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Life Salvation and Soul Salvation

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WHAT IS THE FREE GRACE GOSPEL?

Zoe "zoe" - Life

Psuche "psuche" - Soul

Zoe Life is Eternal
aionios "aionios"
(An Indefinite Length of Time)

Is Concerned with Life's Length / Quantity / Extent

Abundant - perisso "perisson"
Is Superabundant, Excessive Eternal Life

Is Concerned with Life's Depth / Quality / Worth

Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life,
and that they may have it more abundantly" (John 10:10b).

Is Recieved Immediately upon Faith in Christ and becomes a Present Possession
"Whoever believes has everlasting life" (Jn. 3:16)

Is Delayed - Primarily a Future Possession recieved "at the revelation" (1 Peter 1:7b) Some Aspects of SS can be Experienced in the Present Life

Saves the Hell bound Sinner from Eternal Death / Second Death / Perishing / Eternal Judgment and Destruction

Saves the Believer from the Wrath of God: Temporal and Eternal Consequences of Sin, the Loss of Eternal Rewards, Blessings, Benefits, Honor and Glory

Is Recieved as a Free Gift that can Never
be Lost, Returned, or Refunded
"by grace are you saved, it is a gift of God"
(Eph. 2:8)

Is Obtained or Profited by Godly Living / Walking by the Spirit / Suffering under Trails and Wages Earned for Faithful Service

Occurs when the Sinner is Accepted as a Child of God upon Faith in Christ
(Jn. 1:12)

Occurs when the Child of God Obeys Christ, Obtaining Approval and Qualification for Additional Responsibility in Christ's Kingdom

The Sinner who Obeys the Command of the Father to Believe in His Son
Receives Eternal Life - Life Salvation

Believers Pass from Death to Life / Darkness to Light / and Receives the Imputed Righteousness of Christ

Occurs when Approved Servants Receive the "Crown of Life" (Jam. 1:12) also "Praise, Honor, and Glory" (1 Pt. 1:7b). Faithful Shepherds Recieve the "Crown of Glory" (1 Pt. 5:4)

Occurs when Diligent Believers who are Led by the Spirit of God are Affirmed as Sons of God (Rom. 8:14b) and Presented to be Approved by God, Workers who do not Need to be Ashamed (2 Tim. 2:15)

Is a Past Event with Permanent Results upon Faith in Christ. For the Believer Justification, Regeneration, the New Birth is to be Considered a Thing of the Past

Is a Present Continues Event with Future Results, upon Intitial Faith in Christ.
Sanctification, Costly Growth is Ongoing

Has Only One Condition, Means, and Way for the Sinner to receive Eternal "zoe" Life -
"By Faith Alone in Christ Alone"

Has Many Conditions, Means, or Ways for the Obedient Child of God to Obtain "pushe" Life - Abiding in Christ by Persevering in Good Works, by Continuing in Faith, Hope and Love

There are two kinds of life, and two kinds of salvation for humanity to obtain -- (Gk.) "zoe" life and (Gk.) "psuche" soul life -- Life Salvation and Soul Salvation. In addition, the requirements for obtaining Life or Soul salvation are not the same. Many believers are totally unaware of this reality. Many believe that Life Salvation and Soul Salvation are one in the same. As a result many people are working for a salvation that can only be receive as a gift. And many believers are not working for a salvation that can only be obtained by diligent costly growth. Jesus spoke of these two kinds of life salvations in the parable of the rich fool,

"Then one from the crowd said to Him, 'Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.' But He said to him, 'Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?' And He said to them, 'Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's "zoe" life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses'.
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' So he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul (psuche), 'Soul, (psuche), you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul (psuche) be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?' So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God" (Luke 12:13-21).

The parable concentrates on the soul (psuche) which has the experience of life (e.g., take rest, eat, drink, be merry, v. 19). But if one lives for such experience alone, death marks the tragic loss and end of the soul - the end that (psuche) life. Conversely, the path of self-denial, willing subjection and suffering is the way of real life preservation, that is, the salvation of the soul (psuche). As Jesus said, "He who loves his (psuche) life will lose it, and he who hates his (psuche) life in this world will keep it for eternal (zoe) life" (John 12:25).

The Salvation of the soul life is gaining the fullness of life by denying ourselves, taking up our cross and following Christ.

Jim Elliot, a missionary to Ecuador, understood this teaching well. He literally gave is (zoe) life to gain the (psuch) life. He famously said, "He is no fool to give what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose." He is an example of a faithful servant of Christ who made temporary sacrifices to gain permanent eternal rewards.