The 'printers proof' and title page of the report of The Christian Mission issued in 1878

SalvationSalvationLet us reflect on the

wonderful truth of the gospel.

WHAT IS SIN ?WHAT IS SIN ?

hamartia

ἁμαρτία

to miss the mark" or "to miss the target

WHAT IS SIN ?WHAT IS SIN ?Romans 6:20

When you were slaves to sin, you were

free from the control of righteousness.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus

our Lord.

WHAT IS SIN ?WHAT IS SIN ?

Romans 7:17

As it is, it is no longer I myself who

do it, but it is sin living in me.

Romans 7:20

Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in

me that does it.

Romans 7:17

As it is, it is no longer I myself who

do it, but it is sin living in me.

Romans 7:20

Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in

me that does it.

WHERE DID SIN COME FROM ?WHERE DID SIN COME FROM ?

Romans 5:12

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man (Adam) through sin, and in this way death came to all men,

because all sinned—

salvationsalvationσωτηρίασωτηρίαsoteriasoteria

The primary Greek noun translated salvation is soteria (found 45 times in the Greek New Testament).

Soteria means, "denotes deliverance, preservation, salvation"

(Vine, Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words).

WHAT IS SALVATION ?WHAT IS SALVATION ?

WHAT IS SALVATION?WHAT IS SALVATION?

Romans 8:2-3

because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin

and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God

did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering.

WHAT IS SALVATION?WHAT IS SALVATION?

Romans 6:14

For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

THE SOURCE OF SALVATIONTHE SOURCE OF SALVATION

Romans 5:9-10

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's

wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies,

we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more,

having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

HOW ARE WE SAVED?HOW ARE WE SAVED? Romans 10:9-10

That if you confess with your mouth,

"Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be

saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that

you confess and are saved.

Romans 10:13

for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

TRANSFORMEDTRANSFORMED Romans 12:2

Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and

approve what God's will is— his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Romans 8:2

because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from

the law of sin and death.

TRANSFORMEDTRANSFORMED

Romans 8:9-11

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful Nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives

in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ

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