Why is the Christian method of salvation hard for non-believers to comprehend? This is a question I had while reading “Essentials: Five Core Beliefs of the Christian Faith” by Guy Kneebone, in which he discusses the essentiality of Salvation via Grace alone, Faith Alone, and Christ Alone. Non-religious people, as noted by the book, are under the impression that being able to go to heaven is possible through doing good works. They believe that by being a good person, they will go to heaven. Other religions like Islam, Hinduism, and Mormonism all equate works as the prime method of achieving salvation. Only Christianity out of all other religions has the method of salvation: putting your faith in Jesus as your savior and following him. It has us wonder why Christianity’s method of salvation is so alien to most people, whether they be non-religious or religious.

I believe the first reason is that most people are under the impression that they are good people. They will readily acknowledge they aren’t perfect, but they feel that overall, they have done more good than bad. This is not what the Bible teaches, however, as it goes as far as to say, “All have turned away, all have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.” (Psalm 14:3 NIV). No matter how many good acts they do, they are still sinful, which is why they need Jesus to save them. Acknowledging you are worse than you believe can be hard, which is why more people are willing to believe that humans are fundamentally good rather than evil.

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