Sin… The downfall of mankind… Sin brought death, disease, wars, famine and all sorts of problems to the world. Some Christians wrongly think that sin can no longer do them any harm since they “believe” in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Having Jesus as your Lord and savior in a personal way is great but it is not all there is to being a Christian.
The truth is that Jesus died for mankind and redeemed the world, however, the application of his redeeming Grace is multifaceted. There are certain expectations for the Christian to be “saved”. Obedience is the key word when it comes to understanding what kind of faith is a saving faith. Without a proper understanding of this saving faith, many have been misled to their own detriment.
One of the main misunderstandings between many Protestants and many Catholics is what each other means by the words faith and alone. There is much discussion on whether the “alone” is to be taken in an adjectival or an adverbial sense in relation to the word faith. The purpose of this series is not to get into the nuances of what faith alone means and doesn’t mean. The purpose of this series is to help understand the Biblical Catholic position regarding how one is saved and the effects of sin on salvation.
The first question I want to raise in order to help understand the Biblical as well as Catholic understanding of salvation is:
What does Jesus say one must do to have eternal life? I will answer that in the next installment.
