Faith alone in Christ is not only the key for salvation

Dear friend’s faith alone in Christ is not only the key for salvation. We all know and read the Bible since our childhood. All of us are taught about the basics and principles of Christianity. Not only the Christians but 90% of the people of the world knows about Jesus Christ, His teachings and His sacrifice.

Though, every one of us knows about Jesus Christ but only a handful people are eligible to qualify to enter into the Kingdom of Lord. I hope most of you will disagree, but this is the truth.

Know WHY?

John 14:6 says “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Yes, it is true. Jesus has shown us the way, He has told us the truth and He has told us about the eternal life.

The matter is that Jesus told us everything but how much do we adhere or follow. The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments, also known as the Decalogue, are a set of commandments which the Bible describes as being given to the Israelites by God at biblical Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments appear twice in the Hebrew Bible, first at Exodus 20:1–17 and then at Deuteronomy 5:4–21) were given at the time of Moses.

In New Testament, if you read Mathew 5, Mathew 6 and Mathew 7 you will find the complete detail of do’s and don’ts in the Sermon on the Mount given by Jesus to his disciples. Here Jesus has covered almost all aspects of life, that how one should lead the life in this world. He also gave examples to explain. Some of the topics that Jesus guided in the Sermon on the Mount are:

• ·         About Fulfillment of the Law

• ·         About Murder

• ·         About Adultery

• ·         About Oaths

• ·         About punishment

• ·         About Love for Enemies

• ·         About Giving to the Needy

• ·         About Prayer

• ·         About Fasting

• ·         About Treasures in Heaven

• ·         About Heaven

• ·         About entrance in Heaven

• ·         About worries

• ·         About Judging others

• ·         About True and False Prophets

• ·         About True and False Disciples

The Ten Commandments which were given at the time of Moses were revised and repeated by different people at different interval of time as a reminder and in the same sequence Jesus came and reminded of the same laws. He told in very clear words that one has to follow and fulfill all the laws, if they want to enter in to the Kingdom of Lord.

Jesus mentioned clearly that He has come to fulfill the law, not to destroy it. See Mathew 5:17-20, “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or one pronunciation mark shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

A person is bound to follow the rules given by God either through Moses or through Jesus or through other Prophets as I have already mentioned above. Along with it a last and the most important condition to receive salvation is that a person has to believe in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess with his mouth that Jesus is Lord. Read Romans 10:9, “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Jesus came into this world for us, He died for us, He was raise from the dead, and He is our Lord and Saviour. This is the belief of all the Christians and His followers. But unless and until we don’t follow to the laws, we cannot receive salvation.

Dear friends the laws given in Ten Commandments or in the Sermon on the Mount are not at all tough to follow it. If we follow it along with the faith and belief in Jesus, We will definitely enter into the Kingdom of God. So always be righteous and have faith in Jesus our Saviour.