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Plan of Salvation

God Christian Sinner
Father’s Grace
Ephesians 2:5,8; Acts 15:11
1 Peter 1:10		 Christian’s Voice
1 Corinthians 1:21; 7:16; 9:22
1 Thessalonians 2:16		 Sinner’s Faith
Mark 16:16; Acts 16:31
Ephesians 2:8; Romans 10:9
Holy Spirit’s Word
1 Corinthians 1:18; James 1:21
Romans 8:11		 Name of Jesus
Acts 2:21; 4:12
Acts 16:30-31		 Sinner’s Hope
Acts 2:21; Romans 8:2-4
Jesus’ Sacrifice
Matthew 1:21; Romans 5:9-10
1 Timothy 1:15		 Baptism
Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38
1 Peter 3:21		 Saint’s Love
2 Thessalonians 2:10; 1 Timothy 4:16
Philippians 2:12

From this chart one can see there are nine things that are essential to our coming to Christ. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit have an active part in our salvation. The Christian in the world today plays an essential part as well in our being able to come to Christ. Finally the sinner himself must have faith, hope and love in order to be saved. No one belief, no one act, but when all nine become real in my life salvation happens at a key time of one’s life, when one is immersed into water as an obedient act to God’s command, then our sins are forgiven and the HS dwells within the believer and they are then a new creature in Christ.

FATHER'S GRACE 

the grace of God has always existed from the very beginning 1 Timothy 1:9; It has been His plan from the beginning to make a creature in His image and to share the love the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit have always had for all of eternity.

Grace – unmerited favor, we do not deserve the opportunity for life but God gave it to us and we definitely do not deserve forgiveness but by His grace we are saved.

HOLY SPIRIT'S WORD

The Holy Spirit is the person of the Godhead through whom the written Word of God was given. He guided the writers into all Truth 1 Peter 1:10-11; so we can know we have the inspired word 1 Timothy 3:16; He continues today to work with us, John 14:16-21; 16:7-11; Romans 8:9-14; 8:26-27; 1 Corinthians 2:12-16; 1 John 2:26-27;

There Holy Spirit uses the Word to guide us and He will not go beyond the Words of the Bible, there is no modern day revelations from God, Galatians 1:6-9; Revelation 22:18-19;

But the Holy Spirit makes the Bible very much alive to us, John 4:13-14; 7:37-39; Hebrews 4:12

JESUS' SACRIFICE 

Saved by the blood of Christ, nothing is cleansed without blood, and His love for us, took Him all the way to the cross. Hebrews 12:2; Philippians 2:5-11; Planed from the beginning of time.

So we are saved by God from our sins and given eternal life because of the work of the Godhead, the Father’s grace, the Spirit’s Word and Jesus’ sacrifice. But there is another person involved in our salvation and that is the work of a Christian. Which is also necessary for our redemption.

A CHRISTIAN'S VOICE

we are the voice of Christ for the world to hear. Romans 10:17; people need to hear the Truth from a Christian, Acts 8:30-31; We need to be out sowing the seed, Mark 4:13-20

JESUS NAME

 in the name of Jesus means by the authority of Jesus. Because of what Jesus has done, He has all authority, Matthew 28:18-20; by this authority we are able to go into all the world making disciples of the nations. Many others go into the world trying to spiritually save souls, but there are only a few you can trust in and it is those who do so by the authority of Jesus. If they come in another name, in their own name, they have no authority and what they do is in vain. Only a Christian has the authority by which your soul can be saved. 2 Corinthians 5:20

BAPTISM

the Christian is the one who has the authority to immerse a lost soul into water, Matthew 28:18-20; in so doing the person receives forgiveness of all past sins, Acts 2:38-39; 22:16; Colossians 2:11-13;

Buried with Christ brings us into contact spiritually, with the blood of Christ Romans 6:3-7; This is an obedient act of man to the commandment of God, the moment we are translated into the kingdom of Christ Colossians 1:13;

Baptism is essential for salvation as are all nine of the points listed above. Anyone wishing to argue against it being essential is arguing against the scriptures and is using Satan’s #1 lie – “Indeed has God said?” Genesis 3:1; “Indeed God has said!”

So we see there is a work for the Christian to do to help one to be saved. If Christians do not let their voices heard, souls will perish and it is only by the authority of Jesus found in the scriptures by which we can act. Now we turn our attention to the lost soul who himself has a part to play in his salvation.

SINNERS FAITH

so obvious, but absolutely essential is for the one seeking eternal life, to believe that Jesus is the Son of God, Matthew 16:16-18; 1 Timothy 6:12;

To believe He is the Messiah, that all of the Old Testament as well as the New Testament is inspired by God and Jesus is the fulfillment of the Old Testament. If one doesn’t believe, he can be baptized, attend all the services he wants but he is not saved.

SINNER'S HOPE

faith is our conviction, mental ascension, but God calls for action, to repent, change our way of thinking, to quit sinning, be baptized, wash away our sins, then lead a righteous life style. Faith alone is dead James 2:17-20;
Do we earn our salvation? No! We reflect our faith by our works by obedience to God as seen in Romans 6:15-19;
Hope is action, now that I am a child of God, I am going to act like a child of God 1 John 3:4-10;

God disciplines us through His word, if I chose to disobey, I receive no discipline and am an illegitimate child Hebrews 12:7-11; Why else does Paul say Philippians 2:12; We can lose our salvation Hebrews 6:4-8; Revelation 3:5; Matthew 7:21-23

SAINT'S LOVE 

 love is seeking the best for another, expecting nothing in return. Jesus came to seek and save the lost, this is our mandate, to be our brother’s keeper. 1 Corinthians 13:13; the greatest is love. John 13:34-35; 1 John 2:9-11