God’s Gift of Salvation

DEVINE REDEMPTION: Along with being holy and just, God is merciful and loving. He designed the human race to know Him and to bring glory to Him. We failed to fulfill this great purpose and instead became slaves to sin—but God orchestrated a plan for our redemption. He provided a Savior who can lead us to freedom from sin and restore our relationship with God. God offers us salvation through Jesus. It's in the Bible, Matthew 1:21, NKJV. "And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins”. HUMAN PROBLEMS: Mankind has consistently resisted and disobeyed God’s Law. We have believed Satan’s lies and rebelled against loving God with all that we are. Being holy and just, God will not tolerate our sin. “Your iniquities [perversity, moral evil] have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you…” Isaiah 59:2, ESV God holds every person responsible for each thought, word, and action. When you do what is wrong, “the wages [earned reward] of sin is death…” Romans 6:23 Your sin condemns you to eternal separation from God and perpetual suffering in hell. Matthew 13:49–50

We are saved by FAITH John 3:16, 2Timothy 3:15  2Thessalonians 2:13 1. We must hear the GOSPEL In the Bible, many verses explain what God did through His love for us. Below are several references telling the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” Romans 6:23. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved” John 3:16–17. “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:8. “The kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 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; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior” Titus 3:4–6. 2. We must believe: including repentance. When you believe on Jesus Christ, accepting God’s gift of salvation, you are justified (declared free of the guilt and penalty of sin) before God because of what Jesus has done. God forgives you of all of your sins. Your relationship with God is restored; you become His child. (See I John 3:8–10.) You are redeemed from the bondage to sin and will spend eternity in heaven with God. (See Romans 6:22.) The Holy Spirit dwells in each believer. He is “the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ…” (Romans 8:15–17). 3. Accepting God’s Gift of Salvation To receive the redemption God provided for all of us through Jesus Christ, believe the truth. Turn to God. The Bible says, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31). “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out” (Acts 3:19, ESV). “Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Acts 2:21).

IN SUMMARY: we are a sinner 1. The penalty for your sin is eternal separation from God. 2. God love you and he orchestrated a plan for our redemption. 3. God offer you salvation through Jesus. 4. As “you receive Jesus gift of salvation and put your faith in Him. God will save you”. 5. As a child of God, you can know that you will go to heaven when you die. 6. Believe God’s words, acknowledge your needs for Christ.