The document provides information about salvation from a Bible study perspective. It defines salvation as redemption from sin, explains that it is a free gift from God through faith in Jesus, and notes several Bible verses supporting this. It discusses that salvation cannot be lost or earned through works, but is maintained by God's power. It emphasizes that people have free will to accept or reject God's gift of salvation.

1. BIBLE STUDY SERIES
Topic: Salvation
October 25, 2012
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Romans 6:23

2. What is Salvation?
Salvation is redemption (being rescued) by God from
the effects of sin. We know that every one who sins
must pay the ultimate penalty that is death both
physical and spiritual.
• (Rom 6:23 NIV) For the wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• (Rom 8:2 NIV) because through Christ Jesus the law
of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and
death.

3. How do you get Salvation?
• By accepting God’s plan of redemption for you.
God has sacrificed another innocent person on
your behalf. By accepting this sacrifice, you are
declared innocent of all guilt and fit to enter into
the presence of God.

4. How do you get Salvation?
• (Rom 10:9 NIV) That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is
Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the
dead, you will be saved.
• (Rom 10:10 NIV) For it is with your heart that you believe and
are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are
saved.
• (Rom 10:11 NIV) As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in
him will never be put to shame."
• (John 1:29 NIV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward
him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin
of the world!
• (Eph 2:5 NIV) made us alive with Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.
• (Eph 2:8 NIV) For it is by grace you have been saved, through
faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--

5. How do you get Salvation?
• (Eph 2:9 NIV) not by works, so that no one can boast.
• (1 Peter 1:18 NIV) For you know that it was not with perishable
things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the
empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers,
• (1 Pet 1:19 NIV) but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb
without blemish or defect.
• (Acts 16:31 NIV) They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and
you will be saved--you and your household."
• (John 10:9 NIV) I am the gate; whoever enters through me will
be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture.
• (Acts 2:21 NIV) And everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved.'
• (Acts 15:11 NIV) No! We believe it is through the grace of our
Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."
• (Luke 7:50 NIV) Jesus said to the woman, "Your faith has saved
you; go in peace."

6. How do we know for sure
that we are saved?
By believing in God and having faith in Him, we are
counted righteous. We are in faith here and the only proof
that we will have is the down payment that is promised to
us…The Holy Spirit.
• (Rom 4:3 NIV) What does the Scripture say? "Abraham
believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."
• (Rom 5:5 NIV) And hope does not disappoint us, because
God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy
Spirit, whom he has given us.
• (1 Cor 6:19 NIV) Do you not know that your body is a temple
of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from
God? You are not your own;
• (1 Cor 6:20 NIV) you were bought at a price. Therefore honor
God with your body.

7. Can you lose Salvation?
No! Because you did nothing to achieve salvation and
because it is a gift of God, it is not possible to lose
something that you never made but was gifted to you.
Therefore we are told that none of us can boast about
it.
• (Eph 2:8 NIV) For it is by grace you have been
saved, through faith--and this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God--
• (Eph 2:9 NIV) not by works, so that no one can
boast.

8. Can you lose Salvation?
Jesus addresses this issue very clearly when He says that no
one can snatch His sheep out of His hand because the Father
has chosen them and given them to Him for eternal salvation.
(AMEN)
• (John 10:27 NIV) My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and
they follow me.
• (John 10:28 NIV) I give them eternal life, and they shall never
perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.
• (John 10:29 NIV) My Father, who has given them to me, is greater
than all ; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
• (John 17:24 NIV) "Father, I want those you have given me to be
with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have
given me because you loved me before the creation of the
world.

9. Can you lose Salvation?
• (John 17:12 NIV) While I was with them, I protected them
and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None
has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so
that Scripture would be fulfilled.
• (John 17:9 NIV) I pray for them. I am not praying for the
world, but for those you have given me, for they are
yours.
• (John 17:11 NIV) I will remain in the world no longer, but
they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy
Father, protect them by the power of your name--the
name you gave me--so that they may be one as we are
one.
• (John 17:20 NIV) "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray
also for those who will believe in me through their
message,

10. Who are going to be Saved?
All those who call on the name of the Lord will be saved.
• (Rom 10:9 NIV) That if you confess with your
mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved.
• (Rom 10:10 NIV) For it is with your heart that you
believe and are justified, and it is with your
mouth that you confess and are saved.

11. Do we have free will to
choose or reject God?
Yes! God has never forced anyone to obey Him. He wants us
to come to Him of our own free will. Therefore we have a
choice, we can accept Him and have eternal life or reject
Him and face death and eternal separation from God.
• (John 8:24 NIV) I told you that you would die in
your sins; if you do not believe that I (Jesus) am
the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your
sins."

12. Make sure you are Saved!
• Here is what God thinks of our good works
• (Isaiah 64:6 NIV) All of us have become like one who is
unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins
sweep us away.
• Works do not save us, faith does
• (Romans 9:30 NIV) What then shall we say? That the
Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have
obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
• (Rom 9:31 NIV) but Israel, who pursued a law of
righteousness, has not attained it.
• (Rom 9:32 NIV) Why not? Because they pursued it not by
faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the
"stumbling stone."

13. Once saved we will bear fruit!
Faith will produce works. We cannot do good works to be
saved, but once the Lord saves us by faith that He gives us,
we will automatically produce fruit. We are like seeds that
are sown and our seed will produce a tree that will give its
fruit in season.
• (James 2:14 NIV) What good is it, my brothers, if a man
claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith
save him? (James 2:15 NIV) Suppose a brother or sister is
without clothes and daily food. (James 2:16 NIV) If one of
you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well
fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what
good is it? (James 2:17 NIV) In the same way, faith by
itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
• (James 2:18 NIV) But someone will say, "You have faith; I
have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will
show you my faith by what I do.

