Salvation Flashcards
What is sin?
Missing the mark and falling short of God’s standard of perfection (Rom. 5:12)
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned—
What is the Gospel?
Gospel means good news. The good news is that Jesus paid the sin debt that we owed to holy God by laying down His life for us on the cross. So that we could be reconciled back to God and have eternal life with Him. (Rom. 6:23 & 1 Cor. 15:3-4)
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
How is someone born again?
Saved by grace through faith in Jesus (not our own works, but God’s)
Ephesians 2:8-9
Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
There are three parts of salvation
Romans 10:9
If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
How can a person know that they are saved?
The Spirit lives inside of them and they produces fruite
John 15:8
This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
Can a person lose their salvation?
No, if they truly were saved
John 10:28
John 10:28
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
John 3:18
John 3:18
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
