Ps. 37:39 But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord...
When I think of salvation, I think of being rescued. God rescued me from some end and to some end.
The Message Bible interestingly translates the word "salvation" in this verse as spacious, free life. The spacious, free life of the righteous (a believer) is (a gift) from God. So then, we can understand that we were rescued from a small, confined, limited, even imprisoned life to a great, boundless, limitless life of freedom because of the righteousness we have in and through Jesus Christ. God intended for us to enjoy the freedom, fullness and abundance of His kind of (zoe) life and Jesus confirmed it (Jn. 10:10)!
Try replacing the word "salvation" in other Scriptures with the words "spacious, free life". Here are just a few to consider:
Ps. 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, the God of our spacious, free life (salvation).
Ps. 91:6 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My spacious, free life (salvation).
Rom. 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to spacious, free life (salvation) for everyone who believes...
It is amazing to consider that not only has God rescued us by giving us His only Son, but He also gave us a new and better life!
Jn. 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting (zoe) (spacious, free) life.
Sock Monkey Snippet: The gift of our salvation is a spacious, free life.
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