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John 3:17 English Standard Version
John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
How many of us have ever heard the expression “saved” used by a Christian?
A Christian might say, “I’m saved.”
“Are you saved?” “You need to be saved.”
Have you ever wonder what it is that Christians are saved from?
With regard to the concept of “save,” “rescue,” or “deliver,” the lexical richness evident in the Old Testament does not occur in the New Testament.9
It uses primarily the word sōzō—meaning “save,” “preserve,” or “rescue from danger”—and its derived forms.10[1]
The Bible tells us four things from which Jesus saves us:
1. Sin
a. Matthew 1:21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
b.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
c. Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—
2. Death
a. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
b. 2 Timothy 1:10 and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
c.
Hebrews 2:14 Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
d.
Hebrews 2:15 and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
e. John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.
Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
f. 2 Corinthians 5:8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
3. Satan
a. Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son,
b.
Colossians 1:14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
c. James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
4. Wrath
a. John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
b. 2 Thessalonians 1:8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
c. 2 Thessalonians 1:9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
d. 1 Thessalonians 1:10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.
e. 1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
f.
Romans 5:9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Acts 16:30 Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Acts 16:31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Communion
1 Corinthians 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
1 Corinthians 11:23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,
1 Corinthians 11:24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
9 Many words and expressions relate to the nature and effect of Christ’s work.
They are part of the discussion later in this chapter.
10 They appear about 180 times.
The compound diasōzō, “bring safely through,” “save,” “rescue,” is not used in a religious sense.
Two others are exaireō and hruomai.
Both words mean “rescue,” “deliver,” with emphasis on natural rescue (Acts 7:10; 12:11; 2 Tim.
4:17; 2 Pet.
2:7, 9).
Some uses have theological significance (Rom.
7:24; Gal.
1:4; Col. 1:13; 1 Thess.
1:10).
[1] Daniel B. Pecota, “The Saving Work of Christ,” in Systematic Theology: Revised Edition, ed.
Stanley M. Horton (Springfield, MO: Logion Press, 2007), 328.
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