How then Are We Saved?

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery” (Galatians 5:1).

I was asked recently how sinners are saved. The person asking wanted to know if there was any other way than through Jesus Christ. What if a person didn’t believe in Jesus? What if a person didn’t know Jesus? Isn’t there some plan B by which God weighs the good and the bad and gives a person a pathway to salvation?

When it comes to salvation, there is only one way. Jesus declared, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).

This is what the Apostle Paul was saying to the church in Galatia. There were those in the church who were teaching that a person needed to go through circumcision in order to become a Christian. In other words, there were things you needed to do in order to gain salvation. And that’s the thing – when it comes to salvation there is not a single thing in the universe we can offer up to God other than our sinful selves. We bring nothing to the table. Salvation is 100% the work and the gift of God.

That’s how Christ set us free from the bondage of sin. So, don’t take up any other laws or rules for salvation and be burdened again by the yoke of slavery to sin. Christ set us free.

We celebrate freedom from sin. That’s ultimately our Independence Day.