March

This month let’s consider a dozen questions about salvation in general and give some scriptural answers for these frequently asked questions.

  1. Why does a person need to be saved?
    Rom 3:23 - …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
    - We need to be saved because we cannot enter into God’s kingdom and see His full glory in our natural state.
  1. How did God plan that a person should be saved?
    John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
    - God send His son, Jesus Christ to save us all.
  1. Is it God’s will for everyone to be saved?
    Rom. 10:13 - For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 
    - God desires that every man, woman and child enter His kingdom.
  1. What must a person do to be saved?
    Acts 16:31 - So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household. 
    - Believing is the key to entering the kingdom of God.
  1. How is a person saved?
    Rom 10:9-10 - that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
    - Believing must be expressed in saying and consequently agreeing with God’s plan of redemption.
  1. Is there salvation outside of Jesus Christ?
    John 14:6 - Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. 
    - Jesus did NOT give an alternative way of being saved. He said He was the ONLY way to heaven.
  1. Is a person saved by good works?
    Eph. 2:8-9 - For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 
    - Good works in and of themselves will NOT get you and I into heaven after we have lived out our life on earth. Faith in Him will, then good works follow.
  1. Why is it important to confess sins to God?
    1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
    - Sin separates us from God who is Holy. Confessing our sins to Him separates us from that sin.
  1. Will Jesus refuse to save anyone because he is too sinful?
    John 6:37 - All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out. 
    - Jesus welcomes anyone and everyone to be saved. There is no exception to God’s invitation.
  1. What happens to a person when he is born again?
    2 Cor. 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 
    - The person who receives Jesus becomes a new being with all of the rights and privileges afforded him or her as outlined in the Bible.
  1. What is the privilege of all who accept Christ?
    John 1:12 - But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 
    - They are considered children of God and God speaks, protects, and helps his children.
  1. How does one know he is a child of God?
    Rom. 8:16 - The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
    John 5:24 - Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
    John 3:36 - He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
    1 John 5:11-12 - And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
    - The Word of God confirms to you the work of God that is accomplished in your heart at the time that you believe.

Now with these answers to the common questions above allow Holy Spirit to aid you as you go and share with others the Good News of Jesus Christ. In addition, as you start this month let the following thought be at the centre of your heart. “I’m believing to be at the Right Place, at the Right Time saying the Right Thing and the right thing to say is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”