Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Luke 8:11; Rom. 10:17 John 8:24; Heb 11:6 Luke 13:3,5; Acts 17:30 Mat. 10:32,33; Rom 10:9 Acts 2:38; 1 Pet 3:21 Believe Hear Repent Confess Be Baptized Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Believe Hear Repent Confess Be Baptized This is the TRUTH! These steps, when truly experienced, result in CONVERSION The danger of trivializing The need to understand Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Believe Hear Repent Confess Be Baptized Receive Correct Information A Change of Conviction A Change of The Will A Change of Allegiance A Change of Conscience - Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, The Truth! - John 8:32; 17:17; 1 Peter 1:22; Rom 2:8; 2 Thes 2:10 The REAL Gospel 1 Cor 15:1-4; Rom 1:16; Mark 16:15,16; Acts 2; Acts 8; Acts 16:30-34; 19:1-5 One Cannot Be Taught Error Believe Error Obey Error and Be Saved!! Mat 15:14 Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV) 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Romans 10:17 (NKJV) 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Acts 17:11-12 (NKJV) 11 These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Romans 10:17 FactWitnessTestimonyConfirmation John 20:30,31 Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Who God Is & What He Has Done For Us Acts 17:23-31; Jn 3:16 Who Jesus Is & What He Has Done For Us Heb 2:9- 18; Phili 2:5-10 Who We Are, What We Have Done, & What We MUST Do Eccl 12:13; Rom 3:23; Is 59:1,2; Jn 8:24; Heb 11:6; Acts 2:38; Faith Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Luke 15:17-20 (NKJV) 17 But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Luke 15:17-20 (NKJV) 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants. 20 And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Repentance Is Not Easy Because It Requires Radical Change (Eze. 18:20-32) Something We Must Do - (Luke 13:3,5; Acts 17:30) Something God wants us to do - (Rom 2:3-6; 2 Peter 3:9) We Need To Understand The Nature of True Repentance - Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Recognition (i.e. Acknowledgement of Sin) Remorse - (Regret & Grieving Over Sin) Resolve (i.e. A Change of Mind & Will) Reformation (i.e. A Change of Lifestyle) Restitution (i.e. Make Amends As Far As Possible) Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, (c) "to declare openly by way of speaking out freely, such confession being the effect of deep conviction of facts," Matt. 7:23; Matt. 10:32 (twice) and Luke 12:8... conveys the thought of "confessing" allegiance to Christ as one's Master and Lord,...Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words Matt. 7:23Matt. 10:32Luke 12:8 Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Matthew 10:32-33 (NKJV) 32 "Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Romans 10:9-10 (NKJV) 9 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. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, John 4:15-16 (NKJV) 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Peter 3:21-22 (NASB77) 21 And corresponding to that, baptism now saves you not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Arndt & Gingrich. Baptism is an appeal to God for a clear conscience (Greek Lexicon, p. 285). Kittels Theological Dictionary (Abridged), the rendition is this: Baptism does not confer physical cleansing but saves as a request for forgiveness... (p. 262). Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Johnson, Barton W.... "the interrogation of a good conscience." "Inquiry" would be still better. The soul seeking the forgiveness of sins "inquires" What shall I do to remove the sense of unforgiven sins and make my conscience void of offense? The answer is "Repent and be baptized," etc. See Acts 2:38. He who obeys the word of the Lord has the "inquiry" answered in baptism. "Commentary on 1 Peter 3". "People's New Testament". Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Acts 2:21 38 Rom 10:13 16 Acts 22:16 Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Saved (Mk 16:16; 1 Pet 3:21) Sins Remitted ( Acts 2:38). Sins Washed Away (Acts 22:16) Contacted the death of Christ (Rom 6:3). In Christ (Gal 3:27). Experienced The Working of God (Col 2:11-13). Born Again (John 3:5). Regenerated (Tit 3:5). FNot saved, FStill in sin, FStill guilty of sin FWithout the death of Christ, FNot in Christ, FWithout the working of God, FNOT born again FNot regenerated Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Believe Hear Repent Confess Be Baptized Receive Correct Information A Change of Conviction A Change of The Will A Change of Allegiance A Change of Conscience - Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Believe Hear Repent Confess Be Baptized 2 Pet 3:17-18 (NKJV) 17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; 18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Believe Hear Repent Confess Be Baptized 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NKJV) 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17, Corinthians 6:2 (NKJV) 2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2 (NKJV) 2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. Don McClainW. 65th St church of Christ / June 17,