What is Salvation? (2min)

Salvation as Rescue from Sin, Wrath, and Death

And I think we all know or should know what salvation is. You come here to worship your savior. You've experienced salvation if you're a Christian. So I'll give you a few verses here. I won't even cite the references.

I'll just give you a quick understanding of salvation. So of course we were children of wrath. We were at enmity with God. We were rebels against our creator. And while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Made Alive with Christ by Grace Through Faith

And you were dead in your trespasses and sins in which you formerly walked. But God, being rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ.

By grace, you have been saved. And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Fellow Citizens in God's Household

So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and are of God's household. If you repented of your sins and put your faith in Christ, you're saved.

That's salvation.

Saved from God's Wrath and Judgment

You are saved from God himself. Understand that? You are saved from the wrath of God. You are saved from God's righteous judgment against your sin. You're saved from the eternal death sentence and eternity in the lake of fire.

You're saved from a destiny in which God's no longer present for blessing, but he's present. He's present for judgment and wrath and punishment only. That's what you're saved from. You're saved by the imputation of the perfect life and atoning death of Jesus Christ.