Do many church people fully understand what salvation involves?
No. A multitude of church people do not really comprehend what all is involved in the word salvation. Most think of salvation only as a fire escape—escaping hell and going to heaven when they die—while the word itself implies far more, with many aspects to define.
Les explains that even a multitude of church people do not really comprehend what all is involved in the one word salvation. Most people, he says, think of salvation as just a fire escape: they will escape hell and go to heaven when they die. But the word implies so much more. Les notes he could list eleven, twelve, or thirteen aspects of salvation and intends to define that one word over one or more programs. He grounds salvation in the Gospel, pointing to 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 as the portion that lays out the Gospel so completely, clearly, and simply. There Paul declares the Gospel he preached, which the Corinthians received, wherein they stand positionally, and by which they are saved, unless they believed in vain; Paul delivered first of all what he also received.