14. Blessings to all!

15. Priests and Levites
• Under the Mosaical Law, the tribe of Levi was dedicated to the
service of God. "At that time the LORD separated the tribe of
Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand
before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to
this day. Therefore Levi has no portion nor inheritance with his
brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God
promised him" (Deuteronomy 10:8-9 ). One member of that
tribe, Aaron, was selected by God to be the High Priest. His sons
and their descendants were to be the priests for the nation. As
each High Priest died, another High Priest was selected from
among the priests.
• The priests served as the mediators between God and the
people. They are the ones who took the people's sacrifices and
offered them up to God (Leviticus 4:20 , 26 , 31 ; Hebrews 8:4 ).
The High Priest, in particular, represented the whole nation of
Israel before God (Exodus 28:12 ; Hebrews 5:1 ). When a priest
sinned, he brought guilt not only upon himself, but also upon the
whole people (Leviticus 4:3 ).
• The priests also interceded on behalf of the people before God
(Leviticus 9:22-24 ; Numbers 6:22-27 ). And they would inquire of
God for the nation (Exodus 28:30 ).

16. Priests and Levites
• The Levites, members of the same tribe, but who were not
descendants of Aaron, served as aides to the priests, doing things
like helping to prepare the sacrifices. They took care of the
temple, making repairs when needed, and served as musicians,
singers, doorkeepers. (Numbers 1:50-53 ; 3:6-9 ; 4:1-33 ; I
Chronicles 23). Service began at the age of 25 (though later
changed to 20 under King David) and continued until they
reached the age of 50 (Numbers 8:24 ; I Chronicles 23:3 ,24-32 ).
The Levites were also the teachers of Israel (Deuteronomy
24:8 ; 33:10 ; II Chronicles 35:3 ;Nehemiah 8:7 ) and the nation's
scribes (II Chronicles 34:13 ). The Levites were also the nation's
judges (Deuteronomy 17:8-9 ; 21:5 ; I Chronicles 23:4 ; II Chronicles
19:8 ; Ezekiel 44:15 , 24 ). They were also the nation's regulators. For
instance, they were responsible for accurate weights and
measures used in Israel (I Chronicles 23:29 ; Leviticus 19:35-36 ).
• Neither the priests or the Levites spent all their time of service at
the temple. Most of the year they had their own homes, farms,
and business of which to take care. According to a fixed
schedule they took turns performing the duties assigned to them.

17. Elijah
• Elijah was one of the important Biblical prophets,
who lived in the 9th C BC during the times of King
Ahab and his wicked queen Jezebel. Elijah is
regarded by many faiths (Jews, Christians, Muslims)
as a healer, a miracle maker, and a great hero
who stood against the might of Kings and false
prophets. He is incorporated in many of the religious
accounts (such as the transfiguration of Jesus) and
traditions.

18. Elijah
• The Jewish people of 2000 years ago were expecting to see the Old Testament Prophet Elijah
literally, physically descend from heaven. They had been promised that this was going to happen
by the Old Testament Prophet Malachi. This prophecy reads:
• "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and... all that do wickedly, shall be
stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them
neither root nor branch... And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the
soles of your feet in the day that I shall do [this], saith the LORD of hosts.... Behold, I will send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD" -Malachi 4:1-5
• According to the Old Testament book of II Kings, Elijah the Prophet had ascended "into heaven" in a
"chariot of fire." (see: chapter 2) This spectacular event supposedly happened about 850 years
before Christ. Later, in about 450 BC, Malachi prophesied that this same Elijah, who had ascended
into heaven, was also going to return from heaven to herald the coming of the Messiah... the Christ.
• Elijah who had ascended "into heaven" in a "chariot of fire" was going to return from heaven to
announce the coming of the Messiah... the Christ.
• The reason why the return of Elijah prophecy was so important is that it became one of the primary
reasons why the Jewish people rejected Jesus' claim to be the Messiah. The Jewish religious leaders
of two thousand years ago knew that Elijah was going to return before the Christ was going to come.
So, they concluded, that Jesus or anyone else who claimed to be the Messiah before Elijah visibly
returned from heaven had to be an impostor.
•

19. Pharisees
At the time Jesus Christ walked the earth,
the Pharisees were the "conservative party"
within Judaism. They held very strictly to
the Torah and the Talmud and were very
outwardly moral. They were the leaders of
the majority of the Jews, mostly the
"common people." They were revered by
their followers for their religious zeal and
dedication, and they were held up as
models worthy of imitation. Their main
opposition was the party of the Sadducees,
who were the "liberal party" within Judaism.
They did not believe that the damned will
be punished eternally in hell and that the
saved will dwell eternally in heaven. The
Sadducees were popular among the high-
class minority.

20. Sadducees
• The Sadducees were elitists who wanted to maintain the priestly
caste, but they were also liberal in their willingness to incorporate
Hellenism into their lives, something the Pharisees opposed. The
Sadducees rejected the idea of the Oral Law and insisted on a
literal interpretation of the Written Law; consequently, they did not
believe in an afterlife, since it is not mentioned in the Torah. The
main focus of Sadducee life was rituals associated with
the Temple.
• The Sadducees disappeared around 70 A.D., after the destruction
of the Second Temple (see below). None of the writings of the
Sadducees survived, so the little we know about them comes from
their Pharisaic opponents.
• These two "parties" served in the Great Sanhedrin, a kind of Jewish
Supreme Court made up of 71 members whose responsibility was
to interpret civil and religious laws.