STRANGE SALVATION

The word salvation has been used in strange ways.

I once saw a headline that went like this..

"The Jungle Is Our Salvation".

I was in a taxi when I read this. The passenger next to me cringed at this abuse of the word

SALVATION.

Then there is this gap of meaning I grabble with when I try to write a posting on Salvation in Bahasa Malaysia.

The word "Menyelamat" ( to save )
or "keselamatan" ( safety )

does not even go near to what SALVATION means.

Good Friday is approaching... and here I am thinking about the cruxifiction and salvation.

Let me try to express it in Bahasa Malaysia.

Roh kami sebagai manusia tidak sempurna. Setiap orang pasti berdosa dan tidak dapat masuk syorga kerana syorga adalah tempat yang suci.
(As humans our souls are not perfect. Each of us has sinned and cannot enter heaven becasue heaven is a holy place)

Jesus Christ telah bersihkan dosa kami.
( Jesus Christ has washed away our sins)


Lord Jesus buka pintu ke syorga.
(Lord Jesus openned the door to heaven)

Usaha anda untuk mengikut amalan baik dan membantu masyarakat tidak dapat selamatkan anda kerana anda tetap berdosa.
( All your efforts to follow good practices and help the community cannot save you becasue your are still a sinner.)

HANYA JESUS DAPAT CUCI SEGALA DOSA
( Only Jesus can clean you from all sins)

DAN BAWA ANDA KE SYORGA.
(And bring you to heaven)

Ini lah maksud SALVATION
(This is the meaning of SALVATION)

Good Friday ingatkan kita bahawa JESUS rela mengorbankan diri untuk menyelamatkan kita dan bawa kita ke syorga.
(Good Friday reminds us that JESUS was willing to sacrifice Himself to save us and bring us to heaven.)

For those who believe in Him will be sons of God.

And what does it mean?

A son is part of a family forever.

Do you want to be a part of God's family forever?

Or do you want to be separated from God forever?

Whom do you fear?

Do you fear God or do you fear man's sometimes strange teachings?