It means \u201cdeliverance.<\/a>\u201d Most of the time, this deliverance has nothing to do with gaining eternal life or going to heaven when we die, but instead, refers to some sort of temporal deliverance from calamity. <\/p>\n![\"saved](\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/saved-from-myself.jpg\")
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This deliverance might be physical, psychological, emotional, relational, spiritual, or financial. There are, of course, eternal consequences which we can be delivered from as well, such as a loss of reward at the judgment seat of Christ, but we will reserve this discussion for a later post.<\/p>\n
Have these three posts on the words saved and salvation helped you understand what the Bible means by these terms? Are there any texts which mention “salvation” that you have questions about? Let me know in the comments below and maybe I can write a post on these passages later.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is lots of confusion about the conditions of salvation because there is lots of confusion about what the word means in the Bible. This post hopes to clarify some of the confusion so that we can better understand the biblical texts which talk about salvation or being saved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14,1534,1478,1423,2023,1327,1477,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-36370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-books-by-jeremy-myers","8":"tag-calvinism","9":"tag-eternal-security","10":"tag-james-2","11":"tag-once-saved-always-saved","12":"tag-salvation","13":"tag-saved","14":"tag-theology-salvation","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n
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Take for example, the debate over \u201cOnce Saved, Always Saved<\/a>.\u201d Those who teach this view have some verses which seem to indicate \u201csalvation\u201d lasts forever, but those who are opposed to “Once Saved, Always Saved” point out numerous verses which say that \u201csalvation\u201d depends on continued obedience, faithfulness, and good works. <\/p>\n![\"saved](\"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/saved-through-childbearing-300x210.jpg\")
And we must not forget the statement by Paul in 1 Timothy 2:15 that women will be saved through childbearing. Due to a misunderstanding of the word \u201csaved\u201d this verse has been tragically used by some misogynistic authoritarian male religious leaders to require women to remain barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, because otherwise, they cannot be \u201csaved.\u201d<\/p>\n