5. Name and discuss the United Methodist way of salvation. How have you experienced it in our own spiritual journey? Here lately, I hear low mumblings in the church that everybody wants to “make Methodism great again”, or want to “make Methodism a movement again.” This is wonderful to hear, but the movement will not move nor greatness attained until we come to terms with what we have overlooked. The early circuit riders went to great lengths and took many risks to preach the gospel to communities that others couldn’t reach, nor dared to. It seemed that the gospel for them was worth dying for, holding to their convictions of sin and salvation. The first task of the church is proclaiming salvation—a salvation that is about restoring the image of God in humankind. And by God’s grace a salvation that frame everything we think, everything we do, and everything we are. “If we are even to begin the journey of salvation (renewal) that God intends for us, we must first become aware of our need for it.” And through the reality of the new birth we can start on the journey of sanctification. Wesley called this journey the “Scripture way of salvation.” In the beginning of John Wesley’s sermon, “The Scripture Way of Salvation,” he says, “Nothing can be more intricate, complex, and hard to be understood, than …show more content…
That, God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). “The condition of man after the fall of Adam is such that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and works, to faith, and calling upon God; wherefore we have no power to do good works, pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.” Simply put, every human will stand in need of God’s grace, because we cannot save