Transcript Plan of Salvation

God’s Plan for Salvation?
All Are in Need of Salvation
• God is Holy (Psalm 99:5)
• God calls us to holiness
(1 Peter 1:16)
• But all have sinned (Rom. 3:23)
• God cannot co-exist with sin
(Hab. 1:13)
• Sin has horrible consequences:
– It separates us from God (Isa. 59:2)
– It condemns us to Hell (Matt. 7:21-23)
God Desires Our Salvation
• God wants to be close to us (Isa. 59:1)
• God is both just and merciful
– “Behold therefore the goodness and severity of
God” (Rom. 11:22)
– “A just God and a Savior” Isa. 45:21
• God’s mercy desires reconciliation to Him
– (2 Peter 3:9)
• Jesus reconciles us to God in His sacrifice
– Bears the retribution for our sins (Isa. 53:4-6)
– Reconciles us to God (1 Peter 3:18)
– Provides continual cleansing from sin
(1 John 1:7)
What is God’s Plan
for Salvation?
Salvation Comes Through Faith
• Therefore being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ. (Rom. 5:1)
• For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: (Eph. 2:8)
But Not Faith Alone!
• “Faith only” is a prominent doctrine in
protestant denominationalism
• The term “faith only” found only once:
Ye see then how that by works a man
is justified, and not by faith only.
(James 2:24)
Faith Comes Through God’s
Word
• So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God. (Rom.
10:17)
The Hearer Must Believe
• I said therefore unto you, that ye
shall die in your sins: for except ye
believe that I am he, ye shall die in
your sins
(John 8:24 ASV)
Belief Leads to Repentance
• And the times of this ignorance God
winked at; but now commandeth all
men every where to repent:
(Acts 17:30)
Repentance Leads to
Confession
• That if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath
raised him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved. For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation.
(Rom. 10:9, 10)
Confession Precedes Baptism
• Then Philip said, “If you believe with
all your heart, you may." And he
answered and said, “I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. So he
commanded the chariot to stand still.
And both Philip and the eunuch went
down into the water, and he baptized
him.” (Acts 8:37-38)
The Believer Must be Baptized
• He who believes and is baptized will be
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saved; but he who does not believe will be
condemned. (Mark 16:16)
Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life. (Rom. 6:4)
What Does Baptism Do?
• Remits our sins (Acts 2:38)
• Puts us “into” Christ
(Gal. 3:27; Rom. 6:3)
– We are added to the church (Acts 2:47)
– The church is His body (Eph. 1:22, 23)
– We are members of His body (Eph. 5:30)
• Brings salvation (1 Peter 3:21)
Which Comes First?
I was saved, then later I was baptized.
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved
Mark 16:16
God’s Plan for Salvation
• Hear the word of God
• Believe God’s word
• Repent of your sins
• Confess Jesus as the Son of God
• Be baptized for the remission of sins
• Then…
Remain Faithful
• Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you
(Matt. 28:20)
• Be thou faithful unto death, and I will
give thee a crown of life.
(Rev. 2:10)
Obedience is Urgent!
• And as they went on their way, they came
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unto a certain water: and the eunuch said,
See, here is water; what doth hinder me to
be baptized?
(Acts 8:36)
And now why are you waiting? Arise and
be baptized, and wash away your sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.
(Acts 22:16 NKJV)
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All This Leads To A
Question Of Eternal
Importance
What Hinders You From Being
Baptized?