In Luke 19:9, Jesus is standing in the home of an infamous tax collector. And, Jesus looks at this man and says, “Today, salvation has come to this house.”
When we speak of God’s salvation, we usually refer to the act of God saving us.
We often think of salvation as some object we acquire, which means that we can misplace or discard it just as easily.
Some believers imagine salvation to be some kind of goal they’re running towards.
No matter what, God’s salvation is a gift that He freely provides to us through His Son.
But I’d like to propose a different understanding of God’s salvation. It is something God gives. It is something He accomplished. It is something done for us.
However, the Scripture also speaks of salvation as being a person whose name is Jesus.
This might be a new concept for you, but I believe it will revolutionize the way you understand your spiritual position in Christ and the nature of your eternal security.
See, Jesus’ name in Hebrew is Yeshua. This word in the Hebrew Bible literally means “salvation.”
When we talk about salvation, we’re talking about a person. Jesus is God’s salvation for humanity, which means that our salvation is primarily about a person that we have a relationship with now through faith.
I hope this re-frames your understanding of salvation.
Salvation is not an object to discard or a goal to achieve.
Rather, salvation is a living, abiding friendship with a person named Jesus who connects us to the Father.
This relationship with God is something that we enter into. This is the essence of our salvation.
It isn’t merely something to have but a condition that we now exist in. It is a way of being.
We are immersed in the salvation of God through our relationship with Him. Salvation is, therefore, a person to be grafted into. It's a mode of existence because being in Christ is a spiritual position and reality.
This is why Jesus can say, “Salvation has come to this house today,” because He did.
By Jason Camacho