I said this in response to the great protestant question, “Do you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior”. I answered yes, immediately and asked him, if he had a personal relationship with God the Father or God the Holy Spirit and I don’t think he was asked that question before because he kind of studdered in response, and finally said yes.
Christianity is meant to be Trinitarian, not Christocentric. Does anyone disagree with that statement?
God Bless.
When it comes to salvation Jesus always made Himself the object of faith. And throughout the N.T. faith is brought home to a personal level, since the Body of Christ is made up of those who, personally, have believed the gospel message concerning Him.
For twenty-three years I agreed Jesus was “
the” Savior, Second Person of the Trinity, incarnated and died for
our sins. But at the age of 24 someone spoke to me about a personal faith in Christ. And although I had previously “
agreed” with all that was taught “
of” Him, I’d never actually, pesonally believed it of me. I knew I hadn’t, and Christ ever since has become not only
the Savior, but
my Savior.
I no longer just believed
of Him, but I personally believed “
in Him.” And for the first time in my life I knew, without a doubt, I was saved. And like the Apostle Paul, I understood salvation to be on a very personal level:
Gal 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the {life} which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave Himself up
for me.Although He is the Savior of the world, it is individuals who believe “
in Him”
personally that enter into that salvation. It’s one thing to believe “
of Him,” quite another to personally believe “
in Him.”
It is this personal faith, “
in Him” by which God justified Abraham (Gen. 15:6), and by which He justifies the ungodly today (Rom. 4:5).
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