Heb 2:3 NKJV

How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?

Titus 2:11 NKJV

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

  1 Peter 1:1-5 NKJV

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus , Galatia , Cappadocia , Asia , and Bithynia , elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Over the past two weeks we have studied texts that speak about Salvation.

  This word is used of the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyptians (Ex 14:13 ), and of deliverance generally from evil or danger. In the New Testament it is specially used with reference to the great deliverance from the guilt and the pollution of sin wrought out by Jesus Christ.

  In English Versions of the Bible the words “salvation” & “save,” are not technical theological terms, but simply mean “deliverance”. Salvation means primarily deliverance from judgment or deliverance from danger. The general idea is to be brought to a place of safety.

  The Son of God came to a lost world to restore those who would commit themselves to him, to that harmony with God which they had lost by sin. It means deliverance from the wrath of God

  The first verse that we looked at is about our attitude to this offer of God to save us from our sins. It is concerned with what we will do with God’s offer. Will we Accept it, Reject it or Neglect it? It is about the here and now. When we accept Jesus as our Saviour from sin we are delivered from God’s anger towards sinners. Many reject God’s offer of rescue and many more pay no attention to it. They simply neglect it.

The next verse shows us that the revelation from God concerning this salvation was revealed sometime in the past. It looks at the method God chose to rescue us from penalty of our sins. The grace of God that makes salvation available to all men was revealed on the Cross when Jesus died for our sins.

  Our text today tells us something of what salvation will mean to us in the future. We are not looking back to God’s method of rescuing men and women from the penalty pronounced on sinners but forward to all that God has in store for those who accept His gracious offer.

We are rescued from our sins when we are born again

We are born again by the will, grace and mercy of God.

It is the work of the Spirit of God. (John 3:5, 16:8-11)

The Price of the new birth is 1 Peter 1:17-20 NKJV

you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

The agent of the new birth is the Word of God. (1Peter 1:23 -25)

We are born again:

To a living hope,

To an inheritance, that can never perish, spoil or fade,

  Reserved in Heaven,

For all who are kept by the power of God through faith,

For salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.