Being Saved From The Default Setting
1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
2 Corinthians 2:15 For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
The Christian is both saved and being saved. We are completely justified when we come to Christ in faith. We call that saved.
Yet there is another sense in which are are continually being saved, even though we are saved.
The word saved is sozo, pronounced sode’-zo. It means: to save, deliver, protect, heal, preserve, do well, make whole.
So, the Christian has been saved (delivered) from God’s judgment, but is continuing to be saved (made whole) in regards to growing and maturing. They have been forgiven of their sins, but are being made more complete, more emotionally healthy, more spiritually whole.