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'''Salvation''' is a word commonly used to describe the goal of [[Christian]]s. Salvation is also called "Eternal Life" and "Life Everlasting."  Salvation should not be confused with [[Heaven]] nor with the [[Resurrection]].  But before Salvation can be considered one must know what one is being saved from.

'''Salvation''' is the free gift of God through [[Jesus Christ]] in accordance with the New Testament of the [[Bible]].

 

In short, [[sin]] and its consequence of death are the things Christians seek salvation from.  Simply put, sin is wrong doing.  In the words of St. John the Evangelist:

 

Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has either seen Him nor known Him. Little children, let no one deceive you. He who does right is righteous, as He is righteous. He who commits sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. No one born of God commits sin; for God's nature abides in him, and he cannot sin because he is born of God. By this it may be seen who are children of Cod, and who are children of the devil; whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother'' (1 Jn 3:4-10).

 

==The recognition of sin==

==The recognition of sin==

The first step is the fact that mankind is sinful in nature; everyone does things which are contrary to God's will.  In God's eyes, stealing a paper clip is just as sinful as stealing a car.  The Apostle Paul neatly summed up the condition of man:

The first step is the fact that mankind is sinful in nature; everyone does things which are contrary to God's will.  In God's eyes, stealing a paper clip is just as sinful as stealing a car.  The Apostle Paul neatly summed up the condition of man: