Sunday, September 24, 2017

GOD'S OFFER OF SALVATION IS TO ALL!

The word "saved" appears 104 times in the King James Version of the Bible; 47 times in the Old Testament and 57 times in the New Testament.  Rather than give a dictionary or concordance definition of "saved," I have chosen a dozen examples that help us understand its significance:

John 3:17 - "For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved."

Acts 2:21, 47 - "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved....Praising God, and having favor with all the people.  And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved."

Acts 4:10, 12 - "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom ye crucified, Whom God raised from the dead, even by Him doth this man stand here before you whole....Neither is there salvation in any other:  for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved."

Acts 16:30-31 - "And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

Romans 5:9-10 - "Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.  For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life."

Romans 10:9, 13 - "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved....For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

1 Corinthians 1:18 - "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God."

1 Corinthians 15:1-4 - "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures...."

Ephesians 2:8-9 - "For 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."

1 Timothy 2:4 - "(God) will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth."

2 Timothy 1:9 - "Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began...."

Titus 3:5 - "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost...."

BY TRUSTING IN JESUS CHRIST, WE ARE:
SAVED FROM THE PENALTY OF SIN!
SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD!
SAVED FROM AN ETERNITY IN HELL!
SAVED TO SHARE ETERNITY WITH GOD!



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