"...the salvation of your souls."

That IS what we are here about, isn't it? People come to churches, synagogues, temples and mosques because, in some sense this issue may be said to be the ultimate concern of all religion. Salvation. In a very real sense, our Bible is a book of salvation from beginning to end. Some simplify it by saying,

"Jesus and I, bye and bye,
in the sky, when I die."

A minister was preaching and during the course of his sermon asked, "Who wants to go to heaven?" Everyone held up their hands except one young boy. "Son, don't you want to go to heaven when you die?" "Yes sir, when I die, but I thought you was gettin' up a load to go now."(1)

That is probably the attitude of most of us. Most Christians DO figure that when we die we go to heaven to be with the Lord, ev…