In this episode, we learn about the most basic biblical teaching about being saved.  It’s a radical teaching, something that indeed turns us and our world “upside down.”  You see, we are not saved by trying to be better people or by trying to improve our morals.  We are saved only as God credits us with the righteousness of Jesus.  This is amazingly good news!

#9 God's Word About Salvation

For 2000 years, the followers of Jesus have been on a mission, even as Jesus himself was on a mission.  Often wrongly understood as “saving souls,” this mission of Jesus actually is about bringing people into a new kingdom, a new reality.  Life in this new kingdom requires not only a change of heart and mind, but a change in life-purpose and worldview.  As Jesus himself observes, there are not many people who will want this change.  But for those who are changed by God inwardly, life in this new kingdom, brings new meaning and purpose in life.  Everyone who becomes part of this new kingdom finds that almost all their prior beliefs, ideas, attitudes, and perspectives become turned “upside down.”