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1. What is the Plan of Salvation?
Salvation = Rescue
Understanding the Plan (from our perspective)
1. We have a problem.
2. There is only one solution.
3. We need to acquire the solution.
Three Questions - Focus on Jesus – To Share the Plan of Salvation
1. Why do we need Jesus?
2. What did Jesus do for us?
3. How do we receive salvation through Jesus?
Plan of Salvation Outline
1. Why We Need Jesus
• Sin
• Spiritual death
• Physical death
• Judgment
• Hell
• Wrath of God
• Eternal death
2. What Jesus Did For Us
• Created the universe and everything in it
• Born of a virgin and became a man
• Lived a sinless life
• Went to the cross
• Had all of our sin placed upon Him
• Separated from the Father
• Suffered our punishment, experiencing the full wrath of the Father for our sins
• Died on the cross
• Placed in a tomb
• Rose from the dead
• Ascended to the right hand of the Father
• Waiting to return and restore the Kingdom of God over all creation
3. How do we receive salvation through Jesus?
• Repentance
• Faith

2. What is the Plan of Salvation?
Important to Remember! Spirit + Truth
We can present the plan of salvation clearly yet without the Holy Spirit nothing will happen. This is
why prayer is so important.
1 Thessalonians 1:5
because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and
deep conviction…
Salvation = Rescue (being rescued from our sin and restored to God through all Jesus did)
We are lost in an ocean of sin. We need to be rescued from our sin.
Understanding the Plan (from our perspective)
4. We have a problem. (Romans 3:23)
5. There is only one solution. (Acts 4:12)
6. We need to acquire the solution. (Acts 2:36-37)
Three Questions – Focus on Jesus – To Share the Plan of Salvation
4. Why do we need Jesus? (Gives us a context for understanding the gospel)
5. What did Jesus do for us? (This is the gospel as it tells us what Jesus did)
6. How do we receive salvation through Jesus? (This is how we are rescued)
Plan of Salvation Outline
1. Why We Need Jesus
• Sin – turning from God to be your own god, to break God’s law. (1 John 3:4)
• Spiritual death – being separated from God who is the only source of life. (Romans 6:23)
• Physical death – when your physical body dies. (Hebrews 9:27)
• Judgment – standing before Jesus to give an account of your life. (Revelation 20:11-15)
• Hell – the place of everlasting punishment for sin, lake of fire. (Luke 12:5)
• Wrath of God – God’s righteous anger and punishment against sin. (John 3:36)
• Eternal death – being separated from God forever in hell. (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9)
2. What Jesus Did For Us
• Created the universe and everything in it (Colossians 1:15-17)
• Born of a virgin and became a man (Matthew 1:23 and John 1:14)
• Lived a sinless life (Hebrews 4:15)
• Went to the cross (Mark 15:24-25)
• Had all of our sin placed upon Him (2 Corinthians 5:21)
• Separated from the Father (Matthew 27:45-46)
• Suffered our punishment experiencing the full wrath of the Father for our sin (Isaiah 53:4-5)
• Died on the cross (John 19:30)
• Placed in a tomb (John 19:40-42)
• Rose from the dead (Mark 16:4-6)
• Ascended to the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9 and 2:33)
• Waiting to return & restore the Kingdom of God over all creation (1 Thes 4:16-17 and
Revelation 11:15)
3. How do we receive salvation through Jesus? (Acts 20:20-21)
• Repentance - turning from sin back to God giving Him His rightful place in your life.
• Faith - to believe the gospel and place your trust in Jesus and all He did.
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