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 SALVATION Salvation means being saved. The Jewish people of Jesus's time talked a lot about the hope of salvation, but this was largely focused on being saved from their Roman enemies. Jesus also talked about saving people, but not in such political ways. He spoke of saving people from disease, disability and evil spirits – i.e. healing them. When a crooked taxman met Jesus and decided to pay back all the people he had cheated, Jesus said, "Today you and your family have been saved" (Luke 19:9). Jesus also talked about salvation in a more spiritual sense, which seems to mean entering the kingdom of God and being rescued from the guilt and punishment of sin. For example, Jesus said: "I am the gate. All who come inthrough me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture" (John 10:9). More definitions |
Picture: calligraphy from an Ethiopian Orthodox prayer book. |
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