Salvation's Not Enough: Unlock Their Souls!

Your students are looking for meaning, purpose and direction in their lives. Telling them it’s in a relationship with God isn’t enough; salvation isn’t enough! You have to unlock their souls! Through out the writings in the New Testament we see a recurring theme; the need for real faith, authentic relationship with God through Christ, over and against a form of godliness with no power. Religious events, countless corporate meetings, or contrived exercises that only mimic life hold absolutely no value. Yet it is often played off as the essence of Salvation. Instead of introducing them to the creator of the universe, our students are often introduced to our calendar and meetings. Our hopes and plans are genuine, aimed at the right goal, but so often students miss it because it has so little to do with their lives on a day-to-day basis. Have we missed the heart of Christ’s redemptive message?

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. (For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son. Col. 1:13 NASB) You are saved by grace! Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift — not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them. EPH 2: 1-10

Created for His glory, to reflect His highest good in our lives and activities. Marred by sin, then rescued: To be placed back in the “game”, for good works, we were born to LIVE! We were made, created, designed to fulfill the very thing God placed in us, our own unique internal wiring!

Show your students “Life in Christ” is the only way they will ever be able to answer the desires of their hearts. Show them by the power of the Spirit, their personal design for His Glory. Grant them the understanding that in Him is the revelation of, not simply the deep mysteries of the universe, but the answer for the journey of their lives. Work, play, love, all of life even the bad, as they live it now is sourced in Him. When they see the connection, then and only then will they chase with abandon the God we love and life in Him. Let’s not offer them religion and it’s duty hold out to them true life! It will “Unlock (release from prison) their Soul”