Salvation

Posted : 19 Aug, 2012 06:26 PM

Salvation is associated with Jesus Christ. "And she shall bring forth a son," the angel told Joseph, "and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins" (Matt. 1: 21). The apostles stressed the exclusivity of salvation through Jesus when they said, "neither is there salvation in any other (Jesus, dm), for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4: 12, Jesus possesses the ability and the authorization to extend salvation to man. Jesus shed his blood for the remission of our sins (salvation, Matt. 26: 28, Heb. 5: 8, 9).



Linked to Salvation . Belief, confession, repentance, water baptism, the gospel, the long suffering of the Lord, and man's acceptance of the salvation offer are all linked to salvation (Mk. 16: 16, 2 Cor. 7: 10, Rom. 10: 10, Mk. 16: 16, Eph. 1: 13, 2 Pet. 3: 15, Phili. 2: 12). You will appreciate that in these links both God and man are involved (more later). Salvation is said to be "common" (Jude 3). It is common because all men can appropriate it regardless of race, culture, money, etc.



What Salvation is. Beloved, salvation is not just a clear conscience (Acts 23: 1, cf. 22: 4, 5), spiritual education (Acts 26: 27), morality (Acts 10: 1, 2, 11: 14), faith only (Jas. 2: 24), good feeling (Acts 26: 9), or joining a church (3 Jn. 9-11). Salvation is not simply an emotional experience (Acts 2:37, 38-40), worship (Mk. 7: 7, Acts 8: 27) or reading the scriptures (Acts 8: 28, 30, 36). Salvation involves deliverance. Deliverance from the bondage of sin (Rom. 8: 16, 17), and from self (Lk. 9: 23). Salvation is preservation in the sense the saved are kept by God (Jn. 3: 16). Safetyis an element, if you will, of salvation in that God assists those who are endeavoring to do his will (I Cor. 10: 13). Salvation is a relationship between man (the saved) and God (the source of salvation). The saved are sons and daughters, God is their Father (2 Cor. 6: 17, 18). It is obvious salvation is a state, a state of preservation, deliverance, and relationship (Eph. 2: 1, 4, 5, 6, Jn. 10: 27-29, Jude 24). Salvation is a state which man knows he has obtained because he has done what God has said to do to be saved (I Jn. 5: 13). He is reconciled (made a friend with God (2 Cor. 5), justified (Rom. 5), redeemed (I Pet. 1: 18, 19), and cleansed (Acts 22: 16).

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