The Word FGBC Salvation study guide ppt

The Word FGBC Salvation study guide ppt

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  Intro To ChristianDoctrine Salvation Study Guide
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  1. What doesit mean to be "saved”? • Being saved involves an inward change in a person's mind and heart which is brought about by the work of the Holy Spirit in his life. A person who is saved sincerely trusts in Jesus Christ as the one who paid the penalty for his sins and accepts Jesus as the Lord and Master of his life.
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  2. How canGod forgive us without punishing us? • God forgives us because Jesus Christ, the sinless Son of God, took on himself the punishment which we deserved. • "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
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  3. Is Godactually willing to forgive all our sins? • Yes, every one! There is no sin too great or too serious to be beyond God's forgiving grace.
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  4. What mustwe do in order to receive this wonderful salvation? • We must humbly repent of our sins and sincerely believe that Jesus died in our place. • "'Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out.'” Acts 3:19
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  5. What doesit mean to "repent”? • True repentance involves an acknowledgment that we have not lived the way God wants us to live, genuine sorrow for dishonoring God and hurting others through our failures and sins, a genuine desire to stay away from those sins in the future, and a sincere intention to live the rest of our lives the way God wants us to live.
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  6. Can't weearn salvation by simply doing our best to live a good life? • No… If we do not truly love Jesus and put our trust in him, even our best works will merit nothing. Salvation is a gift of God's mercy and grace. It is impossible to merit it or earn it.
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  7. Is thereanother way to be saved if we do not believe in Jesus? • No… • Jesus said, "'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'” John 14:6
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  8. What doesthe Bible teach about being "born again”? • No one can be saved unless he is born again. • Jesus said, "'I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.'” John 3:3
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  9. What doesit mean to be born again? • To be born again is to receive a new, inner spiritual life through the Holy Spirit. When that happens, the believer becomes "a new creation” in Christ and a child of God. Scripture References • "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” 2 Corinthians 5:17
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  10. Why isit necessary for someone to be born again in order to enter the kingdom of heaven? • Without the new birth, we are all spiritually dead, born under the sentence of death, and deserving of God's punishment. Unless we are spiritually changed in our hearts and minds through the work of the Holy Spirit, we remain under the sentence of death.
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  11. What greatblessings are given to everyone who is born again? • Everyone who sincerely repents of his sins and trusts in Jesus as Savior becomes a child of God. He receives the gift of eternal life and is no longer under the sentence of death because of his sins. He also is given a genuine desire to live for God in a way that pleases and honors him. • Jesus said, "'I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.'” John 5:24 • "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 • "To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”John 1:12 • "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 20:31
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  12. What iseternal life and when does it begin? • Eternal life is not simply a life that does not end. Eternal life involves a new relationship between a believer and God. It is a relationship of love, joy, and peace that begins the moment someone believes in Jesus and will never end.
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  13. If webelieve in Christ, is it important for us to confess our faith publicly and also to be baptized? • Yes. Public confession of our faith in Jesus and water baptism are both very important. • Scripture References • Jesus said, "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33 • "'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.'” Acts 2:38 • "When they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.” Acts 8:12
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  14. Can webe absolutely sure that we are saved for eternity? • Yes… God's promises are sure, so we never have to doubt them. Even when we fail at times to live the way God wants us to live (or fail to live as we ourselves want to live), we may be sure that God will continue to love us and forgive us when we truly put our trust in Jesus. • "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” 1 John 5:13 • "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 • "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons . . . nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
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  Paul’s Vision andHis Thorn 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 NIV • 1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. • 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. • 3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— • 4 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. • 5 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.
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  Paul’s Vision andHis Thorn 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 NIV • 6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, • 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. • 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. • 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. • 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.