Is there any non-selfish reason to get saved?

[cosmicutopia]

And want salvation?

 

[Mike]

And want salvation?

I can see how this might start out as someone's motivation, but if it stays his motivation, he will likely never have it. At some point, it becomes about God, not him. It becomes a response, not the cause. I realize how you might view salvation this way, but it's something a person needs to experience. Knowing I am saved to be with Him forever is wonderful, but even that pails in comparison to the experience of knowing Him and being His. I say that because I experience Him now, while conceiving eternity with Him is a little beyond my comprehension.

 

[childeye]

And want salvation?

Hard to answer that question. The word selfish is relative to what one deems good for ones self. In other words it is not wrong to be selfish if in serving yourself you serve others. If I suffer because I feel others pain, then to stop their pain is selfish of me. If I want to be with God because He wants me to be with Him I don't see how this is not selfish.

 

[handy]

Yes, I have to agree...the non-selfish reason to be saved and to want to be saved is because God loves us and wants to save us. He wants us to know Him.

Not saying that selfish motivations aren't part of our desire to be saved...but this would be a non-selfish motive.