Today is the day of salvation

There are up-to-date reports on the stock market, political developments locally and worldwide, health and medical developments, and even obscure developments just to fill the timeslots and to keep people watching and listening.

The question is “what is your interest?” or “what interests you now?” The Bible mentions a time-sensitive issue in Romans 13:11:

“… for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.”

Is Salvation a One-Time Event? Now Is the Day of Salvation

Most people are of the opinion that one is “saved” at a certain point in time, and that salvation is then more or less finished with, or at least not mentioned again in the present tense. For many, it is a concept frozen in the distant past. Didn’t we get saved when we first believed? But here it’s written that salvation is nearer than it was at that time. In other words, it must also occur in the present tense; at least the opportunity must be there to become more “saved.”

Is salvation an ongoing process leading to a growth or a maturing in the knowledge of the Savior? We can also read in 2 Corinthians 6:2:

“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

The King James Version (KJV) of this Bible verse, 2 Corinthians 6:2, reads: “(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)” Whether we say “today is the day of salvation” or “now is the day of salvation,” the message is the same: the opportunity is present, not only in the past.

Today Is the Day of Salvation: What About Now?

Testimonies are often quite vivid and detailed descriptions of being saved, once upon a time. There was a need, a conviction of sin, an acknowledgement, repentance and receiving Jesus as Saviour into one’s life. Those are wonderful testimonies and wonderful beginnings. One could say, that was the day of salvation, or when we first believed.

But what about now? Has anything happened since that day? Is salvation nearer now than when you first believed? Is there any progress in that salvation? Perhaps there is only looking forward to the future with our Saviour in heaven. But what about now?

Read here about forgiveness and “much more” salvation

When we are convicted of sin in our lives, or again come to need over our short-comings, should we not repent again, and use the opportunity to become ever more saved from our indwelling sin? Today? Now?

When Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount, He taught about becoming pure in heart, a lifelong journey that does not happen overnight.

In Hebrews 7:25 it speaks of being saved to the uttermost, which speaks of an ongoing development. Much as a child develops from childhood into adulthood. “till we all come … to a perfect man … to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:13.

May none of us be lulled to sleep and become so involved with the cares of this world that we neglect so great a salvation available to us now. (Hebrews 2:3)

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O, My Soul, March on in Strength!.