> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://amemamem.com.br/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The True Salvation - URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/the-true-salvation/ - Published: 2025-08-26T10:51:27.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-09T01:04:31.000Z - Description: The whole world is under the power of the evil one.” (1 John 5:19) - Author: Airton Humber - Tags: #en, #de-verdadeira-salvacao The Human Condition and the True Salvation.The Bible reveals a harsh but true picture of our condition, one that is rarely explained or even addressed: ## 1\. We are under the power of the evil one > “The whole world is under the power of the evil one.” (1 John 5:19) Not only do we live in darkness, we are governed by invisible forces that control and dominate the world. ## 2\. We live in a dark world > “**Our struggle** … is against **the powers of this dark world**, …” (Eph 6:12) Our natural environment is one of darkness, confusion and deceit. ## 3\. Our inclination is only toward evil > “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man had multiplied on the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was always and only toward evil.” (Gen 6:5) > > “The inclination of man's heart is evil from childhood.” (Gen 8:21) Wickedness is not circumstantial, but structural: it is rooted in our nature. ## 4\. Jesus said: “You are evil” > “If you, though you are evil, know how to give good things to your children…” (Matt 7:11) He did not point to some as evil and others as good, but to all of us. ## 5\. The apostle Paul confessed his powerlessness > “The good I want to do, I do not do, but the evil I do not want, that I keep on doing.” (Rom 7:19) Even the most zealous of men acknowledged that he had no strength to overcome the evil within himself. ## 6\. They called Jesus good, but He did not accept it > “Why do you call me good? No one is good except one, and that is God.” (Mark 10:18) Not even Jesus, in his humanity, presented himself as a source of goodness. He directed all goodness to the Father. ## 7\. Our struggle is against the invisible > “**Our struggle** is against the rulers, against the authorities, … **against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms**.” (Eph 6:12) We are at war against what we can neither see nor control. ## The summary of our condition - We live in darkness. - We are governed by the evil one. - We are evil by nature. - We cannot practice good. - There is no goodness in ourselves. - We fight against forces we cannot see. **Therefore, it is impossible to win… by ourselves!!! 😮😱😭** ## Jesus' answer That is why Peter asked: *“Then who can be saved?”* . And Jesus answered: *“For men it is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”* (Matt 19:25-26) **This is the heart of salvation: what is impossible for man is exactly what God does.** ## How God did the impossible Jesus made himself an ordinary human being, received the Holy Spirit, and by the power of that Spirit, overcame the evil one. He did not win as an unreachable superhuman, but as the model of the ordinary human being guided by the Spirit. And, after winning, He sent the same Spirit to dwell in us. ## Conclusion This is where many today are deceived: they speak of salvation as if it were only “forgiveness of sins”, a future promise or a ticket to heaven. But true salvation is **the present liberation from the invisible power that governs this world**. It is God doing the impossible, today, by the Holy Spirit, within ordinary people. That is why Jesus said: **“I am the way”**, because He himself walked that way first. And that is why the early church was called **the Church of the Way**, because it did not follow a religion, but walked on the same path opened by Christ. **This is salvation:** God's powerful liberation for our human condition, yours and mine, and it remains the same today. **This is what we are saved from!!! 🙃😳😍** ## The warnings of Jesus and the apostles And that is why Jesus and the apostles left us such serious warnings. Jesus: > “You set aside the commandment of God and hold on to the tradition of men… Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition that you yourselves hand down.” (Mark 7:8,13) > “You travel over land and sea to make one convert and, when you succeed, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.” (Matt 23:15) > “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, saying: ‘It is I!’ and will deceive many.” (Matt 24:4-5) Peter: > “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation!” (Acts 2:40) Paul: > “If anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.” (Rom 8:9) John: > “We know that we are of God and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.” (1 John 5:19) These warnings are not just harsh words, but calls of love. They remind us that salvation is not theory, nor tradition, nor religion, it is life in the Spirit. > “The people who lived in darkness have seen a great light; on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” (Matt 4:16) > > “God said: Let there be light! And there was light.” (Gen 1:3) Salvation is exactly this: **the light of God shining in the midst of darkness, bringing life where there was only death.** ### P.S. Perhaps someone will read this text as if it were a fight against the churches. But that is not the intention. The goal is not to attack denominations or traditions, but to show, in the light of the Scriptures, the simplicity and beauty of salvation in Christ. Many times, religious tradition has ended up obscuring this truth, reducing salvation to a distant, future or merely institutional concept. But the Bible reveals something much greater: **the present liberation, by the Holy Spirit, for the human condition**. I do not write against churches, but in favor of Christ, **so that He may be seen with the clarity of the revelation of the Holy Scriptures**.