WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED? By Dr. Emma C. Innocent

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SAVED?

this is an excerpt from my book - SAVED TO SAVE OTHERS

What does it mean to be saved or to receive salvation?

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Salvation in Greek word is “soteria” while saved is “soter” which is translated as complete deliverance from sin, sickness, poverty, disease, destruction, judgment, curses, death, hell and the devil.

When you are saved, you are given a package called SALVATION and everlasting life is one of it. Everlasting life is the sum of God’s total being. It is the life that never fails nor fades. This means, you are not saved for some years and then you start experiencing the old life. No! You are engrafted into God. Your DNA becomes God’s DNA. You become godlike. Jesus quoted Ps. 82:6 which says “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.”

You are a god! A god cannot be sick or broke. You carry divinity in humanity. What is in you is the tree of life. The soteria makes you live above the world system, sin and the devil. Your salvation is what gives birth to other blessings of God in your life. Synonyms of Everlasting life are:

·         It is the blessing (as in singular, not blessings) that makes rich and adds no sorrow with it – Prov. 10:22

·         It is Christ in you the hope of glory – Col.1:27b

·         It is the power that makes wealth – Deut. 8:18

·         It is the key of David – Isa. 22:22, Rev. 3:7

·         It is the tree of life in the Garden of Eden – Gen. 3:22, Rev. 22:1-3, 2 Tim.1:10.

·         It is the kingdom of God – Jn. 3:3

Back to the definition of Salvation, if Salvation or to be saved means complete deliverance from sin, sickness, poverty, disease, destruction, judgment, curses, death, hell and the devil. It then means that the opposite of these are yours in Christ. Therefore Salvation can be also defined as the total prosperity of spirit, soul and body which includes:

i.                    Righteousness

ii.                  Healing

iii.                Health

iv.                Wealth

v.                  Protection/Security

vi.                Justification

vii.              Blessings

viii.            Eternal life

ix.                Heaven

x.                  Jesus Christ

These ten (10) benefits of Salvation are given to you once in Christ. Let explain briefly each of them:

a)      Righteousness: the nature of sin has been rolled away and we have received the righteousness of Christ. The power of sin is replace with the power of righteousness – Col. 1:13, 1Cor.1:30

b)      Healing: the price for your bodily healing has been paid for. Sickness has no right on your body. Isa. 53:4-5, Jer. 33:6

c)      Health: in Salvation, we have been given health or wholeness in body and soul. Healing is for the children so also health. Nevertheless it takes revelation to access this benefit in Christ. Believe it and confess it, they are yours in Christ. 3 John vs 2b, Jer.8:22.

The Greek word for health used in Acts 27:34 is “sodzo” meaning “to preserve (2 Tim.4:18); to make whole (Mt.9:22, Mk.5:34)

d)     Wealth: Salvation offers physical, financial and material possessions. 3 John vs 2, 2 Cor. 8:9.

e)      Protection/Security: Salvation guarantees freedom from slavery, protection from evil and our enemies. Luke 1:71, Ps. 91:3-15.

f)       Justification: Salvation guarantees that you are declared “not guilty” each time the devil throws accusation against you – Rom.5:1, 8:1

g)      Blessings: Salvation guarantees happiness in this life. Everything that pertains to life and godliness are embedded in salvation. So it is possible to have wealth with joy. This salvation guarantees that. 2 Pet. 1:3. Curses cannot rest on the person with salvation. The blessing of Abraham is ours in Christ - Gal. 3:13-14.

h)      Eternal Life: Salvation guarantees life everlasting. No death in Christ. The power of life is in every believer. We can work in signs and wonders because we carry eternal life. John 3:16.

i)        Heaven: Salvation guarantees our eternal destination which is heaven. When you give your life to Jesus, you are signing your name to be with him in heaven. Heaven is a place for total bliss and I am sure you would not want to miss that awesome place. Heaven is a guaranteed place for those who are saved. Eternal security with Christ is yours when you are truly saved. Hell issue has been dealt with for all believers if we hold unto our salvation. John 3:18a, Luke 10:20, 2Cor. 12:2.

j)        Jesus Christ: Salvation guarantees a relationship with Jesus Christ. While his life makes us live like him, his person communes with us. We are engrafted into the body of Christ. We are brothers. Anything that affects us, affects Him. We are one with Him. This is the highest benefit of salvation.

