I am a Christian. I am saved. How arrogant does that sound? I am fully forgiven for all of my sins because of the sacrifice of Jesus (God) on the Cross at Calvary. My salvation was not obtained by me, by feats of excellence or holiness. I am undeserving. It is a gift given to me.
God authors that gift, that sacrifice, he causes it to happen and sets that promise.
I can trust God, therefore I can trust that my salvation that he provides is secure.
Jesus dies on that Cross for me and for you but he did not stay dead.
If you want an argument for why that it true, consider how strange that idea is? If someone was to make up that story why one so different to all others where God comes down to be a Servant for all mankind that have ever and will ever exist.
The idea that a God, stepped down and limited himself to become man and to become that willing sacrifice is so outside of normal ideas of God that it causes you (hopefully) to pause and think.
Here is a collection of statements about me, and about you in Christ. It was first compiled by Neil T. Anderson in his book Victory Over the Darkness. I have added descriptions and a new section.
Here is a navigation list to this section:
Christianity uniquely teaches adoption into God’s family by grace through faith. Unlike religions of works or distant deities, the gospel affirms believers as true sons and daughters of God. This identity is grounded in Christ’s work, not our merit.
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Friendship with Christ demonstrates His intimacy and personal love for His people. Unlike servants who only obey, we are invited into fellowship with Him. Other religions present distant or impersonal gods, but Christianity offers relationship.
John 15:15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
Justification means being declared righteous before God. This is forensic and final, not based on our performance. No other system provides assurance of right standing with God apart from grace.
Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Union with Christ is a mystery—believers share in His life, death, and resurrection. Unlike mere external obedience, Christianity offers inward transformation through Spirit-union.
1 Corinthians 6:17 But he who is joined to the Lord becomes one spirit with him.
Christ’s death was substitutionary and costly. Belonging to God gives dignity and security. In contrast, other worldviews leave people enslaved to sin or striving for worth.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
Believers are not isolated but part of Christ’s living body, the Church. This shows God’s design for community and purpose, unlike individualistic spirituality.
1 Corinthians 12:27 Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
In Scripture, saints are not an elite few but all believers set apart by God. Holiness is given in Christ, not earned. This challenges traditions that reserve “saint” for the exceptional.
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus.
Adoption signifies deliberate choice. God did not merely tolerate us but welcomed us into His household with full inheritance rights. This surpasses earthly adoption, showing His love and intentionality.
Ephesians 1:5 He predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.
Access to God is no longer mediated by priests or sacrifices. The Spirit grants intimacy with the Father. This refutes systems where access to God depends on intermediaries or rituals.
Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
Redemption means being purchased out of bondage. Forgiveness removes guilt fully. Unlike systems requiring endless penance, Christ’s blood is sufficient once for all.
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
In Christ, nothing is lacking. Believers do not need extra revelation, ritual, or works to be whole. This defends against teachings that suggest Christ plus something else.
Colossians 2:10 And you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
In Christ, the verdict is final: no condemnation. This answers the human longing for assurance that no sin or failure can bring us under judgment again.
Romans 8:1–2 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
God is sovereign over suffering. Unlike fatalism or blind chance, Christianity assures that trials are purposeful and redemptive in His plan.
Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Nothing—death, sin, or spiritual powers—can sever the believer from Christ’s love. This permanence surpasses conditional religious systems.
Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
The Spirit’s seal guarantees our inheritance. This divine confirmation rebuts doubts that salvation depends on shifting human effort.
2 Corinthians 1:21–22 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
Our life is secure in Christ’s own life. Identity and destiny are safe, beyond the reach of evil or uncertainty.
Colossians 3:3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
Sanctification is God’s work from start to finish. Unlike self-driven moral reform, it is guaranteed by His faithfulness.
Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Believers belong ultimately to God’s kingdom, not earthly powers. This gives hope beyond political systems or temporary national identity.
Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Fear is displaced by God’s Spirit of power, love, and sound judgment. Christianity offers freedom from spiritual bondage that grips humanity.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
God’s throne is one of grace, not terror. Believers can approach Him with confidence, unlike systems where fear of rejection dominates.
Hebrews 4:16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Spiritual rebirth places us under God’s protection. Evil may tempt but cannot ultimately destroy those kept by Christ.
