Dec 9: D7 Salvation: The New Life

Goal: To learn the aspects of salvation and show how a person can receive Jess Christ as Savior and Lord.

1. What is the only ground for justification and salvation? 1 Peter 1:18-19
being cleansed by his blood

2. How are we saved? Acts 4:10, 12
Through Jesus

3. On what basis are we saved? Titus 3:5
a. not on the basis of good works
b. but according to the Holy Spirit

4. What part does man play? John 1:12
We must believe

5. Let us remind ourselves what Ephesians 2:8-9 says about salvation:
a. By what have we been saved? Grace
Whose grace? God's grace
b. Through what have we been saved? believing faith
Whose faith? Ours
c. How did we get that faith?
a gift from God
d. Salvation is not of what?
It is not based on our efforts

John 1:12 believe and receive

6. What word do you find repeated in Romans 10:9-10, John 3:16, Act 16:31
believe, saved

What God Does
When you believe Christ and receive Him personally, what does John 1:12 say God does?
he give us the right to become children of God
1. Because God loved us, what did He do for us? Ephesians 2:4-5
he saved us
2. We are given new birth - a new life by God. What term is used in John 3:3?
born again
3. what else does a person receive from God when he becomes a Christian? John 3:16
eternal life
a. When does this verse suggest you received this life?
instantly
b. What kind of a life is described in John 10:10
a full life

Terms
1. Regeneration means new birth, rebirth or being born again. What have we received? 2 Peter 1:4
promise of salvation
2. Justification means a change in status before God. How does this take place? Romans 5:1
through our faith
3. Adoption means God choose us. How did adoption happen? Ephesians 1:3 - 5
Through Jesus Christ
4. Reconciliaiton means we are brought back to God. How does reconciliation happen? Colossians 1:22-23
through Christ' death
5. Sanctificaiton means God is at work in us to make us more like Christ. Who sanctifies us? 1 Thessalonians 5:23
God