SALVATION

1. All men
are sinners:

Rom.3:23                For
all have sinned & come short of the glory of God

Eccl.7:20 Not a just man on earth, that...sinneth not

Isa.64:6   All our righteousnesses are as
filthy rags

Rom.3:10                There
is none righteous, no not one

Jam.2:10 Whoever shall offend in one point (of law),
guilty of all

1Jn.1:8    If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves

2. Salvation by
grace (undeserved mercy), not works:

Eph.2:8,9                For
by grace are ye saved through faith, not of yourselves...not of works

Mk.10:25-27           Who
can be saved? With men it is impossible

Rom.3:20a              By
deeds of law shall no flesh be justified in His sight

Rom.11:6                And
if by grace, then is it no more of works

Gal.2:16  Justified by the faith of Christ &
not by works of the law

2Tim.1:9 Saved us, not according to our works,
but according to His grace

Tit.3:5     Not by works of
righteousness which we have done

3. Salvation only
through Jesus:

Acts
4:12               None
other name...whereby we must be saved

1Tim.2:5 One mediator between God & men...Christ
Jesus

Jn.3:16    God...gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should...have everlasting life

Jn.3:36b  He that believeth not the Son shall not
see life

Jn.8:24    If ye believe not that I am He,
ye shall die in your sins

Jn.10:1    He that entereth not by the
door...but climbeth up some other way...is a thief & a robber

Jn.10:9    I am the door: by Me
if any man enter in...be saved

Jn.14:6    I am the way, the truth,
& the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by Me

1Cor.3:11                For
other foundation can no man lay than... Jesus Christ

1Jn.5:12  He that hath not the Son of God hath not
life

4. Believe on
Jesus:

Jn.3:16    Whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life

Jn.11:25,26             I
am the resurrection & the life...whosoever believ eth in Me shall never die

Acts
16:31             Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, & thou shalt be saved

Rom.10:9,10           If
thou shalt...believe in thine heart...thou shalt be saved

1Jn.5:1a  Whosoever believeth Jesus is the Christ
is born of God

5. Receive
Jesus:

Rev.3:20 If any man...open the door, I will come
in to him

Jn.1:12    But as many as received
Him...power to become sons

Gal.4:6    God hath sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into your heart

Eph.3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith

6. Eternal
salvation:

A. You can never
lose it, even if you make mistakes & fall:

Psa.37:24                Though
he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord unholdeth him with His
hand

Jn.3:36a  He that believeth on the Son...hath
everlasting life

Jn.6:37    Him that cometh to Me I will
in no wise cast out

Jn.10:28  I give unto them eternal life; & they
shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand

Rom.8:38,39           I
am persuaded that [nothing] shall be able to separate us from the love of
God...in Christ Jesus

1Cor.3:11-15          [If
works are] wood, hay & stubble...shall be burned, yet he himself shall be
saved

1Cor.5:5  Destruction of the flesh, that the spirit
may be saved

Heb.13:5b              I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee

2Tim.2:13               Though
we believe not, yet He abideth faithful

1Jn.5:13  Ye may know that ye have eternal
life

B. But the Lord
will chasten you for wrongdoing:

Psa.89:30-34          If
they break My statutes...I will visit with the rod...(but) My lovingkindness
will I not utterly take away

Heb.12:5-8             Whom
the Lord loveth He chasteneth, & scourgeth every son whom He receiveth

Rev.3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke & chasten

7. Receiving Jesus
guarantees eternal life in Heaven:

Rom.6:23b              The
gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ

Jn.11:26  Whosoever...believeth in Me shall never
die

Jn.14:2-3 In My Father's house are many mansions

1Pet.1:3,4               Incorruptible
inheritance reserved in Heaven for you

1Jn.5:11  God hath given to us eternal life...in
His Son

(See
Rev.21:1-27 & 22:1-5 for a description of Heaven)

8. The results of
being born again:

A. Spiritual
rebirth makes you a new creature:

Jn.3:3b    Except a man be born again,
he cannot see Kingdom

Mat.18:3 Be converted & become as little children

Jn.1:13    Born, not of blood, nor of
the will of man, but of God

Rom.12:2a              Be
ye transformed by the renewing of your mind

2Cor.5:17                If
any man be in Christ, he is a new creature

1Pet.1:23                Born
again, not of corruptible seed, but...by the Word of God

B. You will desire
to work for Jesus:

Eph.2:10 We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works

Tit.2:14   (Jesus) gave Himself for us (to)
purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works

(See
also Eph.4:21-24; Col.3:8-10; Tit.3:8; Jam.2:18.)

9. Sin brings about
spiritual death; but Jesus died in

our
place, taking our punishment:

Isa.59:2   Your iniquities have separated you
and your God

Rom.6:23                The
wages of (penalty for) sin is death

Rom.5:8  While we were sinners, Christ died for us

2Cor.5:21                He
hath made Him (Jesus) to be sin for (in place of) us

1Jn.1:9    If we confess our sins, He
[will] forgive & cleanse us

1Jn.2:1,2 We have an advocate...Jesus Christ. He is the
propitiation for...the sins of the whole world

10. In the Mosaic
law, blood is payment for sin; Jesus'

death
paid that price in full:

Lev.17:11               It
is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul

Heb.9:22 Without shedding of blood is no remission [of
sin]

Mat.26:28               My
blood...shed for the remission of sins

1Jn.1:7    The blood of Jesus Christ
cleanseth us from all sin

Jn.1:29    The Lamb of God, which taketh
away sin of the world

Eph.1:7   We have redemption through His
blood, the forgiveness of sins (See also 1Jn.2:12)

1Pet.1:18,19           Ye
were redeemed...with the precious blood of Christ

11. All men are not
saved sons of God in their natural

state:

Eph.2:2,3,12           Ye
were children of disobedience, children of wrath, aliens and strangers without
Christ

Mat.7:13 Wide is the gate...that leadeth to destruction,
& many... go in thereat

Jn.3:19    Light is come into the world,
& men loved darkness rather than light

Jn.8:44    Ye are of your father the
devil

Jn.8:47    Ye hear (God's Words) not,
because ye are not of God

12. The
self-righteous refuse Jesus' salvation:

(See
Mat.5:20; 9:10-13; 21:31b; Lk.18:9-14; Jn.5:39-44; Rom.10:3; 1Jn.1:9,10.)

13. New Testament
examples of salvation:

Lk.19:1-10              [Conversion
of the corrupt tax-collector, Zaccheus]

Acts
9:1-22            [Conversion
of apostle Paul] (See also Acts 6:8-14; 7:57-60; 8:1-4; 26:9-11.)

Acts
10:1-8            [Conversion
of Roman centurion Cornelius]

Acts
13:1-12          [Conversion
of governor of Cyprus, Sergius Paulus]

Acts
16:13-34        [Conversion
of the merchant Lydia & Roman jailor]