Bible Study #7
Salvation
1. Who is the author of salvation?
(Hebrews 5:9) “And having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”
2. Why do all people need salvation?
(Romans 3:23) “For all have sinned, and are destitute of the glory of God.”
3. What does man deserve, and what is the gift of God?
(Romans 6:23) “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
4. How does the sinner come to obtain salvation?
(Ephesians 2:8) “For by grace you are saved through faith; and this not of yourselves, it is the gift of God.”
(Titus 2:11) “For the grace of God has appeared for salvation to all men.”
5. What is the condition or the means to obtain the grace of salvation?
(Acts 16:31) “They said: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
(Romans 10:9) “That if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
6. In the past, people were condemned for being sinners; now there is a new reason why God condemns them. What is that reason according to Jesus?
(John 3:18, 19) “He who believes in him is not condemned; but he who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation: that the light came into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.”
7. How secure can we be in our salvation?
(John 5:24) “Truly, truly, I say to you: He who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not come into condemnation, but has passed from death to life.”
8. What is the testimony of God?
(1 John 5:9-13) “If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for this is the testimony with which God has testified concerning his Son. He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son. And this is the testimony: that 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. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe in the name of the Son of God.”
9. Why is it impossible for one who is chosen and born again to be lost?
(Romans 8:29-39) “For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. And whom he predestined, these he also called; and whom he called, these he also justified; and whom he justified, these he also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare even his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died; yes, rather, who also rose again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: For your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. Rather, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
10. What does the Gospel teach about the duration of the salvation that Christ accomplished on our behalf?
(Hebrews 5:9) “And having been made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him.”
(Hebrews 7:25) “Therefore he is also able to save perpetually those who come to God through him, always living to make intercession for them.”
11. Regarding time and security, how does the Bible refer to our salvation?
(Romans 5:8-11) “But God shows his love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only this, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”
(2 Timothy 1:9, 10) “Who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and the grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, but now has been made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who abolished death and brought to light life and immortality through the gospel.”
12. Who is the one who bears witness to us of what we are in Christ?
(Romans 8:16,17) “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.”
