For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation! 2 Corinthians 6:2
The Greek word used in the Bible for salvation is soteria {so-tay-ree'ah}. Its meaning can be found in a Strong's Concordance, number 4991. Soteria means: deliverer, health, rescue, and safety. Fourfold salvation: saved from the penalty, power, presence and most importantly the pleasure of sin. Deliverance from the molestation of enemies, future salvation: the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians, redeemed from all earthly ills, will enjoy after the visible return of Christ from heaven in the consummated and eternal kingdom of God.
So what does all of this mean? It means that right now, this very moment, today and every day, we are delivered from the power, penalty, presence, and pleasure of sin. Every moment of our lives we are kept safe by our Shepherd. There is not one second that Jesus does not deliver us from our enemies. It means that because of Christ, all things always work out for our good, Romans 8:28. This stuff is all now, present tense, these things are not waiting for us in Heaven, our Father has given them to us right now. Jesus has all of these things and enjoys all of these things right now. Jesus is not waiting on them to come to Him and we are one with Him right now, so we also have all of these things right now. We have been raised up with our Lord and we are now new creatures in Him, old things and old conditions have passed away for us, 2 Corinthians 5:17.
Faith comes from hearing this Truth and this Truth sets us free. We cannot talk about our freedom in Christ enough. Pass the Truth on. We have the Holy Spirit causing us to be the mouth pieces of righteousness right now.
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