7-Salvation - RSV

1. God Wants to Redeem Us Because He Loves Us.
1 John 4:8-9 He who does not love does not know God; for God is love. [9] In this the love of God was made ______________ among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we _________ 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] And God ____________ them, and God said to them, "Be ______________ and ______________, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have ______________ over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."

3. Sin Destroyed Our Fellowship with God.
Genesis 3:8 And they heard the sound of the LORD God ____________ in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the ______________ of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

4. Everyone Has Sinned and Will Die.
Romans 3:23 Since all have __________ and fall short of the _________ of God,

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

5. Adam Brought Death and Jesus Brings Life.
Romans 5:18-19 Then as one man's trespass led to _____________________ for all men, so one man's act of righteousness leads to acquittal and life for all men. [19] For as by one man's dis________________ many were made sinners, so by one man's ________________ many will be made righteous.

6. Jesus Bore Our Curse.
Galatians 3:13 Christ ______________ us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us--for it is ____________, "Cursed be every one who hangs on a tree" --

Hebrews 2:8-9 Putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing ____________ his control. As it is, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. [9] But we see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels, ____________ with glory and honor ____________ of the ________________ of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

2 Corinthians 5:21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might __________ the _______________________ of God.

7. As We Repent, He Forgives.
Acts 3:19 Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of __________________ may come from the ______________ of the Lord,

1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is ______________ and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all ___________________________.

8. Receiving Jesus, We Are No Longer Condemned.
Romans 8:1 There is ________________ now no _____________________ for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through _________; and this is not your own _________, it is the gift of God--

9. Receive Jesus and Become Sons and Daughters of God.
John 1:12 But to all who received him, who ______________ in his name, he gave power to become ______________ of God;

10. Believe in Him and Receive Eternal Life.
1 John 5:11-13 And this is the ________________, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. [13] I _________ this to you who ____________ in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you _______ 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 only Son, that ____________ believes in him should not perish but have ____________ life. [17] For God sent the Son into the world, not to ____________ the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

Next Bible Study: 8-Questions Regarding Salvation

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