What does it mean to be saved? Many people do not understand what salvation in Christ means and this causes them to treat it as something trivial. While others make fun of those who are saved. And some people who have received this salvation continue to go through the process of being saved over and over again. They do this because they lack an understanding of what it means to be saved.

That if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes for righteousness, but with the mouth one confesses for salvation – Romans 10:9-10 (NKJV).

Genesis

the fall of man

The salvation of our souls began from the very beginning, from the time of the fall of man. This was when God planned the redemption of man. So in Genesis 3:14-15, God declared the future of the serpent, how the seed of the woman would bruise its head while he would bruise the heel of the seed of the woman.

The above scripture speaks of a seed, which connotes one seed and no more than one. And Christ is the only seed of a woman who has bruised the devil’s head, and the enemy bruised his heel in the process. This was achieved by the enemy because of the persecution and death that Christ suffered.

God feels his Son Jesus Christ

In the fullness of time, God sent his Son, born of a woman, to die for us and redeem us so that we would receive adoption as God’s children.

So, Christ came and passed through this world as prophesied by the Old Testament prophets, including His death on the cross and His resurrection. This, Christ, achieved that everyone who believes in Him does not perish, but has eternal life.

Your victory in Christ rests in His resurrection; because death could not hold him captive. And when Jesus died, he went to hell, he recovered the key to hell and death and freed us from the slavery of the fear of death.

What does it mean to be saved?

You are saved when you accept God’s sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ. And you believe in your heart that Jesus died for you and rose again. And you repent of your sins and confess Christ as your Lord and Savior with your mouth.

It also means that you are born again, born of the Spirit and of water (The word of God). Therefore, you are a new creation. And old things have passed away, and all things are made new. Also, it means that you are part of God’s family and now you can call Almighty God “Abba Father”.

Saved by grace through faith

Now you need to understand that you are saved by the grace of God through your faith in the finished work of Christ. Therefore, it is not because of anything you have done that you were saved; rather it is purely the gift of God. Because no one can free themselves from the slavery of the devil. So, it is by grace because you did not deserve it, because when we were still sinners, Christ died for us. And all you have to do is believe that Jesus died and rose again for your justification, and confess Him as your Lord and Savior.

conclusion

God planned our salvation very well from the time of the fall of man. And the prophets spoke of this process of redemption in the Old Testament, while the Lord fully executed it in the New Testament in the person of Christ. Thus, Jesus Christ was the wisdom of God for the redemption of man. So, God was looking out for you and your freedom from the slavery of the enemy, even before you were born. However, you are saved when you receive Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior. Therefore, receive Christ today, if you have not received him, and be saved.