It's a Love Issue!

“Is it a salvation issue?” I don’t how many times I’ve heard or been asked this question. I’ve even asked it a few times myself in the past.

I don’t like it anymore. Too many times it’s asked by people who either want to add something to God’s clear directives in Scripture or to get out of doing something they don’t want to do. It’s really more of an excuse than a question.

“Am I expressing my love to the Lord Jesus Christ in this?” This is a better question. It’s not merely a question of our affections for Jesus. Jesus determined for us how we go about expressing our love to Him. Quite simply He said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments” (John 14:15 ESV). This is the motivation for all we do in our Christian walk.

Too many times we’re worried about what infraction will send us to hell or what small list of things we must do to ensure our place in heaven. This is not what Christianity is all about. This misses the whole point of what Jesus came to do and to call us to in the gospel.

We’re called on to trust Him to save us on the merit of His sacrifice and to entrust ourselves to Him by obeying Him in everything He commands us. We’re called to follow Him wherever He leads and to do whatever is required to glorify Him and exalt Him in the gospel before a lost and dying world. Simply stated, we’re called to love Him more than anyone or anything else in this world.