7-Salvation - NIV

1. God Wants to Redeem Us Because He Loves Us.
1 John 4:8-9 _Whoever_ does not love does not know God, because God is love. [9] This is how God _showed_ his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

2. God Created Us in His Image.
Genesis 1:27-28 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. [28] God _blessed_ them and said to them, "Be _fruitful_ and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living _creature_ that moves on the _ground_."

3. Sin Destroyed Our Fellowship with God.
Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was _walking_ in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the _trees_ of the garden.

4. Everyone Has Sinned and Will Die.
Romans 3:23 For all have _sinned_ and fall short of the _glory_ of God,

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is _eternal_ life in _Christ_ Jesus our Lord.

5. Adam Brought Death and Jesus Brings Life.
Romans 5:18-19 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was _condemnation_ for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was _justification_ that brings life for all men. [19] For just as through the _disobedience_ of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

6. Jesus Bore Our Curse.
Galatians 3:13 Christ _redeemed_ us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is _everyone_ who is hung on a tree."

Hebrews 2:8-9 And put everything under his feet." In putting everything under him, God left nothing that is not subject to him. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. [9] But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now _crowned_ with glory and honor _because_ he _suffered_ death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for _everyone_.

2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might _become_ the _righteousness_ of God.

7. As We Repent, He Forgives.
Acts 3:19 _Repent_, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of _refreshing_ may come from the Lord,

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is _faithful_ and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all _unrighteousness_.

8. Receiving Jesus, We Are No Longer Condemned.
Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no _condemnation_ for those who are in _Christ_ Jesus,

Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace you have been _saved_, through faith--and this not from _yourselves_, it is the gift of God--

9. Receive Jesus and Become Sons and Daughters of God.
John 1:12 Yet to all who received him, to those who _believed_ in his name, he gave the right to become _children_ of God--

10. Believe in Him and Receive Eternal Life.
1 John 5:11-13 And this is the _testimony_: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. [13] 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.

11. The Gift of Salvation Is An Experience for the Present.
John 3:16-17 "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. [17] For God did not send his Son into the world to _condemn_ the world, but to save the world through him.

Next Bible Study: 8-Questions Regarding Salvation

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