How We Are Saved

HOW WE ARE SAVED!
Be a Berean!! Study Daily!!!
Using the New King James Version
John 8:32, "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
James 1:22 "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says".
Hymn: "Open My Eyes, That I May See"

Hears the Gospel -
    Change of Attention, Rom 10:17
    Not saved, still carrying the burden of past sins
Believes in Christ as the son of God -
     Change of Attitude, Rom 10:10
     Not saved, still carrying the burden of past sins
Repents, turning away from sin -
    Change of Heart, Acts 3:19
     Not saved, still carrying the burden of past sins
Confesses Christ is the son of God -
     Change of Allegience, Matt 10:32
     Not saved, still carrying the burden of past sins
Baptized into Christ - Change of Lifestyle, Acts 2:38

There is no such thing as a Sinner's Prayer in the scriptures. I Pet 3:12
Cornelius was a rightness man and through God's grace, opened the door for non-Jewish people to accept Christ putting Him on through baptism. Acts 10: 1-48
Good and Evil cannot dwell together in a Temple.
After being baptized, our bodies become the Temple of God (I Cor 3:16)
When our soul is cleansed of sin, it becomes a temple of God.
It is a false teaching that suggests that we just let Jesus come into our heart before we are baptised
Christ will not come into our Temple if the soul is stained with sin.
Therefore we cannot expect to have Christ come into our heart until our soul is cleansed through baptism as an enactment of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ.

In baptism, we are buried with Christ and raised to a new life. We emerge from the water as a new creature, saved, with our sins forgiven. Our souls are spotless and we are added to the church and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. We gain the privilege of prayer and the opportunity for communication with God our Father since we became His child through baptism. From then on we can ask God for forgiveness of any sin we commit and if we are truly repentant He will both forgive and forget that sin. 1 John 1:7-9

Biblical Truth About Baptism	This is a False Teaching, not Biblical

These three diagrams are found at http://www.bebaptized.org/ (02-09-07)

Is Baptism the work of Man or the Work of God?
God commands it, Acts 10:48
Man answers through the answer of a good conscience. 1 Peter 3:21a
God:    buries us with Christ, Colossians 2:12
            saves us, Mark 16:15-16, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 3:21b
            causes us to be born again, John 3:5
            forgives us of our sins, Acts 2:38-39
            clothes us with Christ, Galatians 3:26-27
            unites us with Christ, Romans 6:3-5
            Sanctifies and justifies us. I Corinthians 6:11
            makes us a new creature, the old is gone and the new has come, II Corinthians 5:17
            adds us to the church (not a congregation), the kingdom, Acts 2:47, John 3:1-5
            allows His spirit to start living in us to begin bearing the fruits of the spirit, I Corinthians 12:1-11, 13:4-7
            Gives us a channel to talk with him through prayer. The Bible makes it very clear that prayer is the privilege of Christians, not alien sinners,
                    Matthew 6:9, 1 Peter 3:12.
Baptism is the manifestation of the Grace of God, because he loves us so much.
Is there any reason there should not be an urgency in being baptized? Should we get on with it since God does so many things for us out of his grace? The Ethiopian Official asked, "Here is some water, what is to keep me from being baptised?" Acts 8:36   Does this pattern apply today? "But false prophets also arose among the people , just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies. 2 Peter 2:1 Also, rememder: Not everyone who says to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 7:21. And then, The Bible makes it very clear that prayer is the privilege of Christians, not alien sinners Matthew 6:9, 1 Peter 3:12. We are also challenged ..but try the spirits whether they are of God... 1 John. 4:1.

Created 02-07-07
Last Updated 05-14-07

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