Salvation is the best gift that we have ever received. Salvation is what Jesus did for us on the Cross. So, everything in Christianity is surrounded by Salvation. The word salvation is derived from the Latin word ‘salvation’ and the Greek word ‘sōtēria’ which means, Saving or deliverance from danger or difficulty.
- The Bible’s first occurrence of the Hebrew root for “to save” (yeshu’ah) comes within Jacob’s words of blessing to his sons (Gen 49:18).
- In the Historical Books, Salvation continues to mean physical protection. (Deuteronomy 20:4)
- When the prophets speak of salvation, they refer to the nation’s restoration in the present life (Ezekiel 37:23). The meaning of the word salvation started to expand. From rescuing from the Present Crisis to restoration of relationship with God.
- In the New Testament, the idea of salvation in the New Testament changes from a physical, present-worldly sense into a spiritual reality often focused on the afterlife – Heaven – Where God is building a place for us. In the Gospels being saved typically means to be healed from illness or rescued from Harm.
A definition of the Christian doctrine of salvation would be “The deliverance, by the grace of God, from eternal punishment for sin which is granted to those who accept by faith God’s conditions of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus” (Romans 6:23, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8). By Christ’s Death we received Salvation (Isaiah 53:5)
