THE WORD THAT SAVES

March 9

Psalms 119:81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

Even though it had never rained before, Noah obeyed a Divine verbal word telling him to build, on dry land, a barge that would protect him from a worldwide flood (Genesis 2:5-6; 6:13). His belief in this Divine Word eventually became the key to his salvation from the destructive deluge.

In his old age, his wife equally old and barren, Abraham believed a Word telling him that he will be the ancestor of many nations. God counted Abraham’s belief in His Word for righteousness (Genesis 15:2-6).

The children of Israel who believed God’s Word given by the first mediator Moses, put the blood of an unblemished lamb on the doorposts of their houses. They were thus spared the judgments of the angel of death that visited Egyptian’s households (Exodus 12).

The generation that fearlessly obeyed the Word of God to conquer Canaan in spite of the size of its inhabitants received the Promised Land for an inhabitation (Joshua 1).

The people of simple faith who received Jesus, the Incarnate Word of God benefited of the miracles and virtues freely given to mankind by the Almighty (The Gospels).

Everyone who believes in, and receives the Word of God Jesus-Christ is rescued from the curse incurred by the breaking of the Law, and saved from the vials of the Wrath of God that are to be poured upon a rebellious generation (Galatians 3:10,13; Revelations 16)

From the beginning, salvation has always been through simple belief and acceptance in the Word.

“Oh Christian, do we accept this simple truth? Do we, in sincerity and integrity of heart, bequeath and relinquish all controls? Do we realize that our salvation is solely dependant on our acceptance of His word? That no amount of self-restraint against sin, of adherence to religious rituals, or of self-improvement techniques is of any credit towards our salvation? That it is solely based on our belief and acceptance of the word of God that saves us from ourselves and from the wrath to come?”

John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

Note: Believe: In the original Greek, “believe” is “Pisteu” meaning: “to drink in”.