I just wonder now, how you, as a Muslim, will react to this (for you) possibly very foreign ‘language’. It tells you – as it does to the Jews – that by trying to establish merit or righteousness before God, you actually do not submit to God!
The basis of our faith in God is that we can do nothing to earn eternal life, but depend on His rescue (salvation). We already noted that salvation is offered by the Saviour. He is Jesus. Salvation means to be pardoned. Actually, it is more than a pardon that is offered to us. God actually says:
“I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more” (Jeremiah 31:34).
“You will cast all our sins into the depth of the sea” (Micah 7:19).
“As far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us”
(Psalm 103:12).
God not only undertakes to forgive and to pardon us, but He actually promises to forget our sins. He makes us as pure as though we had never sinned. Our heavenly records are clean. Our names are recorded in the ‘Book of Life’ (see also Daniel 12:l; Philippians 4:3; Revelation 20:12,15; 21:27), which is the deciding factor determining our entrance into God’s eternal glory. In short, we have been reconciled to God and are at peace with Him:
“All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:18).
You will now understand why we Christians rely so much on Jesus. He is our only chance. Jesus himself said:
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
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