1 John 3:1 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God…”

1 John 4:17b “because as he is, so are we in this world.”

JESUS IS LORD!!!
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101 Benefits of Speaking in Tongues

101 Benefits of Speaking in Tongues

Many Christians question what is accomplished by speaking in tongues. There are four verses in I Corinthians 14 where Paul gives us insight on this.

1. In I Corinthians 14:2, Paul says we are speaking mysteries. Paul made it clear that his revelation of the mysteries of God came through the Spirit. (I Corinthians 2:10). When we pray in tongues, our spirits are praying (I Corinthians. 14:14) through the power of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:4; Jude 20). Normally our understanding is unfruitful (I Corinthians 14:14) when we pray in tongues, but we can change that by praying for the interpretation. The way this works is that as we speak in tongues and believe for the interpretation, revelation knowledge comes. This might be insight into some truth of God that we are pondering, or godly insight into some situation that we are praying about.

2. In I Corinthians 14:4, Paul says we edify ourselves through speaking in tongues. The word "edify" means, "the act of building . . . the promotion of spiritual growth" (W. E. Vine). Speaking in tongues builds us up (Jude 20) and promotes spiritual growth. The Lord promised us that He would comfort us in all our tribulation (II Corinthians 1:4) and that is specifically what the gift of speaking in tongues doesfor us. Later in I Corinthians 14:21, Paul quotes from Isaiah 28:11-12 and specifically applies those verses to speaking in tongues. Therefore, in Isaiah 28:11-12, the Lord said that speaking in tongues was refreshing and the "rest" where with you may cause the weary to rest. Speaking in tongues is a powerful force for promoting spiritual growth and giving us refreshment and rest in trying situations.

3. I Corinthians 14:14, says our spirits are the part of us that prays in tongues. Our born-again spirits have the mind of Christ. They have all the power of Christ (Ephesians 1:18-20). Our spirits are complete (Colossians 2:9-10). Therefore, when we are praying from our spirit, we are praying with the mind of Christ, using our most holy faith (Jude 20). Too often our minds, with all their wrong thinking and unbelief, gets in the way. Praying in tongues bypasses our minds and allows our spirits to have unhindered communion with the Father.

4. In I Corinthians 14:17, Paul says we are giving thanks unto God when we speak in tongues. This is a very powerful benefit of speaking in tongues. When we speak in tongues we are praising God. And since we are praying from our spirit, we don’t experience the hindrances that are present when we pray from our mind. We are giving perfect praise unto God, without the limitations of human language or thought. If there were no other benefits associated with speaking in tongues, this would be more than enough reason to seek this gift.

BENEFITS:

