SALVATION FOR ANYONE IS STILL AVAILABLE AS A FREE GIFT through JESUS CHRIST

In the New Testament, Jesus is portrayed as the Savior of sinners {Luke 2:11;  John 4:42; Acts 5:31; 13:23;
Phil 3:20;  2 Peter 1:1, 11:1, 11; 1 John 4:14}   The title reserved for God in the Old Testament is transferred to Jesus as Incarnate Son in the NT.   He is the Savior or Deliverer from Sin (within all mankind) and its consequences as well as from Satan and his power.   Jesus preached the arrival of the kingdom of God - the kingly, fatherly rule of God in human lives.   When a person repented and believed, that person received salvation -  "Today salvation has come to this house" {Luke 19:9-10}  said Jesus to Zacchacus.   To others who believed and received God's Kingdom/Salvation Jesus said,  "Your sins are forgiven" or "Your faith has saved you" {Mark 2:5; Luke 7:50}.   And since healing of the body was not separated by Jesus from healing of the person, to be healed by Jesus was to receive God's salvation.   In fact the verb sozein means both "to heal" and "to save" {Mark 1:40-45;  5:33-34}.

Peter preached that salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given
to mankind by which we must be saved" {Acts 4:12}.   Paul wrote, "Now is the day of salvation"
{2 Cor 6:2}.   The writer of Hebrews asked, "How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?"
{Heb 2:3}.   Because of the life, death, and exaltation of Jesus, salvation is a present reality and the gospel is the declaration that salvation is now accomplished and available in and through JESUS.   It is deliverance from the dominion of sin and Satan;  it is freedom to love and serve your maker and father of all, Mighty God NOW.  Salvation is also, however, a future hope, for we will " be saved from God's wrath through him" at the Last Judgement {Rom 5:9}.   and Peter wrote of the salvation "That is ready to be revealed in the last time" {1 Peter 1:5.   Salvation, which belongs to our God {Rev 19:1}, includes everything that God will do for and to his people as he brings them to fullness of life in the new heaven and the new earth of the age to come.