{"id":5703,"date":"2022-04-18T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=5703"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T16:28:29","slug":"salvation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/18\/salvation\/","title":{"rendered":"SALVATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Daily Reading:<\/strong> Joshua 16:1-18:28 ESV<\/a>, Luke 19:1-27 ESV<\/a>, Psalm 87:1-7 ESV<\/a>, Proverbs 13:11 ESV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Verse:<\/strong> \u201cAnd Jesus said to him, \u201cToday salvation<\/em> has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.\u201d (Luke 9:9 ESV<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SOTERIA (4991): <\/strong>\u201cRescue or safety.\u00a0 Denotes deliverance, preservation, salvation.\u00a0 Used in the NT of material and temporal deliverance from danger and apprehension.\u00a0 Of the spiritual and eternal deliverance granted immediately by God to those who accept His condition of repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus, in whom alone it is to be obtained. Acts 4:12 and upon confession of Him as Lord, Rom. 10:10.\u00a0 Of the Present experience of God\u2019s power to deliver from the bondage of sin.\u00a0 Occasionally, as standing virtually for the Savoir, e.g., Luke 19:9.\u201d[i]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fire insurance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my friends, when describing salvation, sums it up in two words, fire insurance.  Placing faith in Christ means a one-way ticket to heaven, not into hell\u2019s fiery depths.  Jesus rescues us from the flames when we put our trust in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, salvation begins now, the moment we start following Jesus.  Instead of doing life alone, we have a Saviour who wants to do it with us.  We have guidelines on every aspect of life in God’s word, helping us live each day to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTake my yoke upon you, and\u00a0learn from me, for I am\u00a0gentle and lowly in heart, and\u00a0you will find rest for your souls.\u00a0For\u00a0my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\u201d (Matthew 11:29-30 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lighten your load.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Placing faith in Jesus lightens your load now.  Instead of navigating life on your strength, you have His.  Jesus wants to take your burdens from you, giving you His peace in exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The things of this world won\u2019t last for eternity, but God\u2019s peace does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd\u00a0the peace of God,\u00a0which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.\u201d (Philippians 4:7 ESV<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place your faith in Jesus.  Get to know Him through God\u2019s word.  Apply Christ\u2019s teaching to your lives.  Discover the peace that surpasses all understanding as You accept Jesus\u2019s saving grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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[i]<\/a> Strong, J., & Strong, J. (2010). The New Strong’s expanded exhaustive concordance of the Bible<\/em>. Greek Dictionary of the New Testament<\/em> (pp. 245-6) Thomas Nelson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 minute read. Daily Reading: Joshua 16:1-18:28 ESV, Luke 19:1-27 ESV, Psalm 87:1-7 ESV, Proverbs 13:11 ESV Daily Verse: \u201cAnd Jesus said to him, \u201cToday salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham.\u201d (Luke 9:9 ESV)   SOTERIA (4991): \u201cRescue or safety.\u00a0 Denotes deliverance, preservation, salvation.\u00a0 Used in the NT of… Continue reading SALVATION<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5706,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5703\/revisions\/5706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}