Eagles Way Ministries

Definition of Salvation

Are You Saved?
Do you understand what 'being saved' means?

All these things belong to US if WE are saved!

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.


Dakes Notes

power] Greek: dunamis (G1411):

inherent power; the ability to reproduce itself, like a dynamo.

The Gospel Is God's Power:

To produce the new birth (1Pet. 1:23).
To give salvation (Rom. 1:16; Eph. 1:13).
To impart grace (Acts 20:24).
To establish people in the faith (Rom. 16:25).
To generate faith (Rom. 10:17).
To set free (Jn. 8:31-36).
To nourish spiritual life (1Pet. 2:2). To cleanse the church (Eph. 5:26). To search the life (Heb. 4:12).
To make partakers of Christ (Eph. 3:6).
To impart immortality (2Tim. 1:10). To bring peace (Rom. 10:15).
To give protection (Eph. 6:17).
To give fullness of blessings (Rom. 15:29).


d [salvation] Greek: soteria (G4991).

Translated "salvation" 40 times; "saved" (Lk. 1:71; Rom. 10:1); "deliver" (Acts 7:25);
"health" (Acts 27:34); and "saving" (Heb. 11:7).


Salvation:

Salvation is the all-inclusive word of the gospel, gathering into itself all the redemptive acts and processes. It is used 119 times in the Old Testament.

There are 7 Hebrew and Greek words for "salvation." They are used 388 times and are translated by 23 English words, some with various endings, which mean salvation:

deliverance, save, health, help, welfare, safety, victory, Savior, defend, avenge, rescue, and preserve.

Salvation is used of:

Deliverance from danger (Ex. 14) Victory over enemies (1Sam. 14) Healing of the body (Acts 3:6; 4:12) Forgiveness of sin (Lk. 19:9; Rom. 10:9-10 Ps. 38:18-22; 51:1-13; 79:9) Freedom from prison (Php. 1:19) Deliverance from captivity (Ps. 14) Deliverance from wrath (1Th. 5:9)