What Must I Do to Be Saved?
One evening as Jesus was teaching, Rebecca said “Master, what do we say when the women ask us what they must do to be saved?”
Jesus replied “When people ask you what they should do to be saved, tell them: believe in this gospel of the kingdom and accept divine forgiveness. With faith know that you have inside of you a spirit of God that makes you a son of God. Have you read in the scriptures where it says ‘In the Lord I have strength and righteousness?’ Also where the Father says ‘My righteousness is near; my salvation has gone forth and my arms will enfold my people.’ ‘My soul will be joyful in the love of my God for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation and has covered me with the robe of his righteousness.’ Have you also read about the Father that his name ‘will be called the Lord our righteousness.’ ‘Take away the filthy rags of self-righteousness and clothe my son with the robe of eternal salvation and divine righteousness.’ It is forever true, ‘the just will live by faith.’ Entrance into the Father’s kingdom is wholly free, but progress—growth in grace—is essential to remain in it.’
“Salvation is the gift of the Father revealed by his Sons. Having faith in your salvation makes you a partner of the divine nature, a son or a daughter of God. Your faith justifies you: saves you. By acting on this faith you are forever advanced on the path to divine perfection. By faith Abraham was justified and made aware of salvation through Melchizedek’s teachings. Throughout the ages this same faith has saved the sons of humanity, but now a Son has come forth from the Father to make salvation more real and acceptable.” When Jesus finished speaking everyone who heard these gracious words rejoiced, and they all went on in the days that followed announcing the gospel of the kingdom with new power, energy, and enthusiasm.
Jesus summed up his finial statement saying “You cannot buy salvation; you cannot earn righteousness. Salvation is the gift of God and righteousness is the natural result of being led by your spirit as a son of the kingdom. You are not saved because you live a righteous life: you live a righteous life because you have already been saved; you have already recognized your sonship as a gift of God and that service in the kingdom of God is the supreme delight of life on Earth.’
“When people believe this gospel, which is a revelation of the goodness of God, they will be led to voluntarily stop sinning. The knowing that you are a son of God does not fit with wanting to sin. Instead, those who believe in the kingdom hunger for righteousness, and thirst for divine perfection.”
Excerpt from Son of Man: Urantia, Chapter 29, The Third Preaching Tour
Son of Man: Urantia, is a restatement of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the Urantia revelation and in accordance with its urging to do so for today’s generation.
https://robertakezer.substack.com/p/chap-29-the-third-preaching-tour
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Godspeed, everyone.
Bob
What Must I Do to Be Saved?