(ThyBlackMan.com) Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12) Many times people are asked the question, “Are you saved?” “Have you been born again?” “Have you received salvation?”
Each and every individual in the world today needs to understand that God has a plan for his or her life.
In modern day society, we often hear the expression “higher power.” Men and women everywhere need to know that this “higher power” has a name. The Bible states in Acts 4:12 that “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” The Bible is nothing more than God revealing Himself to man. From the very beginning, God began not only to reveal Himself to man, but He also began to reveal His plan for man’s total welfare.
Many people in the world (as well as in churches) have no idea what salvation is. The Bible is our clear source of reference of this point. Understand that salvation is a Biblical issue.
Many times you may have found yourself in a church, tent meeting, or maybe someone has come to your door to talk to you about Jesus, the Bible, eternal life or the after life. Well, if they do not give you a strict Biblical plan, example or answer, then you (just as many others) have probably been misled.
Here is a list of things that salvation is not: We cannot obtain or inherit salvation by joining a church or some religious organization. Often we may have heard this expression, “The doors of the church are open.” Beloved, we cannot inherit salvation by joining the church and shaking some minister’s hand. Nor can we inherit salvation by being a candidate for baptism. We cannot obtain or inherit salvation by our parents belonging to a certain church or religious organization and therefore having us baptized when we were babies. We cannot obtain salvation this way because human bloodline or church affiliation does not allow us to inherit salvation.
We cannot obtain or inherit salvation by accepting the “way of holiness.” Holiness is a way of life for an individual who has already received salvation. We cannot obtain or inherit salvation by being a “good person.” Sorry but there will be a lot of “good people” in hell. We cannot obtain or inherit salvation by becoming a member of some religious sect or cult such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslim, Buddhist, etc. We may very well learn some great principles for living, and we may expand our spirituality, but there is no salvation in it for us.
It is sad to say, but no Scripture can be found to substantiate these methods in which many churchgoers have been led to believe can cause us to be saved.
For an enlightened view on what salvation is, let’s examine some terminology that we may or may not have heard: born again, eternal life, saved, salvation. All of these terms mean the same thing. When an individual receives salvation, he or she is born again. St. John 3:3 says, “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Jesus tells Nicodemus that except a man be born again he cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
In I Corinthians 5:17 it says, “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.” We understand that when we get saved, we become new creatures in Christ. Life is eternal. Where you will spend eternity depends on whether or not you are saved or have received salvation. (For a free book by Dr. Roberts, entitled, “What Is Salvation,” write 351 S. Craft Highway, Chickasaw, AL 36611.)
Staff Writer; Dr. Henry W. Roberts, II
This man of god is the pastor/teacher of Word of Life Community Church of Whistler and Chickasaw, AL. For teaching materials, please call (251) 456-2652.
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your religion is only “right” because the romans and britians killed and raped to spread the faith. essentially committing cultural genocide….so christianity is right simply because it “won” the race and mrdered all the other race participants? I diasagree jdean jesus is very real…as muhameed, thor, buddah etc….except they didnt have cgi like powers. How do we know islam isnt right andmuhameed isnt the way and the scriptures werent tamered?? Maybe the jews have a point..jesus doesnt adhere to the requirements it takes to be messiah (o.t and talmud)? Maybe the hindus, buddahists, anamilists and faiths are right? Maybe the true religion was killed off long ago and god is deist with alll current religions man-made?Maybe atheists are right? Maybe the true god lie with alien civilization? Maybe aliens are god? If god is infinite why are their many dis united laths to him? Why is did hesimply pop into existanc? the world didnt start with judiasm…..the torah is so laughingly unoriginal… why do we still subscribe to a pre copernicus relgious idealgy that states all must orbit earth? god like spacial objects doesnt orbit earth….earth could vaporize and the universe and all its life forms will carry on……….Is their a god? is a dumb question…which god arewe talking about? the fake “unity” of the three abrahamic religions is hilarious..
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Sorry Dr. but no man name Jesus Christ ever existed. You might have a good heart and if you do, you have been misled. Sorry bro. The research is out there. I know it makes you feel better to believe this fairy tale because you don’t want your career and chosen profession to be in vain. But this Jesus story was used by the conqueror to dominate, rape, pillage other indigenous nations, mostly European over black and brown people like yourself. Your religion may help a drug addict get right but the addict has the will inside themselves already. If you do know all this and have done your research and are still pushing this Bible on people, than you are the worse swine, devil, coon, and you pastors are part of what is misleading our community. Your brethren met with Donald Trump and are practicing in homosexual culture, So before you say that bullshit bible verse, make sure you and your cohorts are righteous cuz I really want to drive you out the temple like Yeshua did, my nigga!!!!!!!
I agree about our Messiah, but the author needs to do a lot more research. Our savior was never named Jesus because there was not a J in either the Hebrew nor the Greek alphabet. I suggest you email me at brainstormonline@yahoo.com and request a copy of my article published on this site that deals with White Savior Programming.
You may say “we don’t speak Hebrew or Greek”, but that is no excuses for calling someone by the wrong name. We should stand corrected and if you are going to call on the name above every name, you should call the right name at least.