2 Corinthians 5:17 - “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, and see, the new has come!” In Christ, and because of Christ, we are new. We are restored. We no longer need to be bound by our previous ways of thinking and acting. That is what saved is. Think of it this way: Imagine you are drowning in the ocean. Along comes a boat. The people in the boat pull you FROM the water and INTO the boat. We think we were saved FROM DROWNING and