1. Tongues is the entrance into the supernatural.
2. Tongues is the prayer language in the New Testament.
3. Tongues is a direct line to talking to God.
4. Tongues is the believer’s direct access to the throne room.
5. Tongues is speaking divine mysteries – divine coded secrets.
6. Tongues is drawing secrets to life’s complicated issues.
7. Tongues is prophesying your God-ordained future.
8. Tongues is praying out God’s plan for your life.
9. Tongues is knowledge, counsel, and secrets withheld from the wicked.
10. Tongues is the entrance into the realm of the spirit – the miraculous zone
11. Tongues is strengthening your inner man with might.
12. Tongues keeps you spiritually fit.
13. Tongues is praying things that have been concealed to be revealed.
14. Tongues is decreeing the rhemas of God.
15. Tongues pulls you from the past into the future.
16. Tongues is home improvement and a source of spiritual edification.
17. Tongues is building a strong premise to carry the anointing.
18. Tongues builds and stimulates your faith.
19. Tongues gives you unstoppable progress that your enemies cannot deny.
20. Tongues is giving praise and thanksgiving well unto God.
21. Tongues lines you up with the divine will of God.
22. Tongues is speaking the language and will of God.
23. Tongues is help with your ultimate weakness.
24. Tongues is the ultimate assistance to prayer.
25. Tongues qualifies all things to work for your good.
26. Tongues renders you to be God-inside minded.
27. Tongues makes you miracle-minded.
28. Tongues magnifies God.
29. Tongues enlarges your perspective of God’s potency in your life.
30. Tongues gives spiritual refreshing and rest.
31. Tongues hones your sharpness and accuracy in the anointing.
32. Tongues facilitates the entrance into the gifts of the Spirit.
33. Tongues equips you for the wonders of God.
34. Tongues is fine-tuning and sensitizing your spirit man to the voice of God.
35. Tongues is assistance to bring your natural tongue under subjection.
36. Tongues develops intimacy with the Holy Spirit.
37. Tongues is your private conversation with God.
38. Tongues is deep calling unto deep.
39. Tongues accesses revelation knowledge.
40. Tongues taps into the mind of God.
41. Tongues opens the Scriptures to you from a divine perspective rather than an
intellectual standpoint.
42. Tongues is part of the armor of God, the lance that will shoot down the enemy.
43. Tongues is the plume to cause great damage to the kingdom of darkness.
44. Tongues helps you to develop your prayer life.
45. Tongues synchronizes you with the timing of God.
46. Tongues is alignment with the assignment of God.
47. Tongues is a door of utterance and boldness.
48. Tongues is the Holy Spirit searching your heart and praying through you the perfect will of God.
49. Tongues is pulling treasure out of you.
50. Tongues is leaning upon God.
51. Tongues is blowing the ram’s horn for battle.
52. Tongues is the rallying sound of victory.
53. Tongues is releasing angels on heavenly assignments to change earthly situations.
54. Tongues is a brainstorming session with God.
55. Tongues taps into the creativity of Elohim.
56. Tongues overrules and overturns death assignments against your life.
57. Tongues reverses demonic assignments against your well-being.
58. Tongues removes you from the limitations of the flesh to God’s abundant supply of the Spirit.
59. Tongues is making demands upon the power of God.
60. Tongues enables a closer walk with God.
61. Tongues is speaking the hidden wisdom of God.
62. Tongues is the beginning of being led by the Holy Spirit.
63. Tongues is living supernaturally in a natural world.
64. Tongues opens the heavens and charges the atmosphere.
65. Tongues is the release of the shekinah glory.
66. Tongues is getting drunk on the new wine of the Holy Ghost.
67. Tongues is pouring in the oil and wine of the Holy Ghost.
68. Tongues are life-filled words, faith-filled words and anointing-filled words.
69. Tongues lights the fire of God in your life.
70. Tongues delivers you from the scourge of the tongue.
71. Tongues is unlocking every closed prison door in your life.
72. Tongues is a well springing up into the Zoe-God kind of life.
73. Tongues is the beginning and the maintaining of partnership with the Holy Spirit.
74. Tongues is Koinonia (fellowship, intercourse, partnership, romance) with the Parakletos (Holy Spirit).
75. Tongues is releasing the winds of God to blow in your life.
76. Tongues is the wind in your sail.
77. Tongues is the wind beneath your wings.
78. Tongues unleashes the winds of revival and refreshing in your life.
79. Tongues is refilling empty vessels.
80. Tongues is spirit-to-Spirit communication.
81. Tongues helps in living effectively in the last days.
82. Tongues is the ignition key to walking in the power of God.
83. Tongues is being endued with power from on high.
84. Tongues is rivers of living waters flowing out of you.
85. Tongues is drinking from the river and reservoir of God.
86. Tongues is serving God from your spirit.
87. Tongues enables you to perform your priestly duties.
88. Tongues is building your image of God in you and confidence.
89. Tongues is expressing, enforcing, and declaring the will of God in your life and the earth.
90. Tongues is extracting answers from the indwelling Spirit to solve life’s problems.
91. Tongues is praying from your spirit.
92. Tongues is giving your spirit ascendency and power over your flesh.
93. Tongues aids you to mortify the deeds and evil cravings of the flesh.
94. Tongues connects the intercession of the Holy Spirit with your great High Priest Jesus.
95. Tongues is the highest form of the prayer of agreement.
96. Tongues is the divine agreement of the prayers of our earthly and heavenly intercessor with the plans of God.
97. Tongues is the threefold cord that will not be broken.
98. Tongues is ministering to yourself, to the Lord, and unto others.
99. Tongues is worshiping the Father in spirit and in truth.
100. Tongues charges your spiritual battery.
101. Tongues makes you God-friendly rather than seeker friendly, confuses the devil, and ignites revival.