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Salvation

Stamped: 4:55 p.m.

Ro 10:10 for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.(NAS)

does this mean that salvation doesn't come from believing but actually confessing out loud??

it seems to me that "salvation" has different degrees of meaning and usage in the new testament. I would like to look into that. What exactly does salvation mean?

for example:
Php 2:12 So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling (NAS)

this "salvation" that needs to be "worked out" doesn't seem to be the same as the "salvation" in the Romans verse. Salvation can mean like eternal salvation (usually interpretted as 'I'm going to heaven') or like, freedom and spirituality and faith and all that all together...

hmm...
2Th 2:13 But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
2Ti 2:10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.


Tit 2:11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men


i don't think I understand all this....

Heb 9:28 so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.


1Pe 1:10 As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries
I guess that should comfort me that I'm on the right track... or at least not the only one... :)

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  • Blogger Lucid Elusion says so:
    10:32 p.m.  

    Hey Michigan!

    A helpful note to maybe nudge you along on your quest: perhaps look/study the verbs associated with "salvation" in each of the instances you find it used in the New Testament. Also, try to find out what tense those verbs are in (and in what declensions "salvation" appears alongside those verb forms). Another wonderfully enlightening thing to look into would be how the Greek word translated as "salvation" in the text has been translated or used in other contexts. It's a wonderful attribute of Greek and Hebrew language: they both adopt a conceptual approach to language instead of a concrete approach (like English). Words in those languages do not contain the idea or concept; they merely hint at a greater concept, largely uncontainable by mere words.

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