How
am I Saved?
How
am I Filled with the Holy Spirit?
As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord
So continue with Him in Trust & by Faith
The
Bible establishes a pattern between our eternal salvation from the penalty of
sin and the Christian's deliverance from the power of sin in daily
life. As Christians, scripture uses our eternal salvation as the pattern
for our experiential salvation:
restoration from the slavery of sin into God's power and
fellowship. The comparison between
these two aspects of salvation may be observed in the following parallel
patterns: All need to be saved from the penalty and power of sin. God’s love desires your salvation from the penalty and power
of sin. Salvation is by and through Jesus Christ from the penalty and
power of sin. Salvation is by grace alone from the penalty and power of sin. Salvation is by faith alone from the penalty and power
of sin. |
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The
Gospel, Good News for As an Unbeliever From the Penalty of Sin ·
Condition of the One Who Needs to
Saved From the Penalty of Sin ·
God's Love Desires Your Salvation
From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is of God Alone From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is Only By and Through the
Cross From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is by Grace Alone From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is By Faith Alone From the Penalty of Sin |
The
Gospel, Good News for As a Believer From the Power of Sin ·
Condition of the One Who Needs to
Saved From the Power of Sin ·
God's Love Desires Your Salvation
From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is of God Alone From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is Only By and Through the
Cross From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is by Grace Alone From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is By Faith Alone From the Power of Sin |
Condition of the One Who Needs to The
Bible tells us that the human race needs to be saved from the penalty of
sin. You are said to be lost or
condemned and separated from God. God
tells us that there is none righteous, not even
one. All have sinned and come short of
the glory of God. The Bible
also reveals that there is nothing you can do to be saved from the penalty of
sin. Your only hope is to completely
depend upon God for His saving power and grace.
See
also 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10; Romans |
Condition of the One Who Needs to The
Bible also tells us that the Christian needs to be delivered from the power
of sin. This is because of the
presence of the sin nature that remains a part of the Christian after
salvation. When you sin, you are
similar to when you were unsaved. You
are in a state of unrighteousness and, therefore, not in fellowship with
God. Even though you are now a Christian,
you can do nothing to be delivered from the power of sin. Your only hope is to completely depend upon
God for His saving power and grace. See
also Romans 7:18-21, 1
John 1:8. |
God's Love Desires Your Salvation The
non-Christian must be saved or delivered from the penalty of sin. You must have a personal relationship with
God. However, there is nothing that
you can do to make things right between you and God. But God loves us and desires this
relationship with each and every one of us, including you. He desires it so much that He provided the
way for us to be saved. "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.” (John 3:16) See
also Matthew 18:14; Romans 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; and 1 Corinthians 15:22. |
God's Love Desires Your Salvation The
Christian must also be saved or delivered from the power of sin that has temporarily
separated him from God's power. Again,
there is nothing that you can do to make things right between you and
God. But God loves us and desires that
we walk in His power. And, He has
provided the way. "...
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the
flesh." (Galatians 5:16) See
also Romans |
Salvation is of God Alone Salvation
must be of God alone. Every aspect of your
salvation is beyond human power and strength. Because you are helpless
under the penalty of sin, you cannot save or deliver yourself. You must depend totally upon God. "For
the word of the cross is to those who are perishing foolishness, but to us who
are being saved it is the power of God."
(1
Corinthians 1:18) See
also Romans 1:16; Acts |
Salvation is of God Alone It
is equally true that the Christian is helpless to deliver himself from the
power of sin. Now that you are a
Christian, every salvation is just as much a deliverance
as when you were a non-Christian. You
cannot save or deliver yourself from the power of sin anymore than you could
save yourself from the penalty of sin. You must depend totally upon God. “Wretched
man that I am! Who will set me free
from the body of this death?” (Romans
7:24) See
also Galatians 5:16; Philippians |
Salvation is Only By and Through the Cross From the
Penalty of Sin God
has already solved the problem of the penalty of sin by sending His Son to
die on the Cross. Jesus Christ took
upon Himself the penalty for your sins so that God would be free to save you
eternally. By Jesus Christ's death and
resurrection, God is now free to save us. "...
