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Saved from Hell?
Are you saved? If so, what are saved
from
?Back in my missionary days I was witnessing to a young man. Aftergiving him my spiel on Jesus and all, I asked him if he wanted to getsaved. "Saved from what?" he asked. At that point, I wasn't exactlysure what to say. I was thinking, "saved from hell of course, youignorant unbeliever!" But I didn't exactly say that. Saved from what?Now that's an excellent question. Salvation does indeed mean to berescued from some sort of peril. What does the Bible say we are savedfrom? The words salvation, save, saved, and related words occur hundredsof times in the scriptures. Here are some verses which give us clues asto what salvation is:
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earthand to save your lives by a great deliverance.
(Gen. 45:7)Salvation means saving your life.B
ut Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand by and see thesalvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for theEgyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them againforever.
(Ex. 14:13)Salvation is of the Lord.
That day the LORD saved Israel from the hands of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the shore.
(Ex. 14:30)Salvation is from bondage.
The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation;This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will extolHim.
(Ex. 15:2) The Lord is our salvation.
 
My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me fromviolence.
(2 Sam. 22:3)Salvation is from violence.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation;Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
(Ps. 51:14)Salvation is from guilt and sin.
He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raiseup the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I willalso make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach tothe end of the earth."
(Is 49:6)Salvation will reach the ends of the earth.
The LORD has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, That all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God.
(Is. 52:10)Salvation is for all.
I, even I, am the LORD, and apart from me there is no savior.
(Is.43:11) The Lord is the only savior.In the New Testament, the definition of salvation doesn't change, butit is fully revealed through Jesus Christ.
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,because he will save his people from their sins.
(Matt. 1:21)Salvation is from sin.
...and were calling on him that they might only touch the fringe of hisgarment, and as many as did touch were saved.
(Matt 14:36 - Young'sLiteral Translation)
 
Salvation means physical healing.
The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're goingto drown!"
(Matt. 8:25)Salvation is from danger.
 As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I donot judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it.
(Jn12:47)Salvation is for the whole world.
Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ  Jesus came into the world to save sinners - of whom I am the worst.
(1 Tim. 1:14)Salvation is for sinners.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
(Mk. 16:16)Salvation is for those who believe.
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
(Acts 4:12)Salvation is found only in Jesus
They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved - youand your household."
(Acts 16:31)Salvation is when you believe in Jesus.
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shallwe be saved from God's wrath through him!
(Rom. 5:9)Salvation is from God's wrath.
 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The deliverer will come
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