Its basic message was that we can be assured of our salvation as long as we believe in Christ. To paraphrase that tract, it argued that we can be assured of going to heaven, since God loves us ...
The ideas of salvation and atonement are very closely linked in Christianity. Atonement is the idea of the relationship between humans and God being healed, with God and humanity becoming united.
Although salvation is possible through Christ, St Paul also points out that people must follow God’s laws in order to be saved. He writes: Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the ...