What do you want to be saved from?

[thejoshbro]

WHat do you want to be saved from when you first believed in Jesus? It seems to me that when many people said they believed and get saved, they usually just wants to be saved from hell only. Do you just want to be saved from hell when you believe, or do you want to be saved from something else?

 

[AlexB23]

WHat do you want to be saved from when you first believed in Jesus? It seems to me that when many people said they believed and get saved, they usually just wants to be saved from hell only. Do you just want to be saved from hell when you believe, or do you want to be saved from something else?

I am not a baptist (Catholic guy here), but I want to be saved from my sins, and live in a Godly manner. For me, I want to be saved towards Jesus and help others walk a Christian life.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

WHat do you want to be saved from when you first believed in Jesus? It seems to me that when many people said they believed and get saved, they usually just wants to be saved from hell only. Do you just want to be saved from hell when you believe, or do you want to be saved from something else?

Honestly, I loved and still love Jesus Christ of Nazareth which is why I seeked Him. So I was saved from my ignorance. Not knowing who He really is and that His Holy Spirit could dwell in me left an emptiness but now, I am filled.
I believe salvation avoids the " second death" because I am now " In Him" and He is my advocate.
Blessings

 

[St_Worm2]

Hello @thejoshbro, what did I want to be saved from 37+ years ago (on the day that I finally came to saving faith)? Well, I had no desire to face the wrath of the Almighty in the age to come (so there was that, of course), though the Lake of Fire was (oddly) not my principal concern on that day (11/2/86). Rather, being forgiven of my sins in the here and now was, because I had begun to believe that forgiveness was off the table/no longer possible for me (because of the increasingly sinful life that I had been leading for several years at that point, even though I knew all along that it was wrong to do so).

At some point along the way I also began to feel guilty all the time (because of my many sins), so I wanted to stop sinning (I just didn't know how to). I actually had a GREAT life back then (by the world's standards, an enviable life, in point of fact), but even in the midst of doing everything that I wanted to do, and having nearly everything that I wanted to have, I began to feel an emptiness (like @Maria Billingsley described above) and I began to wonder (in the midst of everything going my way) if this was all there was to life!

Just FYI, I was baptized as an infant and raised in the church (so to speak), and I loved it (for the most part). I went to Sunday School, sung in the choirs (childrens and adults), was confirmed, went on retreats, and I went to church regularly, you know, the whole 9 yards, until college, that is (when I walked away from church and into the world). This is why/how I knew something of God and also what He expected of me. Still, I always "thought" that I was a Christian (why wouldn't I have), until the day I actually became one, that is

That's when EVERYTHING changed

So, I wanted to be saved from many things on that day, from the penalty of sin, from the weight of the guilt that I was feeling (because of my sinful life), from the sense of emptiness/meaninglessness/hopelessness that I had begun to feel about my life, and about life in general, and also from my seeming inability to stop sinning (IOW, from the sway or power that my sinful desires clearly held over me in this life).

How about you? What were you looking to be saved from on the day that you became a believer?

God bless you!!

--David
p.s. - I'm sorry that this ended up being such a long post, but I actually have one more thing that needs to be said here (since I just noticed that you are a new member).

WELCOME TO CF

1 Thessalonians 5​

23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and ​

body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. ​

24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. ​

 

[BornMC]

I wanted to be saved from alcoholism and drugs, and from meaninglessness.

Recently, I have reached level 10 in my life... I am riding on a cloud of bliss. It's been years of prayer, meditation, changing my approach to develop my character... I have changed a LOT.

And now I just want to say... change ONE word in your vocabulary and watch the whole world shift.

Recently I was trying very hard to make something happen but instead I decided to replace the word "rap" with "passion." That's when I realized, I am already living my dream... I have gone from "pastime to passion." And that's all I wanted to say.

Change one word in your vocabulary and watch your world change.

God is great and he is always available in prayer and Scripture and meditation. Amen.

 

[Aaron112]

And now I just want to say... change ONE word in your vocabulary and watch the whole world shift.

What Can Baptism Do for a Person?
“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.”

Mk. 16:16 1. SHALL BE SAVED.

We would suppose that most Protestants become a bit apprehensive over this verse.

When they see it, they change it in their mind to read

“He that believeth and is saved shall be baptized.”

The Lord, however, has not so said. In order to escape the error of the Roman Catholic Church, Protestants unwittingly alter God’s Word BAPTISM and thus fall into another error. The Lord speaks clearly that “he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” No one is authorized to change it to “he that believeth and is saved shall be baptized.”

 

[BBAS 64]

Good day,

The just wrath of a holy God.

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In Saved from What?, Dr. R.C. Sproul reveals that the greatest danger we face is the holy wrath of God against our sin. But the glory of the gospel is that the One from whom we need to be saved is the very One who saves us.

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In Him,

Bill

 

[David Lamb]

The original post points to a great danger in evangelism, too. How often have you seen stickers, badges, etc. that just say, "Jesus Saves"? True though that is, unless we explain what He saves sinners from and to, those two words alone don't mean much to a non-Christian.

 

[RileyG]

I am not a baptist (Catholic guy here), but I want to be saved from my sins, and live in a Godly manner. For me, I want to be saved towards Jesus and help others walk a Christian life.

Amen! I do not want to die in my sins!

 

[RileyG]

Honestly, I loved and still love Jesus Christ of Nazareth which is why I seeked Him. So I was saved from my ignorance. Not knowing who He really is and that His Holy Spirit could dwell in me left an emptiness but now, I am filled.
I believe salvation avoids the " second death" because I am now " In Him" and He is my advocate.
Blessings

Well said, sister.

Grateful for Christ's sacrifice, everyday.

 

[AlexB23]

Amen! I do not want to die in my sins!

Amen. While Jesus will erase any sins, I do not want to die having the same sins that I do right now.

 

[St_Worm2]

What Can Baptism Do for a Person? “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that disbelieveth shall be condemned.” We would suppose that most Protestants become a bit apprehensive over this verse. When they see it, they change it in their mind to read, “He that believeth and is saved shall be baptized.”

Hello Aaron, I'd like to clarify a couple of your points before I comment so, first off, I assume that you are referring......

1. to water baptism, and then,​

2. to the fact that the majority of Protestants understand water baptism to be an outward testimony or sign, as well as an act of obedience, rather than as something that is required to be saved and therefore salvific,​

...............yes/no?

You also said "WE would suppose..." concerning what most Protestants believe about baptism. Since you are Messianic, and Messianic Judaism teaches the same thing that Baptists do about water baptism (believers' or credobaptism, IOW, and the fact that water baptism is an outward sign that it is not salvific), who is the "we" that you are referring to above?

In order to escape the error of the Roman Catholic Church, Protestants unwittingly alter God’s Word BAPTISM and thus fall into another error.

Just to be clear (again), what is "the error (or errors?) of the Roman Catholic Church" of which you speak concerning water baptism?

Thanks

I'll wait to hear from you before commenting further.

God bless you!!

--David

 

[OnePlanPeopleDestiny]

We are saved by God from the wrath and eternal condemnation of God all for the glory of God. Amen, amen.

 

[TallTexas]

I wanted to be saved from hell and my old self and this world