‘Salvation’ comes from the Latin word salvare which means ‘to save’. The Bible is clear that human beings have rejected God’s rule, sinned, and brought death and hell on themselves as the just punishment for sins (Genesis 3). But it is also clear from the Scriptures that God does not desire human beings to perish for eternity (2 Peter 3:9) and that therefore He has set in motion, through His Son, Jesus Christ, a sovereign plan to save the world through His death on the cross (Ephesians 1:3-14). Through this plan, human beings can be saved from death through faith in Jesus. This is by the grace of God alone, not by anything they have done to merit it (Ephesians 2:1-10). Faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to be saved, as it says in Acts 4:12: ‘Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved’. To hear a clear explanation of how you can be saved, visit https://crosscheck.org.uk.
