What does it mean to be saved? From what does the Bible say we need to be saved? You may not feel you are in any danger at all at the moment. Yet God’s Word tells us that Christ Jesus came into the world to save us (see 1 Timothy 1:15). Save us from what?
When Jesus was to be born, an angel from heaven explained that his name was to be Jesus, meaning “Jehovah (God) is salvation.” The angel said, “And [Mary] shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he 
shall save his people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21).
So there is the answer. We need to be saved from our sins. We need to be saved from the judgment which our sins deserve. And we need to be saved from the grip that sin has on our hearts and minds, from the damage that sin does to our lives, our relationships, and everything else it touches. Yes, we need to be saved.
But if the way to be saved, according to the statement at the top, is to believe on the Lord Jesus.
What exactly does it mean to "believe"?
Believing the facts about God is a good start, but it is not enough. The Apostle James wrote, “You believe that there is one God; you do well: the demons also believe, and tremble” (James 2:19). But it obviously doesn’t do the demons any good, does it?
There is more to believing than accepting facts in your head. We have an example of some people like this described in the book of John (the fourth book in the New Testament part of the Bible). We read this:
Now when [Jesus] was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. (John 2:23-25).
These people believed some things about Jesus because they were impressed with his miracles. But Jesus—notice the words—did not commit himself to them because they did not commit themselves to him.
It is possible, for example, to know a great deal about someone, but that is very different from committing yourself to them in marriage, isn’t it? In a similar way, the Lord Jesus is asking us to do something more than simply agreeing with him about certain things. He is asking us to take some very important steps.
First we are to believe him when he describes the seriousness of our fundamental problem. When the Bible says, “Christ died for our sins,” we can only draw one conclusion. If the Lord Jesus Christ died in our place, it means, of course, that our sins deserved the death sentence.
That is exactly what is written in God’s Word. James describes our sin in this way: “When lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death” (James 1:15).
What a picture! It’s as if lust (our strong inward desires for the wrong things) has a baby. Aren’t babies cute! And at first our sin might appear to be harmless and cute as well. But then, says James, sin doesn’t stay little; it eventually grows up into a monster and kills us!
Are we prepared to agree with God about this? This the Bible calls repentance
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Elders: James Mathew & Jason Abraham, Sunday School Teachers, Prinary Class: Bini Kurian, Junior Class: Bilson Peters, Senior Class: Jason Abraham. Adult Class: James Mathew: - Bethany Gospel Chapel, Bethany - Malayalam, India, Kerala Malayalam Brethren Assembly Plymouth Brethren