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Chapter Six TWENTY-FOUR PARTS TO SALVATION 1. THE HOLY SPIRIT: “The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life,” John 6:63. 2. GOD’S MERCY: “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy...” Titus 3:5. 3. GOD’S GRACE: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men...” Titus 2:12 4. God’s Gift: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God...” Eph 2:8 5. CHRIST COMING TO THE WORLD: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners...” 1 Tim 1:15. 6. CHRIST’S LIFE: “...how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!” Rom 5:10. 7. CHRIST’S DEATH: “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly...” Rom 5:6. 8. CHRIST’S BLOOD: “How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!” Heb 9:14. 9. CHRIST’S RESURRECTION: “He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification...” Rom 4:25. 10. THE WRITTEN WORD: “Jesus did many other miraculous signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name...” John 20:30-31. 11. PREACHING: “For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” 1 Cor 1:21-22 KJV. 12. CALLING: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Rom 10:13-14. 13. HEARING: “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?” Rom 10:13-14 14. THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH: “They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved...” 2 Thess 2:10-11. 15. HOLDING FIRMLY TO THE GOSPEL: “By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain...” 1 Cor 15:2. 16. CHRIST’S NAME: “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved..." Acts 4:12. 17. WORKING OUT OUR SALVATION: “Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling...” Phil 2:12. 18. HOPE: “For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has?” Rom 8:24. 19. OBEDIENCE: “...once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him...” Heb 5:9. 20. FAITH: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life...” John 3:16. 21. REPENTANCE: “I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish...” Luke 13:3. 22. CONFESSION: “For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved...” Rom 10:10-11. 23. BAPTISM: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned...” Mark 16:16. 24. LIVING FAITHFUL TO THE POINT OF DEATH: “Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life...” Rev 2:10. WE ARE SAVED BY... 1. THE HOLY SPIRIT 2. GOD’S MERCY 3. GOD’S GRACE 4. God’s Gift 5. CHRIST COMING TO THE WORLD 6. CHRIST’S LIFE 7. CHRIST’S DEATH 8. CHRIST’S BLOOD 9. CHRIST’S RESURRECTION 10. THE WRITTEN WORD 11. PREACHING 12. CALLING 13. HEARING 14. THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH 15. HOLDING FIRMLY TO THE GOSPEL 16. CHRIST’S NAME 17. WORKING OUT OUR SALVATION 18. HOPE 19. OBEDIENCE 20. FAITH 21. REPENTANCE 22. CONFESSION 23. BAPTISM 24. LIVING FAITHFUL TO THE POINT OF DEATH The question is not, “which one of these will save”, but “how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?” (Heb 2:3). Martin Luther became so fed up with the legalism in the Catholic Church which demanded that a person work his way to salvation, that he did what most of us do, he allowed his pendulum swing to the opposite extreme. Luther declared that works have nothing to do with salvation. To force his conclusion to harmonize with repentance, confession and living faithful, he demanded that they were all rolled up in the word faith. Anything that didn’t fit Luther’s preconceived ideas were eventually branded as being, “an outward sign of an inward grace.” It should be noted that this expression is completely man made and never found within the covers of the Bible. After God carefully listed all the ingredients that blend together to produce salvation, how could Luther possibly say that we are justified by faith only? That is a direct contradiction of God’s word. James 2:24 KJV “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.” Who gave Luther the right to go through the Bible cafeteria style, to choose what he wanted and discard the rest? Study Guide Chapter Six
· Place each part of salvation on a chalk board in random order or place each word on a separate card. Shuffle the cards and place them back in proper order. · Look up each reference. · Note who performs each part. Is it God, Jesus, a preacher or the individual being saved? · Summarize in your own words what each part means to you. · Can you separate any of these parts from the rest and achieve salvation? · When man does his part can we say he earned heaven? · Where in the Bible do we learn that baptism is an outward sign of an inward grace? Now please click on "Baptism for Remission."
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Twenty Four Parts To Salvation
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