What Does it Mean to be Saved?

What Does it Mean to be Saved? In the general sense it means to be rescued from danger. In the biblical sense it means to be rescued from the wrath of God that our sins deserve. It signifies rescue from sin, death and hell and the power and penalty of sin. Romans 3 and Titus 3 speak of God's work of saving. We cannot save ourselves because we are dead in sin apart from Jesus Christ (Ephesians 2). Only God can make dead people alive. When a person comes to saving faith in Christ they are rescued from the power and penalty of sin. One day they will be rescued from the presence of sin.