Now after I dug in more on the salvation aspect I understand it. Correct me if I'm wrong. We do not have to kneel down and pray that we are forgiven of our wrongdoings. We do not need to avoid sin and do good things. That is what they needed to do before Jesus was killed. But after Jesus died, our sins were forgiven. What does this mean? We get to heaven by doing something so simple: trust that Jesus saves you from judgement. No regretting of sin or confession. No trying to do "good works". You know what this strategy does? It makes you self-righteous, it can make you think you are better than others and it can make you think you have earned salvation. We get salvated by believing in Jesus Christ dying for us. Plain simple, almost ridicously simple. But how are we supposed to stop sin? When we understand that we are already going to get the ticket to heaven by simply believing in Jesus dying for us, we enter into a state of relief first. Then we realize: ok I'm saved already, what now. And the good works and avoiding sin comes naturally from a place of awe, thankfulness and honor for God. An example I just invented: If someone gave you a birthday present so expensive they went into debt and misery. But they wanted to see you happy so they bought you this. You would then feel a want to serve them, thank them and help them BACK. But you don't have to, you already have the gift. Same with Jesus: we already got the gift and we do good because we feel the natural want to be thankful for someone but we don't have to. Correct me if I'm wrong I'm just learning this!

Many people say, Jesus sacrificed himself for you. But my first response would be: a lot of other people sacrificed themselves for others bravely in the face of unjustice. It is true that he is God but then the remarkable thing is not the painful sacrifice itself but the character of God himself and the forgiveness towards humans. Thoughts?

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