That is, the only reason salvation is necessary is to get us back to the garden. The Pentateuch not only presents where we began but also why we are not there any more, and why and how we need to get back.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.
God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives.
Christian salvation consists in works. To be saved is to be made holy. To be saved requires our being made part of a people separated from the world so that we can be united in spite of - or perhaps better, because of - the world's fragmentation and divisions.
There are enough churches already, but the world still needs salvation.
Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.
Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.
Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living.
Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.