Welcome to Spurgeon Morning and Evening June 12 PM, your daily devotional for today. Get ready to dive into a powerful message that will lift your spirit and settle your heart.
You might be feeling doubt creeping in, wondering if you’re truly secure in your faith, or perhaps you’re struggling with the idea that God’s grace is really for you, right now. This message cuts through that confusion, showing you the rock-solid truth of your salvation and God’s powerful call on your life.
We’re going to explore the Biblical Context of this verse and do a quick Key Word Study below. This will help you dig deeper into your faith and see what God has for you.
Scripture for Today
2 Timothy 1:9: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling.
Message
Biblical Context
The Second Letter to Timothy is part of the New Testament. The apostle Paul wrote it to his trusted helper and spiritual son, Timothy. Paul was likely in prison in Rome when he wrote this letter, facing the end of his life. You can tell it’s a very personal letter, full of Paul’s last instructions and encouragements to Timothy, urging him to stay firm in the Christian faith, to preach the truth, and to live a godly life. Paul wanted Timothy to keep going, even when things got hard, and to pass on what he learned to others. This verse comes early in the letter, right after Paul thanks God for Timothy and talks about the genuine faith that lives in him.
Key Word Study
Let’s look at the word “saved.” In the original Greek, this word is sōzō (σῴζω). It means to save, rescue, deliver, make safe, heal, or preserve. When it’s used in a spiritual sense, like here, it points to being saved from sin and its penalty, brought into a right relationship with God, and given eternal life. It’s not just about a future event; it often describes a completed action that has lasting results, meaning you’ve already been delivered and made safe.
The Truth of Present Salvation
The apostle tells us, “Who hath saved us.” He uses a tense that means it’s already done. You, if you believe in Christ Jesus, are saved. You’re not just someone hoping to be saved eventually; you’re already there. Salvation isn’t some blessing you get to enjoy only on your dying bed, or a song you sing in heaven later. It’s something you get, take hold of, are promised, and enjoy right now.
You are perfectly saved because of God’s plan for you. God chose you for salvation, and that plan is complete. You’re also saved completely because of the price paid for you. Remember what the Savior cried out before He died? “It is finished.” That payment covered everything.
You’re also perfectly saved because of your connection to Christ, your covenant head. Just as you were affected by Adam’s fall, you get new life in Christ. This complete salvation also brings with it a holy calling.
The Nature of a Holy Calling
Those of us the Savior saved on the cross are, at the right time, truly called by the power of God the Holy Spirit to be holy. We start leaving our sins behind. We try our best to be like Christ. We choose holiness, not because someone makes us, but because of a new nature inside us. This new nature makes us happy in holiness just as naturally as we once enjoyed sin.
God didn’t choose you or call you because you were already holy. He called you so that you might become holy. Holiness is the beauty He makes in you, His own artwork.
The good things we see in a believer are just as much God’s work as the atonement itself. This shows us so sweetly how full God’s grace is. Salvation has to be about grace because the Lord is the one who started it. What else but grace could make Him want to save someone guilty?
Grace Excludes Our Righteousness
Salvation has to be about grace because the Lord works in such a way that our own goodness is forever kept out of the picture. This is your privilege as a believer: a salvation you have right now. And the proof that you’re called to it? A holy life.
Prayer Points
- God, break any chains of doubt in me right now, so I can truly live in the certainty of my salvation.
- Holy Spirit, make Your calling to holiness so clear and strong in me that I naturally turn from sin and chase after Christ-likeness.
- Father, I declare that my past sins are covered by the finished work of Jesus; remind me of this truth when the accuser speaks.
- Lord, reveal Your perfect purpose for my life daily, and help me walk in the full reality of being perfectly saved in You.
- God of all grace, let Your workmanship in me produce a visible beauty of holiness that brings You all the glory.
Daily Declaration
I am saved, not by my works, but by God’s complete grace. I am called to holiness, and I embrace the new nature within me that delights in God's ways. I am a living testament to His finished work and present power, today and forever.
