Posted by David A. Pierre, Senior Pastor Of Spirit-Filled International Church
WHY DO WE NEED SALVATION?
Understand this, when God created Adam, He created him in a perfect state. Adam was perfect and righteous. When Adam disobeyed God, he lost his perfection and righteousness; and as a result, he was separated from God for the first time and was in need on salvation.
I’ve heard many say, I understand why Adam needed salvation, but what did his disobedience have to do with me?
Adam was the first created man and as such was the perfect prototype of all mankind. In Adam the will of all humanity was revealed and manifested. When he made the choice to disobey God, all humanity made the same choice. When Adam sinned, every man sin. The biblical term for this is IMPUTATION, which is “to enter in the account of all the work of one”. Romans 5:12-13 says: Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned-- 13 (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. God, the righteous Judge, imputed the sin of Adam to all knowing that standing in the same shoe as Adam every man would have made the same choice.
When God commanded Adam not to eat of the tree, He said:"Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 "but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Genesis 2:16-17. One of the primary byproducts of our disobedience was and still is eternal separation from God. Romans 3: 23 states: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. “Falling short of the glory of God” happened with the fall of men. Furthermore, the first part of Romans 6:23 says: For the wages of sin is death...
Henceforth, we need salvation because we have disobeyed God and are separated from Him forever. SALVATION is a foundational doctrine of the Christian faith. The term is used to identify the redemptive changes taking place in a Christian, when by faith he’s received the benefit of the death and resurrection of Jesus-Christ. The term implies deliverance, safety, preservation, healing, and soundness. Salvation, in short, means that a Christian is delivered from the power and penalty of sin.
What is salvation to you? Can you share your salvation? Please leave your comments, thoughts, or questions on this topic.
Verses are from the New King James Version
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I totally agree with you. You made clearer. I used to think that Adam decision was his and not mine, but even today, I still make decisions that are not far from disobeying God. I would make the same decision he made because Adam was standing as me in his harmony with God and his disobedience as well. Well said Pastor.
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