We’ll explore each of these truths in turn as we consider what it means to be totally saved. But first I want to talk about the reality of sin and our need for salvation. This is one place where the Bible’s teaching and the world’s view part company, because the prevailing view today is that sin isn’t all that bad. THE CONCEPT OF SIN One observer said that contemporary America has “defined deviancy downward.” Our culture has made sin seem so acceptable that things that used to be considered deviant