How Do We Receive Salvation

through Jesus?

What is the gospel?

What is the

Gospel?

Three Questions

1. Why do we need Jesus?

2. What did Jesus do for us?

3. How do we receive salvation through Jesus?

Focus on Jesus

Why Do We Need Jesus?

1. Sin2. Spiritual death3. Physical death4. Judgment5. Hell6. Wrath of God7. Eternal death

In Rebellion

What is Sin?

What is Sin?

1. Unbelief 2. Idolatry3. Rebellion4. Breaking God’s law5. Denying God His glory

JesusWhat Did

Jesus Do For

Us?

What Jesus Did For Us?

1. Born of a virgin and became a man

2. Sinless life

3. Sacrifice on the cross

4. Resurrection

Nail and ThornsWhat did

Jesus Accomplish

for Us?TextPart I

What Jesus Accomplished for Us

1.God’s justice and wrath were satisfied for our sin.

2.Paid the price for our sin.

3.Declared righteous and our sin forgiven.

4.Reconciled with God.

5.Adopted into the family of God.

TombWhat did

Jesus Accomplish

for Us?Part II

Through His Resurrection

1.Proved He was the Son of God

2.Proved His victory over sin and death

3.Proved that resurrection is real

4.Proved He will judge the world with justice

5. Provided us with hope

In Rebellion

Jesus

How Do We Receive Salvation

through Jesus?

What Must We Do to be Rescued

from Sin?

Only Through Jesus

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.”

John 11:25

And Only Jesus!

And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

1 John 5:11-12

And Only Jesus!

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.

John 14:6 (NLT)

Mark 1:15

“So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!” Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”

Acts 2:36-37

What Must We Do?

Mark 1:15

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

Mark 1:15

Repentance & Faith

You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 20:20-21

Repentance & Faith

U-Turn SignREPENTANCE

Denition of Repentance

The Greek word for repentance is metanoia. It means to change one’s mind.

Denition of Repentance

The Hebrew word for repentance is shub. It means to turn back, return, return to the starting point, restore and come back home again.

What is Repentance?

It is a change of mind, that leads to a change of heart, that leads to a change in actions.

This change involves both a turning from sin and a turning to God.

What is Repentance?

1. Conviction of Sin

2. Confession of Sin

3. Turning from sin to God

4. Restitution through Jesus

5. Restoration

FAITH

Denition of Faith

The Greek word for faith is pistis. It means conviction, confidence, trust, belief, reliance, trustworthiness, and firm persuasion.

High Cliffs at Ocean

What is Faith?

Belief → Trust → Embrace

Head → Heart → Action

What is Saving Faith?

1.Belief that the gospel is true and that Jesus is the Messiah.

2.Trust in the gospel and Jesus, who is the object of faith.

3.Embracing the gospel and Jesus and living your life accordingly.

Repentance & Faith

1. Unbelief

2. Idolatry

1. Repentance

2. Faith

Summary

Rebellion Surrender Submission

2 Peter 3:9

“You see, to repent is to realize that all your thinking, your entire view about reality was wrong. And then to see and to submit to God’s truth...”

Paul Washer

Repentance

Jesus on Throne

Bowing before King

The fundamental difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of self is captured by one question. Who

resides at the center?

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Paul Tripp