SALVATION
A New Start
Once we were God’s enemies. But we
have been brought back to him
because his Son has died for us. Now
that God has brought us back, we are
even more secure. We know that we
will be saved because Christ lives.
ROMANS 5:10
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HEAVEN HELL SALVATION
a place full of love and joy a place of torment; a fiery to be saved or rescued
where we can be with God furnace; a place with the full from something
forever wrath of God
THE PROBLEM:
SIN
Any thought, word, attitude, behavior, or action that hurts God, whether we think
it’s small or big, is called sin. Sin is doing things our way instead of God’s way.
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Imagine that you did
Romans 3:23
something bad to Everyone has sinned. No one
your best friend and
because of it, you measures up to God’s glory.
became enemies.
Would you want to
be enemies forever The Bible says all of us are sinners.
or become best Those who do bad things, like crimi-
friends again, as if
you did not do nals, and those who do good things,
anything bad? God like teachers, dads and moms, boys
wants to have a very
close friendship and girls, you and I—all of us have
with us. In fact, He sinned against God. It means all of
wants to be our best
friend. But our us have disobeyed God. Any time
friendship with Him we have lied, stolen, cheated, hurt
was destroyed
because of one big others, or done something that the
problem. Do you Bible says is sin, we destroy our
know what that
problem is? relationship with God, who is holy.
Being holy means He is perfect and
has done nothing wrong.
Isaiah 59:2 (ERV) Romans 6:23
It is your sins that separate you from your When you sin, the pay you get is
God. He turns away from you when he death.
sees them.
Some people who feel far away
Sin creates a space that separates us from from God think that if they do good
God. That space is so huge it cannot be things—go to church, read the Bible,
measured. This means that sin separates give to the poor, or obey their
us from God forever. Because He is holy parents—they will be closer to God.
and we are not, we cannot be with Him. They think they can “earn” their
Sin also makes us earn something. Have friendship with God by doing good
you ever experienced getting paid by your things. The Bible says that because
parents for doing house chores? You of our sin, the only thing we earn is
earned something because you did some- death, and there is nothing we can
thing. So when we do our chores, our do to change it.
parents pay us. We deserve to get it
because we earned it. The Bible says that The good news is that God loves us
when we sin, the pay we earn is death. so much. He doesn’t want us to be
Death is what we deserve to get. Death separated from Him forever. Since
means being separated from God forever there is nothing we can do to solve
in hell. the problem, God is the one who
made the solution. He made a way
to bring us close to Him.
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THE SOLUTION:
JESUS
. . . but the free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord. ROMANS 6:23 (ESV)
God is a God who does only what is right. 2 Corinthians 5:21
Because of this, He had to punish sin. But Christ didn’t have any sin. But
because He is loving and compassionate, He God made him become sin for
also does not want all people to be separated us. So we can be made right
from Him forever. To bring us close to God, with God because of what
there is only one way: Jesus.
Christ has done for us.
Jesus, God’s only Son, is the only solution. He
never sinned. He doesn’t deserve death
because He never disobeyed God. That is why
only Jesus can pay the penalty for our sin and
remove the space that separates us from God.
God sent Jesus to receive the punishment we
earned. He became the sacrifice and paid the
price for our sin by dying on the cross. He was
willing to do this for us.
What exactly happened on the cross?
Jesus did two things through His death on the cross. First, He
received the punishment that should have been for us. Second, He
exchanged His sinless and perfect life for our sinful life. He took the
punishment that was for us and He gave us His blessings. Can you
imagine that He did that simply because He loves us so much?
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THE RESULT:
SALVATION
When Jesus died on the cross, He John 3:16 (ESV)
cancelled our sin. Jesus died on the “For God so loved the world,
cross so that we could receive that he gave his only Son, that
forgiveness for our sins, our relation- whoever believes in him should
ship with God would be restored, and not perish but have eternal life.”
we could live with Him forever. That’s
how good our God is!
Because of His sinless life, Jesus did Remember
not stay dead. On the third day, He
became alive again. Jesus won
against death. That’s how powerful
He is!
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THE RESPONSE:
FAITH
To have faith in God is to believe in
Him. We receive salvation when we
stop trusting in the good things that
we do and put our trust in what
Christ did for us on the cross.
We receive God’s gift of salvation by
faith. It is a free gift! Even if we don’t
deserve to get the gift, He gives it to
us because He is good. Receiving
something from God that we don’t
deserve is called grace.
JUSTICE Getting punished for doing something bad
Not getting punished for doing something bad
MERCY
Not getting punished for doing something bad and
GRACE even getting something good that you don’t deserve
We receive God’s grace when we realize our need for Him to save us, turn
away from sin, and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, putting our trust
in Him alone for salvation.
Romans 10:9,10 Ephesians 2:8,9
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Say with your mouth, “Jesus is 8
God’s grace has saved you
Lord.” Believe in your heart that God because of your faith in Christ. Your
raised him from the dead. Then you salvation doesn’t come from
will be saved. 10With your heart you anything you do. It is God’s gift. 9It is
believe and are made right with God. not based on anything you have
With your mouth you say what you done. No one can brag about
believe. And so you are saved. earning it.
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PERSONAL
APPLICATION
Do you want to have a personal relationship with God?
Do you understand what sin is, and do you want to stop doing
things that hurt God?
Will you let Jesus lead you, and will you obey Him for the rest
of your life?
If your answer is YES, pray and believe this prayer with me!
PRAYER FOR
SALVATION
Heavenly Father,
I admit that I have sinned and that my sin separates me
from You.
I am sorry for my sin.
I believe Jesus died on the cross for me so my sin can be
forgiven.
I believe Jesus rose from the dead and is alive.
I receive Jesus as the Lord and Savior of my life. I will obey
You and live for You for the rest of my life.
In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
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The Salvation Plan
from the Book of Romans
Romans 3:23,24 Romans 5:8 Romans 6:23
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Everyone has sinned. But here is how God When you sin, the
No one measures up has shown his love pay you get is death.
to God’s glory. 24The for us. While we But God gives you
free gift of God’s grace were still sinners, the gift of eternal life.
makes us right with Christ died for us. That’s because of
him. Christ Jesus paid what Christ Jesus our
the price to set us free. Lord has done.
Romans 10:9 Romans 10:10 Romans 10:13
Say with your mouth, With your heart you Scripture says,
“Jesus is Lord.” believe and are made “Everyone who calls
Believe in your heart right with God. With on the name of the
that God raised him your mouth you say Lord will be saved.”
from the dead. Then what you believe. And
you will be saved. so you are saved.
Remember
A NEW START
Congratulations on getting the most wonderful gift that any person
could ever receive! You now have a new start because of what
Jesus did. The next six lessons will introduce you to some of the
new things that have come.
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