Gospel Reflections #130: Salvation is NOT something we do for God

Matthew 28:19 'Make all people my disciples.'

God created us to be in His genealogy. But mankind's acceptance of sin has separated us from God, we are not in God's genealogy anymore, but in mankind's genealogy of sin. Such was God's plan of salvation of mankind for us that He let in a Savior from outside of mankind's genealogy.

Jesus, who is God, became a human being and entered the genealogy of humankind. He died in our place to atone for our sins. Then, Jesus was resurrected as God. This means that He prepared the way for us to enter the genealogy of God.

As long as we believe in Jesus, we can be included in God's genealogy. We don't have to have good deeds or accomplishments or be a good Christian to be in God's genealogy, we just have to believe in Jesus and accept Him as our Savior, and good deeds will only be a result of God's presence.

He said, "Make all peoples my disciples." I believe this means that Jesus has done all the preparation for us to become His disciples, and now that it is done, we can tell everyone about it and go to Him at any time.

Salvation is not something we do for God, but something God does for us! All we have to do is believe and accept.

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This Gospel Reflections page is written by Masae San, a devoted student of the Bible who passionately embraces the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She shares her daily reflections on the Gospels as a way to reach out to others and spread the message of Jesus. We're sharing her message here so that you too can experience the joy that comes from the Gospel that has filled her heart.