It seems to me that salvation is simply coming into a personal relationship with Jesus and then beginning to walk on a different path. For some people that is a very dramatic experience because the path they have been on has been harmful to their soul. For others it might be less dramatic because their path has been good, but not necessarily fulfilling. The transformation comes when we become aware of how much God loves us. It doesn’t really matter how good or how bad we are, it’s the fact that God loves us and wants what is good for us. That changes everything.
Our response to that love and acceptance can only be repentance, a change of living for myself to living with and for God. We get hung up in doctrine and theological debate over words and ideas like saved, salvation, and born again. God isn’t interested in our doctrine or theology. He is interested in us and wants to love us and have us love him. God so loved the world that he gave his son. To me that is the ultimate love. How can I respond with anything but love in return?
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