WHAT IS SALVATION
Salvation is the gift God offers to every person through Jesus Christ. It is not earned, deserved, or achieved by human effort. Salvation is God reaching down to us, not us reaching up to Him. It is the moment a person is rescued from sin, forgiven, restored, and bought into a new relationship with God through faith in Jesus.
Salvation is God’s love in action.
It is His mercy, His grace, His forgiveness, and His desire that none should perish but that all should come to repentance.
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” — Luke 19:10
Salvation is the beginning of a new life, a new identity, and a new purpose. This is where the journey starts.
THE CROSS & THE RESURRECTION
The cross is where Jesus took our place. He carried our sin, our shame, and our punishment so we could be forgiven and made right with God. The cross is the greatest act of love the world has ever known.
But the story didn’t end there.
The resurrection is the victory. Jesus rose from the dead, proving He is the Son of God, and that sin, death, and darkness have been defeated forever.
‘He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.” — Matthew 28:6
The cross is the payment. The resurrection is the receipt. Because He lives, we can live also.
BEING BORN AGAIN
Being born again is not a physical birth –it is a spiritual one. It is the moment a person receives new life through the Holy Spirit. When you believe in Jesus, confess Him as Lord, and surrender your heart to Him, something supernatural happens inside you.
The old life passes away. A new life begins.
Being born again is the transformation of the heart, the renewing of the mind, and the awakening of the spirit. It is God giving you a fresh start, a clean slate, and a new identity in Christ.
“Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again." — John 3:3
This is where the change becomes real. This is where the journey becomes personal.
BAPTISM
Baptism is the outward expression of the inward change that has already taken place. It is the public declaration that you belong to Jesus, that your old life has been buried, and that you have risen into a new life through Him.
Baptism symbolizes three things:
•Death to the old life
•Burial of the old self
•Resurrection into new life in Christ
When you go down into the water, it represents being buried with Christ. When you rise up, it represents being raised with Him into a new beginning, a new identity, and a new purpose.
“We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”— Romans 6:4
Baptism is obedience. Baptism is surrender. Baptism is the visible sign of an invisible grace.
This is where faith becomes public. This is where the new life is declared.
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3–The fullness of God’s wisdom, the divine pattern, the foundation He lays before He builds.
1– The unity of God, the oneness of His voice, His direction, His truth.
7– Completion, perfection, the seal of God’s timing and favor.
0– The Infinity of God.
3 1 7 0 is the journey.
God gives wisdom (3), calls you into alignment (1), finishes what He started (7), represents what has no beginning and no end (0).