Im trying to find my way closer to God, And I'v herd of being Saved, Can someone explain to me what this is and how you are saved, to become closer to the Lord.
Hello Calabazaa
In Christian theology we believe in something called sin. There are lots of explanations about what sin is, but in it's simplest terms, it is just those things we do, that we know we shouldn't do. Lying, cheating, stealing, thinking lustful thoughts, saying curse words, it could even be having an affair or murder. Anything that you feel guilt or remorseful over that you know you've done against someone is most likely sin.
Our God is so Holy and pure that sin cannot be near him. You can't get see God with sin in your life. Since your sin will keep you from having eternal life in heaven with God the father, the other option is to go to hell. A place with eternal fire and torment. Eternity is a long time to spend in agony and torment.
God says the wages of sin is death. We all die, but the Bible speaks of something called the second death which is being thrown into the lake of fire. So what "saves" you from this?
In ancient times the Israelite s had to sacrifice animals for their sins. A dove for smaller sins, a goat or lamb for medium sins, a bull or heifer for large sins. These had to be perfect spotless animals that weren't sick, or didn't have any sores or scars on them. They couldn't be really old and useless. These animals typically cost a lot of money. You then had to take them to a priest and he would kill this animals. "sacrifice" this animal to God to pay for your sins, since the cost of sin was death, this animal took your place in a way, and the animals death paid the price of your sins. There were quite a few problems with this as you can imagine. We don't have to do this anymore.
Jesus died for your sins. He never sinned, so he was the perfect spotless sacrifice for your sins. In fact he was so perfect that his death was the only sacrifice that was worthy to cover all of our sins, not only yours and mine, but all the sins of the entire world. Anyone who accepts Jesus into their heart. Anyone who believes in him, that he is the risen son of God. The great thing about Jesus was that he didn't stay dead but came back to life after three days. This is how we know that we will receive eternal life through him.
So we are being saved from eternal torment in hell and the lake of fire. Does that help?
There are many other things being a Christian does for us. God blesses us more, God changes our hearts and makes us more loving, more giving, more forgiving of others. This is usually the easiest way to tell if someone is a Christians.
So in a way, we are also being saved from ourselves, we don't have to be slaves to sin, fear, worry, bitterness or other things that affect many people.