Then and Now

Applying the Bible · Apr 1, 2021 · 6m

I have heard Christians who have been saved for a while say that the gospel message is for the unsaved and insinuate that they no longer need to hear it since they are saved. Yet Jesus is our salvation and He said He is the Way, Truth, and Life and no one comes to the Father apart from Him.

I think of it more like this: when we hear the gospel and receive salvation, it’s the first breath taken as a new creation in Christ, just as a baby would breathe air for the first time outside the womb. Would that baby no longer need to breathe after taking their first breath? That may sound silly, but…