CORAM DEO MONDAYS with MARISA
November 18, 2013
“For by grace you have been saved through faith.” Eph 4:8
The word for “salvation” or “saved” in the Greek is “sozo.” It means “to make alive” and “to make healthy.” In the contexts in which it is used, it implies spiritual, inward, and physical salvation. The word “sozo” is used not only when He saved (sozo’d) people from sin and sin’s bondage, (Acts 2:47, Ro. 8:24, Ro. 5:10, Heb 7:25) but also when He saved people from sickness, (Mt. 9:22, Mk. 5:34, Lk. 8:48-50, Jas. 5:15) when He saved people from destruction, (Mt.8:25, 2 Tim. 4:18) and when He saved people from demonic oppression. (Lk. 8:36) The finished work of the cross supplied “all grace” for all sozo needs. He came to bring divine enablement mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually—any part that has been lame or crippled. (Pickett 1998) In other words, the Biblical concept of salvation overlaps into the total deliverance of the whole man. Now keep in mind these things Jesus sozo’d us from as we read this verse whose familiarity and future tense application has caused us to lose sight of its day to day relevance:
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Eph 2:4-9
It is by grace we are saved (sozo’d) through faith. Let’s stop. We have applied this truth for our sozo need of forgiveness of sins for eternal life. Now let’s apply this truth for our whatsozoever needs. What areas of our body, soul, and spirit are in need of wholeness? Begin taking steps of faith in His ‘all grace’ by taking a moment to write down these areas and asking for His salvation to come. God created all parts of us and wants to apply His healing balm to all areas of our life. We are powerless to sozo ourselves. Therefore, day by day, we must persist in yielding to His grace.
Adapted from the Coram Deo Secret
http://www.marisarickerson.com/coram-deo.html
November 18, 2013
“For by grace you have been saved through faith.” Eph 4:8
The word for “salvation” or “saved” in the Greek is “sozo.” It means “to make alive” and “to make healthy.” In the contexts in which it is used, it implies spiritual, inward, and physical salvation. The word “sozo” is used not only when He saved (sozo’d) people from sin and sin’s bondage, (Acts 2:47, Ro. 8:24, Ro. 5:10, Heb 7:25) but also when He saved people from sickness, (Mt. 9:22, Mk. 5:34, Lk. 8:48-50, Jas. 5:15) when He saved people from destruction, (Mt.8:25, 2 Tim. 4:18) and when He saved people from demonic oppression. (Lk. 8:36) The finished work of the cross supplied “all grace” for all sozo needs. He came to bring divine enablement mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually—any part that has been lame or crippled. (Pickett 1998) In other words, the Biblical concept of salvation overlaps into the total deliverance of the whole man. Now keep in mind these things Jesus sozo’d us from as we read this verse whose familiarity and future tense application has caused us to lose sight of its day to day relevance:
“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” Eph 2:4-9
It is by grace we are saved (sozo’d) through faith. Let’s stop. We have applied this truth for our sozo need of forgiveness of sins for eternal life. Now let’s apply this truth for our whatsozoever needs. What areas of our body, soul, and spirit are in need of wholeness? Begin taking steps of faith in His ‘all grace’ by taking a moment to write down these areas and asking for His salvation to come. God created all parts of us and wants to apply His healing balm to all areas of our life. We are powerless to sozo ourselves. Therefore, day by day, we must persist in yielding to His grace.
Adapted from the Coram Deo Secret
http://www.marisarickerson.com/coram-deo.html
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