Saved!

It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 2:14)

Salvation is what Paul was writing about. The only way we gain the glory of the Lord is to be saved. We are saved to know God...and gain His glory. What we are saved from is seeking to demonstrate the glory of ourselves. All of our lives before the gospel came to us was wrapped up in believing that the whole world turned around us and we were central to this drama we call life. When truth was revealed to us by the Spirit and through His word, we were given faith to believe the real truth… Jesus is at the center of all of history and He is central to our salvation. He saves us so that we can become like Him. We will not become like Him unless we know Him. When we hear the call of the gospel we can receive or reject this truth...that Jesus is Lord. When we receive it, we will be made holy, we will be transformed. And we will gain the glory of Christ because Christ will be in us. The Lord not only grants us life...He is our life! We are saved from serving self and exalting self. We are saved from self-worship and self-glorification. We are saved from self-destruction. We are saved to serve a Savior. We are saved to show His glory.