Walking on golden streets in a land where you never grow old. In the famous Jim Reeves song across the bridge, there is no more sorrow, across the bridge, there is no more pain. Eternal life in heaven and the avoidance of the wrath of God in hell is what biblical Christians refer to when they use the word “salvation” (Jordan, 2011).
The word “salvation” refers to an eternal, spiritual deliverance. Paul in the New Testament told the Philippian jailer what he had to do to be saved, he was referring to the jailer’s eternal destiny, his life after certain death (Acts 16:30-31). Jesus similarly equated being saved with entering the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:24-25) (KJV) (Svigel, Holsteen 2015).
Salvation or being saved leads to the question of
The word “salvation” refers to an eternal, spiritual deliverance. Paul in the New Testament told the Philippian jailer what he had to do to be saved, he was referring to the jailer’s eternal destiny, his life after certain death (Acts 16:30-31). Jesus similarly equated being saved with entering the kingdom of God (Matthew 19:24-25) (KJV) (Svigel, Holsteen 2015).
Salvation or being saved leads to the question of