While living in the so-called real world of ambiguity, I am learning that without love there can be no justice and, without justice, power becomes physical force rather than the inner strength that is involved in making judgments that are tempered by love and forgiveness. Jesus paid a high price for his integrity. I am empowered by his example. I am saved by the life and death of Jesus, the light-bearer who embraced ambiguity, transforming it by love. Wis. To believe that one is saved is an act of faith in Jesus Christ.
Faith is an act of profound trust.
When we trust, we express our belief in the truth. We can try to dismiss or ignore the truth of life's daily troubles, but this accomplishes nothing. However, if we consciously and spiritually open our hearts and minds to the reality of life's daily troubles, paradoxically we are strengthened and renewed through Matthew. There is no satisfactory cognitive response to the question of what it means to be saved. Intellectually, we cannot adequately define or express what it means to be saved.