“Sa^ed” W ho A re Saved ? From Wkat A re They Saved ? T o What Are the;? Saved ? How A re they Saved ? A Sermon Preached in Los Angeles By DR. R. A . TORREY
AVED” is a great word. When Mr. Alexander and I were holding our meet ings in Liverpool, England, the Vicar of one of the parishes said in a letter to the leading daily paper: “ I wish that Dr. Torrey use the word ‘saved’ so
the eagerly watching throng below is heard the cry, “ Saved! Saved!” Is it not a glorious word? But the word is far more glorious as used in our text and used again and again in the Bible than it is in either of these instances. The word “ saved” as used in the Bible has a wonderful wealth of meaning in it. As we look at this great text, let us consider four things: I. Who Are Saved? II. From What They Are Saved? III. To What They Are Saved? IV. How They Are Saved?; I. Who Are Saved? The first question then is, Who Are Saved? The text answers the question. It tells us that everyone who believes in Jesus Christ is saved. These words were addressed to the believers in Ephesus, and to every one of them the Holy Spirit says: “ Ye are saved.” Every one then who really believes in Jesus as the Son of God,' and shows that he really believes it by taking Jesus to be his own personal Saviour, and surrendering to Him as his Lord and Master, is saved, to every such an one God says, as He says here in the text to the believers in Ephesus, “ By grace are ye saved.” He does not say, “ Ye may be saved some day,” he says, “ Ye are saved now.” The R. V. is even stronger, “ By grace have ye been saved.” Salvation is not merely a future pos sibility for the believer, it is an already accomplished fact, it is the present pos session of every believer. If any be liever down in Ephesus was ever tempted to doubt that he was saved, all he had to do was just to go to this
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much.-- I do not like it.” Well, I do like it. It is a word of very frequent occurrence in the Bible. I wish it were of more frequent occurrence in the ex perience of men today. It is one of the greatest words in the English language. It is a glorious word, it is a stupendous, word. Even in its ordinary usage in every day life it is a great word. Here is a boat at sea, filled to its utmost capacity with men, women and children. Days have passed since the steamer on which they were crossing the ocean sank, and they were obliged t o , take refuge in the little lifeboat, and their supplies of food and water are ex hausted. They are perishing with hun ger and with thirst. Despair has seized upon them. Just then a vessel comes in sight; a cry rings' out over the water, “ Saved! Saved!” Is it not 'a glorious word? Here is a woman in peril in a burning building. Effort after effort fails to reach her. Now a last effort is made. A husky fireman runs up the ladder through the smoke and flames, reaches the ledge of the window sill where the woman is standing, takes her in his strong arms and successfully bears her through the smoke and flames to safety. As he hurries down, from
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