and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to
sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24) See
also 2 Corinthians 5:14-15; Isaiah 53:4-5; Romans 5:8-11. |
Salvation is Only By and Through the Cross From
the Power of Sin It
is by the same pattern of salvation that God is free to deliver or save every
Christian after he has committed personal sins. Jesus Christ has died for
all sins -- past, present and future. Because of this, God is now free
to deliver you from the power of sin and to deliver you into His power. "...
knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, that our body of sin
might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to
sin;" (Romans 6:6) See
also Romans 6:10, 8:2-3; 1 Peter 3:18; and 1 John 1:6. |
Salvation is by Grace Alone From the Penalty of
Sin Since
you as a non-Christian cannot do, say, or experience anything to save or deliver
yourself, you must totally depend upon God’s grace. Grace is God providing everything necessary
without any merit or work from man. “For
by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) See
also Romans 6:23. |
Salvation is by Grace Alone From the Power of
Sin Again,
since you as a Christian are rendered helpless due to personal sins, your
salvation or deliverance from the power of sin must be by grace. It cannot be anything you do, say, or
experience while under the power of sin. “But
if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is
no longer grace.” (Romans 11:6) See
also 1 Corinthians 15:10; Romans |
Salvation is By Faith Alone Salvation
that will deliver you from the penalty of sin and reconcile you with God can
only be a work of God. The only way you
can receive what God has done for you is by your faith in the one whom God
has sent -- that is His Son, Jesus Christ. This salvation is yours by a
simple act of faith in Jesus Christ. "...
knowing that a man is not justified by the works of
the law but through faith in Jesus Christ ... that we may be justified by
faith in Christ, and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the
Law shall no flesh be justified."
(Galatians 2:16) See
also Ephesians 2:8-9; Galatians 3:26; Acts 16:30-31; and John |
Salvation is By Faith Alone Salvation
or deliverance from the power of sin is equally a work of God. Again, the only response that the Christian
who has sinned can have towards God to receive this deliverance is faith in
the one whom God has sent -- that is the Deliverer, the Holy Spirit.
Non-Christians are not saved until they trust the Savior and Christians are
not saved or delivered until they trust the Holy Spirit. God has made both of these salvations
possible through the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Salvation from the power of sin must be
claimed by an act of faith. See
also Galatians 3:1-3; Romans 1:17; John 6:29; 1 Corinthians 2:5; and Romans 7
& 8. |
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"... the Helper,
the Holy Spirit, See also 1
Corinthians 2:4-5; Galatians 5:4-5, |
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Saved by it! Restored by it! Now that you are Christian
by faith in Jesus Christ, the Bible encourages you to live in the same manner
by which you were saved, that is by faith.
Just as your faith in Jesus Christ freed Him to save you, so your
faith in the Holy Spirit frees Him to pour into you the love of Christ and
all the fruit of the Spirit. He will guide you. He will give you a righteous life. He will reveal the "truth" of the
scriptures. And, He will transform you
into the image of Christ. Therefore, the great battle in the life of
the Christian is the battle of faith.
As Paul said to Timothy ... "Fight the good fight of faith" |
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All need to be saved from the penalty and power of sin. God’s love desires your salvation from the penalty and power
of sin. Salvation is of God alone from the penalty and power of sin. Salvation is only by and through the cross from the penalty
and power of sin. Salvation is by grace alone from the penalty and power of sin. Salvation is by faith alone from the penalty and power
of sin. |
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As an Unbeliever From the Penalty of Sin ·
Condition of the One Who Needs to
Saved From the Penalty of Sin ·
God's Love Desires Your Salvation
From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is of God Alone From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is Only By and Through the
Cross From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is by Grace Alone From the Penalty of Sin ·
Salvation is By Faith Alone From the Penalty of Sin |
As a Believer From the Power of Sin ·
Condition of the One Who Needs to
Saved From the Power of Sin ·
God's Love Desires Your Salvation
From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is of God Alone From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is Only By and Through the
Cross From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is by Grace Alone From the Power of Sin ·
Salvation is By Faith Alone From the Power of Sin |
“Fear not, stand still, and see the salvation of
the LORD … for the battle is the LORD'S” (Exodus 14:13; 1 Samuel 17:47) |