But so many of the examples that you posted have only to do with the physical aspects of life and nothing to do with the spiritual. With respect to the spiritual, there is only one meaning of the word salvation. And that is eternal life and all that implies. There are no variants to that salvation. God has either gifted one with eternal life or He has not. Why, how and to whom God gives that gift is the central theme of God's written revelation, the word of God.
John 20:31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have [eternal] life in his name.
I agree Jim I was just talking about the specific word for salvation. Eternal life is a synonym for sure and we can expound on its meaning which would include as well the new birth, born again, born of the spirit, regeneration etc...... So yes there is the spiritual side which as you noted is the most important.
And if we transfer the word salvation from the physical to the spiritual this gives us the holiness side of the equation where we walk in the spirit, filled with the spirit, do not quench the spirit, bear the fruit of the spirit, are led by the spirit, spiritual discernment, having the spiritual mind of Christ , putting on the new man and discarding the old man etc.....
Man plays a vital role in walking in the spirit. A believer has things they do to be able to live a victorious Christian life. This is a very unpopular view in the modern day church but its what Jesus and the Apostles taught and expected for every believer.
Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus
have crucified [past tense and dead] the flesh with its passions and desires.”
Colossians 2:11
“In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh
was put off [paste tense; what is circumcised/removed is never again part of the body] when you were circumcised by Christ,”
Romans 6:4
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
Romans 7:5
“For
when we were [past tense] in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death.”
Romans 8:9
“You, however,
are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.”
2 Corinthians 5:16
Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we
him no more.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
Colossians 3:9-10
Do not lie to one another,
since you have taken off the old self with its practices, / and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
Ephesians 4:22-24
to
put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be renewed in the spirit of your minds; / and
to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Romans 13:14
Instead,
clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Galatians 3:27
For all of you who were baptized into Christ
have clothed yourselves with Christ.
1 Peter 2:11
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles,
to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Galatians 5:16
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Romans 8:5-6
Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. / The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
1 Peter 4:1-2
Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin. / Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
conclusion: Be filled with the spirit
Ephesians 5:18 says to all Christians, "Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit." The verb "be filled" is famously
a present tense verb which means
to do it regularly, continually. Then it is
an imperative verb, which means that it is a command and not a suggestion.
Its as simple as that obey the Lord and be continually filled with His Spirit.
Galatians 5:16- But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
Galatians 5:23-25 - But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by
the Spirit, we should also walk by
the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other
Ephesians 4:30- And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Revelation 3:3-6
“To the angel of the church in Sardis write:
These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds;
you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 2Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. 4
Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. 5The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels.
6Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
hope this helps !!!
