To be saved by the Spirit

Fee summarizes what it means to be “saved” by the Holy Spirit:

“In sum: ‘to be saved’ in the Pauline view means to become part of the people of God, who by the Spirit are born into God’s family and therefore joined to one another as one body, whose gatherings in the Spirit form them into God’s temple. God is not simply saving diverse individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather he is creating a people for his name, among whom God can dwell and who in the life together will reproduce God’s life and character in all its unity and diversity.”

Stan Lennard