION   Copyright(c) light and darkness history All rights reserved aspire7@hanmir.com