SERIES: GOOD TO KNOW | DOCTRINE OF SALVATION

• Salvation is God’s plan to give people .
• Salvation is the work of God (Father, Son, Holy Spirit).
• Salvation is God’s way, never man’s way.
• Salvation is God’s initiative (John 6:44).

• Salvation – Deliverance from danger or suffering.
• God’s Salvation – Concerns a person’s eternal and spiritual deliverance.

• Everyone is a sinner – Romans 3:23 “Everyone has sinned.” (See also: Ephesians 2:1)
• Sin must be punished – Romans 6:23 “The wages (payment) of sin is death.”
• Consequences of sin – Romans 5:9 “And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation (Wrath).”
• John 3:36 (NKJV) “He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
• The consequences of sin are physical death and spiritual destruction in hell (Matthew 8:12, Matthew 13:41-42, Matthew 5:22).

• Hebrews 9:22 “without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.”
• See also Leviticus 17:11
• For this very reason, God established the sacrificial system for the people of Israel.
• Substitutionary sacrifice – The death of on our behalf.
• Imputation of sin – God attributes a person’s sin to the substitutionary sacrifice.
• Justification – Legal term that means a person is legally declared just or righteous, in this case, before God (Placed in a right relationship with God).

Only by God’s grace, through faith alone (not works), in Christ alone.

• ONLY GRACE – Grace is God’s favor, blessing, or kindness.
  – Ephesians 2:8-10 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
• THROUGH FAITH ALONE – A person’s is to with faith and believe. Faith and repentance go hand in hand. Repentance is essential and results in a change of behavior.
  – Galatians 2:16 Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ.
• IN CHRIST ALONE – Faith (believe) only in Jesus Christ and no one else.
  – 1 John 5:11-12 11 And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life.
  – John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”
  – Acts 4:12 There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved.”

I feel a duty to bear my solemn testimony against the spirit of the day you are living in, to warn you against its infection. It is not atheism I fear so much in the present times as pantheism. It is not the system which says nothing is true, so much as the system which says everything is true. It is not the system which says there is no Savior, so much as the system which says there are many saviors, and many ways to peace. It is the system which seems ready to honor others as well as our Lord Jesus Christ, class them altogether, and hope well for all. JC Ryle

• The reason why is because Jesus is substitutionary sacrifice.
• He died in our place, and His sacrifice is enough for the whole world because he is fully God and fully man.
  – Romans 8:3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
• Jesus suffered a very real physical death.
• Through one man, Adam, entered sin and death. Yet, sin and death would be conquered by the death of the God-man Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 5:15-17).
• As Jesus carried the sin of humanity upon himself, he himself became sin, and the Father executed judgment upon Jesus instead of individual sinners.
  – 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV) For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
  – 1 Peter 2:24 He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right.
• Jesus’ righteousness was imputed (attributed) to us when we believed.

The only way to be declared righteous before God is by imputation (attributing to another). God attributed our guilt to Jesus and, at the same time, attributed Jesus’ righteousness to us. As sinners, we receive justification through faith when we believe in Christ. The righteousness we receive is not ours but the righteousness of Jesus.    John MacArthur

• Forgiveness
• New birth
• Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
• Sanctification by the Holy Spirit to be used for God’s service.
• Regeneration by the Holy Spirit
• Justification / Righteousness
• Reconciliation with God (Romans 5:10)
• Oneness with God
• Brought into the family of God
• Future glorification, which is the completion of our salvation in end times through the resurrection of the dead and the receiving of a new body to have eternal fellowship with God.

IN GOD’S PLAN FOR OUR SALVATION:
1. The Father sends Jesus, the Son, to the world (John. 3:16-17).
2. The Son as mediator dies and resurrects, becoming victorious over sin and death (1 Tim. 2:5-6).
3. The Holy Spirit regenerates sinners (Titus 3:5) and gives new life in Christ (Rom. 8:9-11).

• • Salvation is centered on the death of Christ on the cross on our behalf.
  • God can forgive us only because his Son Jesus died in our place on the cross.
  • If God’s spirit is moving you, nudging you to place your faith in Jesus, do not ignore it. Today is the day for your Salvation.

Lord Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner. I know that the penalty for my sin is physical, spiritual, and eternal death. I acknowledge that I can’t do anything about my situation. But I know that You came to pay the penalty for my sin. I trust in You alone as the One who died in my place. I repent of my sin and trust in You as the only One who can place me in an eternal relationship with the living God. I desire to be Your child. I desire to live as Your child. In Your name. Amen.

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