Salvation(Delivered from Danger)

SALVATION

• Deliverance –Preservation of what is

delivered

• To rescue, to obtain safety

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SALVATION• God has saved us, 2 Tim. 1:9• Jesus, Matt. 1:21; 18:11; 1 Tim.

1:15–Power to deliver sinners, Acts

4:12

• You also have a part in your salvation, Acts 2:40; 16:30-31

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Salvation: What it is• Deliverance from:–Physical oppression, Exo.

14:13–Personal danger…• At sea, Acts 27:34• Prison, Phil. 1:19• Flood, Heb. 11:7 4

Salvation: What it is• Deliverance from:–Spiritual danger:• Sin’s death (separation from

God), Eph. 2:5• Sin’s wrath, Rom. 5:9; 1 Ths.

1:10

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The Great Salvation of GodHeb. 2:3• Only in Jesus, Acts 4:12; Heb.

2:10; 7:25• Greater than deliverance from

physical harm – safety from spiritual death, Jno. 5:19-20 (Mk. 2:9-12) 6

Great Salvation• For all flesh, Lk. 3:6; Acts

28:28–Accomplish and available in

Jesus, Acts 4:12–Announced by gospel, Mk.

16:15; Rom. 1:16; Eph. 1:13–Actuated by obeying the

gospel, Jas. 1:21-227

Great Salvation

• For all flesh, Lk. 3:6; Acts 28:28–To hinder and reject the

gospel is to hinder and reject the salvation of the lost, 1 Ths. 2:16

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Salvation: Now and Then• Present deliverance, 1 Cor.

1:21–Salvation from past sins–We have been saved by God,

Eph. 2:5-9–God has delivered us, Col.

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Salvation: Now and Then• Future hope & reward, Rom.

13:11–Hope of salvation, 1 Ths. 5:8-9– Inheritance in heaven, 1 Pet.

1:4-5• Salvation ready to be revealed

–Purpose and fulfillment of faith, 1 Pet. 1:7-9; Heb. 9:28–Bring to completion, Phil.

2:12

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Salvation is ConditionalHeb. 5:8-9; 2 Tim. 4:6-8• To be saved, the sinner

must:– Hear gospel, Jno. 6:45; Eph. 1:13– Believe in Jesus, Jno. 8:24; Acts

16:30-31– Confess faith in Jesus, Rom. 10:9-10– Repent of sins, Lk. 13:3-5– Be baptized, Mk. 16:16; 1 Pet. 3:21– Live faithfully, Rom. 13:11-14

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Salvation is ConditionalHeb. 5:8-9; 2 Tim. 4:6-8• To be saved, the Christian

who sins must:– Repent and pray, Acts 8:22-24– Confess sins to God, 1 Jno. 1:8-10

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The Day of Salvation2 Cor. 6:1-2

• God helps us in our time of need, providing and offering us salvation from sin, death and wrath to come

• Today is the approved time for your salvation, Acts 22:16 13