Since salvation is much more than “I get to go to heaven when I die”, the reality of the resurrection shakes other preconceived notions.  If my faith only satisfies my needs for the life to come, then changes to my lifestyle and behaviors become optional.
Once we awaken to the reality of the resurrection, we set out upon the road of mission – God’s mission of knowing us, us knowing him, and us making him known to others.  Paul states this at the beginning of his letter to the church at …

“Heaven is important, but it’s not the end of the world.”
For most Christians, the focus of faith is to make sure that we go to heaven when we die.  There are “the saved” and “the lost.”  The saved have prayed a prayer, asked Jesus in their heart, and can now just wait patiently until they die.
I find that this language, while sounding spiritual, is woefully deficient in describing the reality of what salvation is and what it means here and now.  Finding new ways to describe it is difficult, but …