Our Personal Response

What must man do to be saved?

GOSPEL TRUTHS SERIES

Is any man able to keep the commandments of

God perfectly?No human, since the fall, is able to keep the commandments of God

perfectly in this life, but breaks them daily in thought, word, and deed.

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Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour;

and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of

man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

Genesis 8:21

Romans 3:9-21What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.

What does every sin deserve?

Although some sins will be more severely punished than others,[a]yet every sin deserves God's

wrath and curse, both in this life and the life that is to come.[b]

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Ezekiel 18:20The soul that

sinneth, it shall die.

Matthew 25:41

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,

Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,

prepared for the devil and his angels:

Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you

with vain words: for because of these things

cometh the wrath of God upon the children of

disobedience.

Our Personal Response

“What must I do to be saved?”

Acts 16:30

What does God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?

a. Mark 1:15; Acts 20:21 b. Acts 2:38; 1 Cor 11:24-25; Col 3:16

To escape the wrath and curse due to us for sin, God requires of us _____ in

our Lord Jesus Christ and ___________ leading to life[a]together with the

diligent use of all the outward means by which Christ gives to us the benefits

of redemption.[b]

FaithRepentance

What is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ?Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving

grace[a] by which we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation as he is freely offered to us in the gospel.[b]

a. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9

And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. John 20:31

Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Galatians 2:16

What is Repentance unto Life?

Repentance leading to life is a saving grace,[a] by which a sinner having truly realised his sin and grasped the mercy of God in

Christ,[b] turns from his sin with grief and hatred and turns to God[c] with full resolve (pagpasya) and effort after new obedience.

[d]

Act 11:18

When they heard these things, they held their peace,

and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the

Gentiles granted repentance unto life.

2 Tim 2:25 Opponents must be

gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of

the truth, (NIV)

Psalm 51:1-4Have mercy upon me, O God,

According to Your lovingkindness;According to the multitude of Your

tender mercies,Blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 51:1-43 For I acknowledge my transgressions,

And my sin is always before me. 4 Against You, You only, have I sinned,

And done this evil in Your sight — That You may be found just when You

speak, And blameless when You judge.

NKJV

Luke 15:7

I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over

ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

Acts 2:37

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men

and brethren, what shall we do?"

Jer 31:18-19"I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:

'You have chastised me, and I was chastised,Like an untrained bull;

Restore me, and I will return,For You are the Lord my God.

19 Surely, after my turning, I repented;And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the

thigh;I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated,

Because I bore the reproach of my youth.' NKJV

1 Thess 1:9-10

For they themselves declare concerning us what manner of entry we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and

true God,

2 Chronicles 7:14

if My people who are called by My name will humble

themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Matthew 3:8

Therefore bear fruits worthy of

repentance,

2 Corinthians 7:10

For godly sorrow produces repentance

leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the

sorrow of the world produces death.