The Great Salvation: The Danger of Neglect

The salvation announced by God through His Son in these last days surpasses the temporal deliverance wrought for Israel at the exodus. That was merely freedom from Egyptian bondage; this is spiritual salvation—deliverance from sin, from wrath, from everlasting destruction, and the possession of eternal life itself.

Yet what does it mean to neglect so great a salvation? The parable of the wedding feast illuminates this peril. When the King's servants invited guests to His Son's marriage, proclaiming "All things are ready," the invited made light of it, turning instead to farms and merchandise. Similarly, those who neglect salvation treat the gospel with indifference—as if it were merely one option among many pursuits.

Who commits this sin? All who possess access to religious knowledge yet remain ignorant of the faith once delivered to the saints; all who know doctrine yet do not believe unto righteousness pisteuō—with the whole heart; all who continue in sin while professing to know Elohim, denying Him in their works.

To neglect so great salvation is heinous wickedness for two reasons. First, its dignity: God the Father Himself has made it known through His Son. Second, its clarity: the mystery of salvation by the obedience and death of the Son, hidden from ages past, is now fully revealed and proclaimed to all men. The gospel's tidings are so good, so compelling, that human nature itself testifies to the reasonableness of receiving it.