What Must One Do To Be Saved?
Rom 4:3 Abraham believed God
John 11:27 Martha believed that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the wold.
Acts 2:41 they that gladly received his word were baptized.
· What word? The death burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ as Peter preached
· 1Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Acts 8: The Ethiopian eunuch believed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Note he said is; he believed the one who died was alive.
Acts 10: 42-43 Cornelius and his house whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. After Peter preached the:
· V34 The death of Jesus Christ
· V40 The resurrection
Acts 16: 30-31, 32
· Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
· they spake unto him the word of the Lord
2Th 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1Pe 4:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
· 1Thes 2:13 ¶ For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
· Acts 2:14 They were hearken to the words Peter declared.
We are left in the dark as to what it means to hearken the words of Peter and to obey gospel
· James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
· Hearken: Lay apart sin Acts 17:30, 26:20
Ø Superfluity: superabundance
· Obey: Believing unto receiving with meekness the engrafted word
Ø Engrafted: joined to or connected to
1Cor 15:1-2 ¶ 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.
The Simple Romans Road to Salvation
1. 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
2. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. [2Thes 1:8-9]
3. 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
4. 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
5. 10:9 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.
6. 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
1John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Rom 5:1 ¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Eph 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Tit 2:11 ¶ For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,