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What is
Salvation?
The
deliverance (release, rescuing) from the penalty (consequences, wages)
and the power (control) of sin. The penalty of sin is death. Not just
a physical death but to be dead spiritually, and a recipient of God’s
wrath. The power of sin is to continue as a slave to sin.
Ø Salvation is Jesus
Christ bearing the wrath of God for the one who believes. One who
believes has been redeemed, bought back, for a price that only Jesus
Christ could pay.
à1
Corinthians 6: 20For you have been bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body.
à1
Corinthians 7: 23You
were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
Ø Salvation is a gift
from a Holy God. Therefore, it is not earned nor worked for.
àEphesians
2: 8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and
that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9not
as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10For we
are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
àRomans
6: 23For
the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ø Salvation comes
from one source and one source only, JESUS CHRIST is the mediator
(the way, the deliverance) of this grace.
àActs
4: 12“And
there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under
heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.”
àJohn
14: 6Jesus
said* to him, “I am the way, and
the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
à1
John 2: 1My
little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not
sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus
Christ the righteous; 2and He Himself is the propitiation
for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the
whole world.
Ø Salvation the
deliverance from God’s wrath as a result of your sin.
àJohn
3: 36“He who believes
in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not
see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
àRomans
5: 9Much
more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from the wrath of God through Him. 10For if while we
were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son,
much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
Jesus
is the Gift of Salvation. Conclusion: It is all about Jesus!
Questions
for you to reflect upon?
Ø Why is salvation needed to have fellowship with God?
Ø Am I guilty of sin?
Ø What must be done with my sin?
Ø How can I be forgiven of my sin?
Ø How can I be delivered from the penalty, punishment
of my sin?
Scripture references for you to
look up, meditate and study.
John 16:8
Luke 15:7
Luke 15:10
2 Corinthians 7:9-10
John 3:16
John 3:36
Acts 2:21
Romans 10:9-10
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