how does "getting saved" really work?

Here's the "post of the day" by Frank Turk at Pyromaniacs.

Jesus’ work is not a consequence of anything but God’s intervention to save men who will otherwise be lost.

You are not saved if you can now find your own way: you are saved if you are actually taken out of the way of danger. Standing outside a burning building and shouting the names of those trapped inside does not make one a savior; even running through the halls of that building shouting names and “follow me!” does not make you a savior: going into the flames, and breaking down the doors, and searching under the bed for the scared child who doesn’t know how to save herself, and then carrying her out through the flames makes you a savior. A savior is who who actually saves, who does the saving and has saved someone when it’s all over.

This one is worth reading.

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