SALVATION
IN THE BIBLE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
INTRODUCTION
II)
USAGE OUTSIDE THE NEW TESTAMENT
III)
USAGE IN SECULAR GREEK
IV)
USAGE IN THE HEBREW OLD TESTAMENT
A)
THE PRINCIPAL OLD TESTAMENT HEBREW WORD RELATIVE TO SALVATION, 'YASAHA'
(GK., LXX 'SOTERIA') REFERS TO A MULTIPLICITY OF MEANINGS IN THE HEBREW
OT
B)
OLD TESTAMENT WISDOM LITERATURE (PROVERBS) CONTAINS THE THEME OF DEATH
AS A CONSEQUENCE OF SIN
1)
[Compare Pr 10:27]:
2)
[Pr 11:19 NAS]:
3)
[Pr 19:16 NAS]:
V)
SALVATION OF A SOUL IN THE GREEK OT, (LXX)
A)
IN THE SEPTUAGINT (LXX) THE GREEK WORD (PSUCHE = SOUL) PORTRAYS A
REFERENCE TO THE SALVATION/PRESERVATION OF THE TEMPORAL LIFE OF
BELIEVERS IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS
1)
[Ps 42:11]:
2)
[1 Sam 19:5]:
3)
[Ps 3:1-2]:
4)
[Ps 35:2-3]:
5)
CONCLUSION RE: SALVATION OF THE PSUCHE = SOUL IN THE LXX
VI)
USAGE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
A)
INTRODUCTION
B)
SALVATION OF THE TROUBLED
1)
[2 Cor 1:6]:
C)
SALVATION OF A SOUL = A LIFE
1)
IN MATTHEW THE PHRASE 'SAVE A SOUL' IS USED TO PORTRAY THE PRESERVATION
OF ONES PHYSICAL LIFE
a)
[Mt 16:24-27 (Lk 9:23-27; Mk 8:34-9:1]:
2)
IN JAMES THE LOSS OF ONE'S SOUL = THE LOSS OF ONES PHYSICAL LIFE AND ITS
VALUE IN ETERNITY - NOT LOSS OF ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Jas 1:18-21]:
b)
[Compare Jas 2:14]:
c)
[Compare Jas 5:19-20]:
3)
IN PAUL'S EPISTLES WE HAVE THE TEACHING WHERE SIN IN THE BELIEVER'S LIFE
LEADS TO PREMATURE PHYSICAL DEATH, HENCE FAITHFULNESS WILL SAVE ONE FROM
SUCH EARLY DEPARTURE FROM THIS LIFE
a)
[Ro 8:12-13]:
4)
IN ROMANS CHAPTER 10 THE APOSTLE PAUL PORTRAYS SALVATION TO BE A
DELIVERANCE FROM GOD'S TEMPORAL JUDGMENT
5)
IN PETER'S EPISTLES THE ISSUE OF SALVATION OF ONES SOUL, I.E.,
DELIVERANCE FROM TEMPORAL DIFFICULTY IS PORTRAYED AS A PRESENT
EXPRESSION IN ONES EXPERIENCE OF FUTURE SALVATION OF ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare 1 Pet 1:1-12, 22, 2:11]:
i)
[Compare Col 3:23-24]:
D)
SALVATION OF WOMEN
1)
[Compare 1 Tim 2:9-15]:
E)
SALVATION OF THE VALUE OF THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER
1)
THE SALVATION, I.E., PRESERVATION FROM TEMPORAL DIFFICULTIES IS IN VIEW
IN 1 TIMOTHY
a)
[1 Tim 4:9-16]:
i)
[Compare Ez 33:9]:
on 1 Tim 4:16
F)
REIGNING WITH CHRIST IN THE KINGDOM
1)
[Mt 24:13]:
2)
[Compare Mt 25:34]:
3)
[Compare 2 Tim 2:10]:
G)
SALVATION IN THE BOOK OF HEBREWS
1)
[Heb 9:28]:
2)
[2 Tim 4:8]:
3)
[Compare Heb 10:35-36]:
4)
[Compare Heb 4:11]:
5)
[Compare Heb 10:36]:
6)
[Compare Heb 2:1-3]:
7)
[Compare Heb 2:10]:
8)
[Heb 1:8-9]:
9)
[Heb 1:13-14]:
10)
[Heb 5:7-9]: HERE SALVATION UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS IN VIEW
a)
THE SON OF GOD WAS MADE PERFECT, I.E., MATURE OR COMPLETE IN THE
EXPERIENCE OF HIS HUMANITY ESPECIALLY THROUGH SUFFERING IN ORDER TO
BECOME THE SOURCE OF ETERNAL SALVATION
b)
ALL WHO OBEY CHRIST, I.E., OBEY HIS COMMAND TO BELIEVE IN HIM UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE WILL INHERIT ETERNAL SALVATION
i)
[Jn 6:27-29]:
ii)
[Compare 1 Pet 1:17-23]:
iii)
[1 Pet 2:6-8]:
iv)
[Jn 3:36]:
11)
[Heb 2:5-18]:
12)
[Heb 1:9]:
13)
[Heb 2:10]:
14)
[Heb 2:5]:
15)
[Heb 2:3]:
i)
[Lk 12:31-32]:
ii)
[Lk 22:29-30]:
iii)
[Mt 19:28]:
iv)
[Mt. 4:17]:
v)
[Acts 1:6]:
16)
[Heb 2:1-4]:
17)
[Heb 6:4-5]:
i)
[Isa 45:17]:
18)
[Heb 4:14-5:2]:
19)
[Heb 2:14-18]:
20)
[Heb 2:10]:
21)
[Heb 6:9-12]:
CONCLUSION
