SAVED FROM – SAVED TO – SAVED FOR

 

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

 

SAVED FROM – SAVED TO – SAVED FOR

 

          Salvation is a rescue. It is being spared from something unimaginable; so horrible that it almost defies description. But Salvation also has a forward focus. It looks forward to a reward unearned in a city unbelievable.

 

1. Saved from!

 

Eph 2:1-3

2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;

2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

3 Among whom also we all had our conversation (way of living) in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

 

          We are saved from hell and saved from a lifestyle filled with sin. We are saved from the power and control of an evil prince. We have been rescued from the family of wrath.

 

2. Saved to!

 

Eph 2:4-7

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.

 

          We are saved to enjoy heavenly places with others who have been redeemed. Oh, but in the ages to come the riches will be excessive and all the language that may be used to describe heaven are superlatives.

 

3. Saved for!

 

Eph 2:8-10

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

 

          God has spared you! Do you know what He has spared you FROM? Can you imagine what He has saved you TO? Do you have any idea your purpose; what He has saved you FOR?

 

Gal 2:20

20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

 

Dear Lord, I was dead in trespasses and in sins and you have made me alive. I have been given a great inheritance and a purpose for living. Help me to know that purpose and to fulfill it. AMEN