John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Let me tell you a secret.

I was saved before I knew how it worked or why it worked.

Acts 7:25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Ezekiel 37:23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

When God makes a promise He keeps it.

Matthew 1:21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.

The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. (Luke 18)

Jesus introduces us to yet another important concept; justification.