http://maggidawn.com/saved-for-not-from/ Author, musician and theologian Wed, 09 May 2012 10:34:09 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://maggidawn.com/saved-for-not-from/comment-page-1/#comment-8100 Alastair Newman Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:45:12 +0000 http://maggidawn.com/?p=2977#comment-8100 Very true. I think it's a language point as much as anything - saved can imply being rescued from something, or being kept by someone, or for something, as in "who are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation" Very true. I think it’s a language point as much as anything – saved can imply being rescued from something, or being kept by someone, or for something, as in “who are kept by the power of God, through faith unto salvation”

]]> http://maggidawn.com/saved-for-not-from/comment-page-1/#comment-8067 bthomas Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:28:23 +0000 http://maggidawn.com/?p=2977#comment-8067 To focus only on what we are saved from is to proclaim something, but it is not the Gospel. To proclaim the Gospel as what we are saved for is to proclaim a half-truth. The Gospel whole and not in part is not just what we are saved for not just what we are saved from but that we are saved from what we are that in Christ we might become new creations. To focus only on what we are saved from is to proclaim something, but it is not the Gospel. To proclaim the Gospel as what we are saved for is to proclaim a half-truth. The Gospel whole and not in part is not just what we are saved for not just what we are saved from but that we are saved from what we are that in Christ we might become new creations.

]]> http://maggidawn.com/saved-for-not-from/comment-page-1/#comment-8064 Veronica Zundel Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:13:31 +0000 http://maggidawn.com/?p=2977#comment-8064 Total agreement - I've been saying we're 'saved for' rather than 'saved from' for decades. Total agreement – I’ve been saying we’re ’saved for’ rather than ’saved from’ for decades.

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