Salvação
A salvação é a obra suprema de Deus. Pela graça, mediante a fé, somos salvos — não por obras, para que ninguém se glorie. É o presente mais precioso que a humanidade pode receber.
A salvação pela graça
A salvação é dom de Deus, não resultado de esforço humano. Somos justificados pela fé em Cristo Jesus e reconciliados com Deus pelo seu amor.
8 for by grace you are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you -- of God the gift,9 not of works, that no one may boast;
5 (not by works that are in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,
9 who did save us, and did call with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, that was given to us in Christ Jesus, before the times of the ages,
16 for I am not ashamed of the good news of the Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation to every one who is believing, both to Jew first, and to Greek.
23 for all did sin, and are come short of the glory of God --
7 for scarcely for a righteous man will any one die, for the good man perhaps some one also does dare to die;8 and God does commend His own love to us, that, in our being still sinners, Christ did die for us;
23 for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.
O caminho da salvação
Quem confessa Jesus como Senhor e crê em sua ressurreição será salvo. A fé em Cristo é o único caminho para a salvação.
9 that if you may confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and may believe in your heart that God did raise him out of the dead, you shall be saved,10 for with the heart does one believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
10 for with the heart does one believe to righteousness, and with the mouth is confession made to salvation;
31 and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved -- you and your house;'
31 and they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved -- you and your house;'
12 and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that has been given among men, in which it behooves us to be saved.'
21 and it shall be, every one -- whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.
6 Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one does come unto the Father, if not through me;
16 for God did so love the world, that His Son -- the only begotten -- He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
12 but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God -- to those believing in his name,
Nova vida em Cristo
Quem está em Cristo é nova criação. A salvação não é apenas perdão, mas transformação completa — de dentro para fora, para a glória de Deus.
17 so that if any one is in Christ -- he is a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
3 Jesus answered and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'
3 and said, 'Verily I say to you, if you may not be turned and become as the children, you may not enter into the reign of the heavens;
9 if we may confess our sins, steadfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;
9 the Lord is not slow in regard to the promise, as certain count slowness, but is long-suffering to us, not counselling any to be lost but all to pass on to reformation,
20 lo, I have stood at the door, and I knock; if any one may hear my voice, and may open the door, I will come in unto him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Segurança eterna
O crente tem a certeza da salvação. Ninguém pode arrebatar da mão de Deus aqueles que Ele chamou, justificou e glorificou.
28 and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;
36 he who is believing in the Son, has life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God does remain upon him.'
8 whom, not having seen, you love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, you are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,9 receiving the end of your faith -- salvation of souls;
16 he who has believed, and has been baptized, shall be saved; and he who has not believed, shall be condemned.
A salvação presente e futura
A salvação é passada (justificação), presente (santificação) e futura (glorificação). Deus nos salva, nos guarda e nos conduz à vida eterna.
11 For the saving grace of God was manifested to all men,12 teaching us, that denying the impiety and the worldly desires, soberly and righteously and piously we may live in the present age,
22 and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness does not come.
28 so also the Christ, once having been offered to bear the sins of many, a second time, apart from a sin-offering, shall appear, to those waiting for him -- to salvation!
10 for if, being enemies, we have been reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved in his life.
22 for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive,
Nada é impossível para Deus
Aos homens é impossível, mas para Deus tudo é possível. Ele deseja que todos sejam salvos e cheguem ao conhecimento da verdade.
27 And Jesus, having looked upon them, said, 'With men it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.'
27 and he said, 'The things impossible with men are possible with God.'
10 for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'
47 for so has the Lord commanded us: I have set you for a light of nations -- for your being for salvation unto the end of the earth.'
13 'Go you in through the straitcramped, constricted gate, because wide is the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;}14 how straitcramped, constrictedis the gate, and compressed the way that is leading to the life, and few are those finding it!}
9 have you not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites,10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.
52 and Jesus said to him, 'Go, your faith has saved you:' and immediately he saw again, and was following Jesus in the way.