What Does The Bible Say? | Salvation
John 11:5-6
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when he heard that Lazarus[a] was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
John 11:14-15
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
John 11:21-22
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Who Were You Before Christ?
Who Are You Because of Christ?
Ephesians 2:1-3
2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
1. Who Were You Before Christ?
a. Dead In Your Trespasses and Sins
Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Ephesians 2:1-3
2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
Who Were You Before Christ?
a. Dead in Your Trespasses and Sins
b. Walking Away from God- Destined to Hell
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:41-43
41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
John 5:24
24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
Ephesians 2:1-3
2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b]
Ephesians 2:4-7
4 But[a] God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
1. Who Were You Before Christ?
a. Dead in Your Trespasses and Sins
b. Walking Away from God- Destined to Hell
2. Who Are You Because of Christ?
a. Saved by Christ and In Christ
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Ephesians 1:1
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful[a] in Christ Jesus:
In Him We Have Every Spiritual Blessing in The Heavenly Places (vs. 3)
In Him We Have Been Chosen ( vs.4a)
In Him We Are Holy and Blameless (vs.4b)
In Him We Have Been Adopted (vs. 5)
In Him We have Redemption Through His Blood, The Forgiveness of Our Trespasses (vs. 7)
In Him We Have Unity (vs.10)
In Him We Have An Inheritance (vs.11)
In Him We Have Salvation (vs. 12)
In Him We Have Been Sealed with The Holy Spirit (Vs. 13)
1. Who Are You Because of Christ?
a. Saved by Christ and In Christ
b. Secure In Christ
Romans 8:30
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
John 10:27-28
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:29-30
29 My Father, who has given them to me,[a] is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
Ephesians 1:4-5
4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us[a] for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
Romans 8:16
16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Ephesians 1:13-14
13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, 14 who is the guarantee[a] of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,[b] to the praise of his glory.
John 14:16
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper,[a] to be with you forever,
Who Were You Before Christ?
a. Dead in Our Trespasses and Sins
b. Walking Away from God- Destined to Hell
2. Who Are You Because of Christ?
a. Saved By Christ and In Christ
b. Secure In Christ FOREVER
John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[a] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”