slides for sermon

1. SAVED, BUT
HOW?
ROMANS 5:1-2
ROMANS 10:17
HEBREWS 5:9

2. GOD’S GRACE MUST BE ACCESSED
The Example of Israel in the Wilderness
Numbers 21:4-9
• The people complain and mock God (vv.5-6).
– The Lord sends fiery serpents amid the people.
• The people realize their sin (v.7).
– They ask Moses to pray to God for mercy.
• God’s grace made healing possible (vv.8-9).
– But the people had to access God’s grace by
faith through obedience to God’s word.
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ISRAEL AND THE
BRONZE
SERPENT

3. Baptism: An Essential Condition
of Eternal Life
“He who believes and is
baptized will be saved; but he
who does not believe will be
condemned (Mark 16:16)”

4. GOD’S GRACE MUST BE ACCESSED
The Example of Naaman the Leper
2 Kings 5:1-14
• He commanded the Syrian army (vv.1-9).
– But he was also a leper wanting to be healed.
• Elisha sends a messenger to him (vv.10-12).
– But Naaman wanted the prophet and a show.
• God’s grace made healing possible (vv.13-14).
– But Naaman had to access God’s grace by faith
through obedience to God’s word.
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5. Baptism: Trusting In God to
Fulfill His Promise
“Repent, and let every one of
you be baptized in the name of
Jesus Christ for the remission of
sins; and you shall receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit. ”
(Acts 2:38)

6. THE BLOOD OF CHRIST SAVES
THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE REACH THE
SAVING POWER OF HIS BLOOD?
• The Hebrew writer explains.
– Hebrews 9:13-14; 10:22
• Peter amplifies this further.
– 1 Peter 3:18-21
• Paul makes this simple and clear.
– Romans 6:1-7; Acts 22:16
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7. IN BAPTISM THE BLOOD OF
CHRIST REMITS SIN
• One isn’t redeemed by the blood
until he/she is in Him (Eph. 1:7).
• One isn’t in Christ until he/she is
baptized into Him (Gal. 3:27).
• One is redeemed by the blood
when he/she is baptized into His
death (Col. 2:11-13).

8. SAVED, BUT
HOW?
ROMANS 5:1-2
ROMANS 10:17
HEBREWS 5:9