Salvation

HOW CAN WE BE SURE OF HAVING ETERNAL LIFE ?

We must KNOW 4 things:

• ALL HAVE SINNED
• PUNISHMENT OF SIN IS DEATH
• JESUS TOOK ALL OUR PUNISHMENT
• BELIEVE AND RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST

1.ALL HAVE SIN

"FOR ALL HAVE SINNED, and come short of the glory of God." [Romans 3:23]

Sin is..


We are GREAT SINNERS compared with the HOLINESS OF GOD.

Q1 : Do you want the God of the Bible to be your God?
Q2: Do you want to turn from Sin and come to God? (Repentance)

2. PUNISHMENT OF SIN IS DEATH

"For the Wages of Sin is DEATH; but the GIFT OF GOD is ETERNAL LIFE through Jesus Christ our Lord [Romans 6:23]

"and DEATH and HELL were cast into the LAKE OF FIRE. This is the SECOND DEATH [Revelation 20:14]

Death is ...




Because We have all sinned, God's law says that we are all heading to death, and to the LAKE of Fire, This is bad news. Neither you nor I want to go to the Lake of Fire. Is there a way out? Yes!

God is offering us the free gift of eternal life which we get through Jesus Christ, not through good works or any religion.

"By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God: NOT OF WORKS lest any man should boast" [Ephesian 2:8,9)

A gift is a free present , just take it or leave it. Eternal life means to know God personally now, and to go to heaven when you die.

Therefore, the LAW of God says we should go to the Lake of Fire, but the LOVE OF God wants us to go to Heaven.

Notice how God has provided free forgiveness and eternal life

3. JESUS TOOK ALL OUR PUNISHMENT

"But God commendeth his LOVE toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, CHRIST DIED FOR US [Romans 5:8]



Jesus is the SAVIOUR of ALL PEOPLE.

Good took all our past, present and future sins OFF US, and placed them ON CHRIST

"We have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all" [Isaiah 53:6]

Jesus took the FULL PUNISHMENT for ALL our sins on the cross, instead of us being punished forever in the Lake of Fire

"He was wounded for our transgression, he was bruised for our iniquities." [Isiah 53:5]




1. Christ is now the SAVIOUR (sin-bearer) of ALL people.
2. The DOOR into Heaven is now open for ALL to enter.
3. But HOW may we enter Heaven?

4. BELIEVE AND RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST

1. BELIEVE that Jesus Christ
   • is GOD the SON
   • Died for our Sins (in our place)
   • Rose again bodily from DEAD, then

2. RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST as their SAVIOUR

are given FREE FORGIVENESS and ETERNAL LIFE right now. (this mean that you now accept Christ's Blood-sacrifice on the cross as the full payment for your sins, trusting Christ alone to save you, not your good works or any religion)



We can be SURE of this because of these promises God has given us to claim in the Bible

Question :
In these verses, what must we do and what will we become?
"But as many as RECEIVED him, to them have he power to become the SONS OF GOD" [John 1:12]

"For whosoever shall CALL upon the name of Lord SHALL BE SAVED". [Romans 10:13]

"He that has the SON has LIFE; and he that has NOT the SON OF GOD has not life. ...that ye may KNOW that ye have ETERNAL LIFE..." [John 5:24]



Jesus said,

"Verily, verily I say unto to you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation , but is passed from death unto life" [John 5:24]

The choice is : CLAIM the gift of eternal life now, by receiving Jesus Christ as your Saviour, telling God something like this :

• Almighty God, I have sinned against You in thought, word and deed.
  I'm sorry for this and I want Jesus Christ to forgive all my sins

• I now receive you, Lord Jesus Christ, as my Saviour and my God, and I now call on you Lord Jesus, to

  **save me from the my sins and the lake of fire,
  **take me to heaven when i die, and
  **give me the gift of eternal life right now.

• I now open the door of my heart and life for you, Lord Jesus, to come in to be my Saviour, my Friend and My God, forever in Jesus name : Amen



Jesus said, " I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish." John 10:28

Question 1:
Did you call on Jesus Christ to save from your sins? Were you honest?

In Romans 10:13 what does God say you are now? What are saved from?
If you died now, where would you go?
Why? Now that you are saved, do you think it is possible to lose eternal life?
See John 10:28 (Above). What does "never perish" mean?

"If thou shalt confes with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shall believe in thine hears that God hath raised dhim from the dead, thou shalt be saved." [Romans 10:9]

Question 2:
How can you get to know God better?

• Study your bible daily [Peter 2:2]
• Talk to God
• Attend a bible teaching church [Hebrews 10:24,25]
• Tell others how christian can save them
• Get baptised [Acts 10:47,48]
• Tell someone you are saved [Romans 10:9]
• and live obediently for Christ

If you decided to received Jesus Christ as your Saviour, please email us at info@macarthurbaptist.org.au , so we can send literature to help you to know Jesus Christ better.

Answers by Keith Piper
(A Series of Follow-up Bible Studies on Life's Key Questions)