Salvation – Introduction

Are you saved? Saved from what?

Summary:

1. The broad meaning of salvation is “to be rescued from a threatening situation.”
2. Ultimate salvation means to be delivered from the ultimate calamity of God’s wrath.
3. The Bible uses salvation in several tenses, referring to God’s past, present, and future work of redemption.
4. Justification is sometimes used as a synonym for salvation; at other times it is seen as one aspect in the whole scheme of redemption.
5. Salvation is of the Lord and from the Lord.

Biblical passages for reflection:

Ezekiel 36:26-27, Zephaniah 1, John 3:16-17, Romans 1:16-17, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10