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SALVATION A FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH
John 3:16-18; Romans 10:9-13

John 3:16-18
16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through Him.
18 "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Romans 10:9-13
That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved;

10 for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call upon Him;
13 for "WHOEVER WILL CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."

This whole issue of salvation hinges around the office and function of a mediator.                       

1 Tim. 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

Isa. 64:6
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

1. THE PROVISIONS MADE
1.    THE DEATH OF CHRIST



His death provided:

A. A Substitution- one who takes the place of another.
2 Cor. 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.

B. A Propitiation- The turning away of wrath or the appeasement of God’s wrath.

1 John 4:10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

C. Redemption- A releasing from captivity, slavery, or death by the payment of a price.

Matt. 20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life—a ransom for many.”
He redeemed us from the law and its penalty, the power of sin, and from Satan himself.



1 Cor.15:1-4 Now brothers, I want to clarify for you the gospel I proclaimed to you; you received it and have taken your stand on it.
2 You are also saved by it, if you hold to the message I proclaimed to you—unless you believed to no purpose.
3 For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

1. Our preaching would be in vain
2. Our faith would be vain
3. The Apostles would be false witnesses
4. Believers are still in their sin
5. Those that died in the Lord will perish


2. APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS

Repentance- Is a change of mind or purpose.

2 Peter 3:9
The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

A. Repentance is a command of the Lord.
Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
B. Repentance brings joy in heaven.
Lk. 15:7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
C. The lack of repentance brings eternal death
Luke 13:3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

Faith- Every thing a believer receives from God he receives through faith.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Substance –foundation, or that which underlies our hope.

He who has faith has eyes for the spiritual.
Evidence- In classical Greek the word for evidence was often translated “proof”.

Justification- Being declared righteous in the eyes of God.

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Acts 13:38-39  Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Sanctification- there are two meanings, the primary meaning is to set apart for holy use, and the secondary meaning is to cleanse or purge from moral defilement.

A. Positional- the moment a person is saved he is sanctified.
B. Practical- The daily walking out the holiness (character) of God. We might say we are perfect but not fully mature.

C. Complete Sanctification- Sinless perfection
1 Thess 3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.

Phil. 1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: