What does it mean to "be saved"?

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9
This scripture seems pretty straight forward and simple, but what exactly does it mean? It seems the western world has softened it to the point that people think if you pray a salvation prayer and say your a Christian, then you are saved. Is this really all there is to it? What does it mean to confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord? Paul's second letter to Timothy says this..."Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are His,' and, 'Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness1.'" Well that's not so bad. How many of us would actually consider ourselves wicked to begin with? Ah, but that's because we don't think of wickedness the same way as the Lord does. The Word describes wicked people as those who complain, rebel against authorities, put themselves first, or sin against God in any way! Man, that completely changes our look at wickedness, doesn't it? So when Paul says that those who are saved turn away from wickedness that must mean we now live lives of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control2. It must mean that if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here3! It must mean that the Lamb of God really did take away the sin of the world4! Maybe, just maybe, God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God5. What if being saved meant that we didn't only believe in Jesus, which by the way even the demons do that, but it meant that we give our lives in exchange for His6!?! What if when we read the bible we didn't have difficulty understanding it because we are the embodiment of it7!?! What if we didn't read the Word because we felt we had to "put in our due time", but we read it because we enjoyed it... because it is a love letter to us!?! What if when we read the Word we realized that it isn't broken up into chapter and verse, but that each letter, each book, each gospel, was written as a whole and should not be separated? What if when a born again Christian read the book of Romans they realized that chapter 7 wasn't a way to excuse the fleshly nature of humans, but instead was Paul describing the condition of those under the law before coming to grace!?! What if every time someone was inflicted with an illness they didn't chalk it up as a trial from the Lord and reference Job, but saw it as it really is...an attack from the enemy8?! And what if every time a born again Christian recognized that they were under attack, they claimed the fact that they have been given all authority to overcome all the power of the enemy9!?! Let's suppose for just a moment that every word in the bible is God breathed10and can be accepted as complete truth, thus meaning that once we are saved, we are free11! We are free from a life of bondage to sin12, free from excuses, free from ourselves, and free from everyone else! We are no longer a slave to sin13 and no longer have any desire14 to do anything that would compromise the clear conscience that we have before God and others! Let's not minimize the sacrifice of our Savior!!! Instead, let's live the lives that we've been promised!
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1. 2 Timothy 2:19
2. Galatians 5:22-23
3. 2 Corinthians 5:17
4. John 1:29 
5. 2 Corinthians 5:21
6. Galatians 2:20
7. John 1:1-4
8. John 10:10
9. Luke 10:19
10. 2 Timothy 3:16
11.  2 Corinthians 3:17
12. Romans 8:21
13. Romans 6:6
14. Galatians 5:24