1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
Believers have influence and purpose in preserving truth and pointing to Christ. Christianity affirms human dignity and mission beyond self-fulfillment.
Matthew 5:13–14 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Life flows from Christ alone. Christianity teaches dependence, not self-sufficiency, unlike religions of personal striving.
John 15:1,5 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. … I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
God’s election is purposeful—believers are set apart for lasting fruit. This contrasts with chance or purposeless existence.
John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Testifying to Christ is central. Christianity is not private mysticism but a public proclamation of the risen Lord.
Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
God dwells in His people by the Spirit, not in buildings of stone. This affirms the believer’s worth and responsibility to holiness.
1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Christians carry God’s message of peace through Christ. This shows that every believer has a mission, not just clergy.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
God invites His people to join His mission. Unlike religions of submission only, Christianity calls believers into partnership with the Creator.
2 Corinthians 6:1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
Positionally, believers already share in Christ’s victory. Our destiny is secure, giving hope and authority over sin.
Ephesians 2:6 And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
Each believer is God’s crafted masterpiece, designed for good works. Christianity affirms purpose and intentionality in every life.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Unlike systems of fear or rigid hierarchy, Christianity opens direct, bold access to the Father.
Ephesians 3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
Strength for life and service comes from Christ, not self. This verse affirms that Christian empowerment rests in dependence on Him.
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
In the OT, God Himself is the source of salvation—not human strength or idols. This anticipates Christ as God’s ultimate salvation.
Exodus 15:2 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
Isaiah foretells substitutionary atonement: the Messiah would bear our sins. Christianity uniquely fulfills this in Jesus.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Salvation is promised to all who call upon Yahweh—fulfilled in the NT where “the Lord” is revealed as Jesus.
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the survivors shall be those whom the Lord calls.
Salvation is not earned by works but freely given in Christ. This separates Christianity from all systems of merit.
Ephesians 2:8–9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Christ’s death satisfies God’s justice. Salvation delivers us from judgment, a reality other religions lack assurance of.
Romans 5:9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Faith in Christ’s resurrection and public confession of His Lordship bring salvation—simple, universal, and exclusive to Him.
Romans 10:9–10 Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Salvation includes transformation. Believers are new creations, not merely forgiven sinners, showing God’s power to change lives.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Salvation is not temporary. Eternal life is God’s gift in Christ, securing believers forever.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Salvation is found only in Jesus, not in prophets, philosophies, or religions. This exclusivity defines the gospel.
Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.
Jesus’ ongoing priestly ministry guarantees the believer’s salvation is complete and unshakable.
Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Salvation is not only rescue from sin but also empowerment for service. God redeems with purpose.
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
God’s salvation is total—covering guilt, shame, sin, and death. Nothing remains outside Christ’s redeeming work.
Isaiah 43:11 I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.
Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
God’s forgiveness is complete and immeasurable. Unlike human forgiveness, it leaves no record of wrongs.
Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
Forgiveness is God’s deliberate choice, not forgetfulness. He erases the record of guilt forever.
Isaiah 43:25 I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
The OT anticipates Christ’s cleansing blood, showing forgiveness is not partial but total.
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”
Forgiveness is tied to Christ’s sacrifice, not rituals or works. It shows the cross as central.
Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace.
Forgiveness is guaranteed by His faithfulness, not my worthiness. This offers assurance against doubt.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
In the new covenant, God promises never to recall forgiven sins. This is unique compared to religions of endless penance.
Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.
At salvation, sins past, present, and future are covered in Christ. No further sacrifice is required.
Colossians 2:13–14 And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
Jesus continually mediates for believers. Forgiveness is not fragile—it’s secured by His eternal priesthood.
Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
The substitutionary atonement means my guilt was transferred to Him. Forgiveness rests on God’s justice satisfied.
1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Forgiveness cannot be bought, earned, or worked for. It is a gift flowing from God’s mercy.
Romans 3:24 And are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
Salvation is available to all who confess Jesus as Lord and truly believe in His resurrection. It is a matter of faith and public declaration.
The following Spoken Out Loud
Father in Heaven I accept you and you son Jesus as my Lord and Saviour
I ask for the forgiveness of my sins.
I declare that I believe in my heart that God raises Jesus from the dead.
I reject Islam and Muhammad and break the chains of association to that religion.
I praise you Lord and thank you for saving me today.
Amen.