"Are you saved"?

To be candid with you, I've always been a little bit uneasy with the term "saved". We use that a lot in our walk with Christ.

"Bob got saved," we say, or, "Julie got saved."

We ask, "are you saved?"

I guess the question is "saved from what?"

Not don't start throwing stones, I'm not against the word, I'm just saying that it needs to be put into context.

You talk with a secular person and ask, "are you saved," and they might look at you like you are some creature from Mars.

What does it mean to be "saved?"

One time Jesus gives the sins of a woman who came an anointed his feet with oil. He said to her (In Luke 7:48), "Your sins are forgiven." And those (verse 49) who sat at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?" Then (Jesus) said to the woman (verse 50), Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."

The word saved used by Jesus is the Greek word sozo which means to save, heal cure, preserve, keep safe and sound, rescue from danger or destruction, deliver.

Sozo saves from physical death by healing, and from spiritual death by forgiving sin and its effects.

Sozo in primitive cultures is translated simply "to give new life" and "to cause to have a new heart."

Perhaps the better question might not be "are you saved," "but, "have you received spiritual life by connecting with God through Jesus Christ?"

Long I know, but more specific as to what you are asking for.

By the way, "Are you saved?"