3 Salvation A
3 Salvation A
3 Salvation A
NewLife
BIBLE STUDY COURSE
Unit A
“In toil you shall eat from it all the days of your
life.” Genesis 3: 17
KEY VERSE:
Romans 5: 12
“Just as through one man sin
entered the world, and death through
sin, and thus death spread to all
disobeyed, and they found themselves ‘cut off’ from
men, because all sinned.”
God, and later were expelled from His presence.
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READ GENESIS 1: 26 & 27, AND WRITE A SENTENCE TO SAY WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT
GOD.
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MANKIND AS CREATED BY
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STUDY GENESIS 2: 15-17, AND WRITE DOWN:-
A. TWO TASKS WHICH GOD GAVE ADAM TO DO.
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B. ONE THING WHICH HE WAS FORBIDDEN TO DO.
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B. IN WHAT WAY DID ADAM AND EVE’S SIN CHANGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
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C. IN WHAT WAY DOES ADAM’S SIN AFFECT THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE? 6
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Salvation
NewLife
BIBLE STUDY COURSE
Unit A
KEY VERSE:
Acts 4: 12
“Nor is there salvation in any other,
for there is no other name under being good or doing good, can have no place in
Heaven given among men by which obtaining salvation from God!
It is impossible for us to save ourselves from our It is when we think about the Lord Jesus dying on
sins. We are totally unable to change our sinful the cross at Calvary, that we begin to understand
nature. In spite of all human skill and cleverness, we how costly our salvation is. In order to save us, the
are “without strength” to bring about a Lord Jesus, who had no sins of His own, died for our
deliverance from our sins. (Romans 5: 6) If we are sins. (1 Corinthians 15: 3) This means that He
to be saved, our only hope is in God! bore the penalty which we deserved. Because He
did this, we do not need to bear it! Instead of having
2. SALVATION IS ROOTED IN to suffer the penalty of sin, which is death, we can
GOD’S LOVE FOR US. have God’s gift, which is eternal life, through our
Lord Jesus Christ. (Read Romans 6: 23)
It is true that God is absolutely pure and holy. He
must, therefore, condemn our sin, and punish it with We should never think that it was an easy thing for
its proper penalty. But it is equally true that He loves God to provide salvation for us. It cost Him more
each one of us and wants to save us. “God our than we can ever know, to give His own Son, Jesus,
Saviour ... desires all men to be saved ... .” to suffer and die that we might be saved from our
(1 Timothy 2: 3 & 4) In His provision of salvation sins. For us, salvation is FREE (as we shall learn in
for us, He has found a way of punishing our sin, and our next Study), but for God it was COSTLY.
yet saving us!
HOW WOULD YOU ANSWER A PERSON WHO SAYS THAT HE CAN SAVE HIMSELF FROM HIS
HEAVEN?
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SINS AND THEREBY MAKE HIMSELF READY FOR GOING TO
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IN WHAT WAY IS THE DEATH OF THE LORD JESUS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF GOD’S PLAN FOR
DELIVERING SINNERS FROM THEIR SINS?
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THE PERSONAL SINLESSNESS OF THE LORD JESUS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST TEACHINGS OF
THE BIBLE.
A. SUMMARISE WHAT THE APOSTLES PAUL, PETER AND JOHN SAID ABOUT HIM:-
1. “He ...................................................................................................” 2 CORINTHIANS 5: 21
2. “He ...................................................................................................” 1 PETER 2: 21 & 22
3 “In Him ...................................................................................................” 1 JOHN 3: 5
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Salvation
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BIBLE STUDY COURSE
Unit A
It’s like that with salvation! For each of us, it ‘Faith’ in the Bible means ‘trust’ or ‘belief’. The
becomes a precious, personal possession, if, and terms upon which God gives us His salvation are
when, we accept it. that we repent and believe in the Lord Jesus. (See
Acts 20: 21) This means that we are to put our
God has done His part, by providing salvation in the trust entirely in Him, believing that He died for our
Lord Jesus, as we saw in Study 2. Now the question sins. This is stated very clearly in Acts 16: 30 & 31.
is, ‘How does it become ours?’ There are some Read it for yourself.
important things to understand:-
You may wonder why salvation is ‘by faith ALONE’.
1. SALVATION IS A GIFT. There are TWO important points to remember:
Everything necessary to save 1. The work which Jesus did for us upon the
us from our sins has been cross is so perfect that it does not need anything
done by the Lord Jesus in His added to it by us! (See Hebrews 10: 14)
death and resurrection. It is as 2. Even the best we do is spoiled by sin, and cannot
though He ‘paid for’ our salvation by be accepted by God. (Read Isaiah 64: 6)
giving His life for us. Now He offers it to
us as a free gift. Read what Paul wrote about this in 4. SALVATION IS A PRESENT POSSESSION.
1 Timothy 2: 5 & 6.
Must we wait until we die to know if we are saved?
2. SALVATION IS NOT A REWARD OR A No, indeed! God assures us that the very moment
PRIZE FOR OUR GOOD BEHAVIOUR. we repent and believe the Gospel, we are saved.
Many Bible verses speak of our salvation as an
We may be inclined to think that, if we do good, God accomplished fact. (Read Ephesians 2: 8 & 9 and
will ‘pay us back’; by forgiving our sins. This, however, 2 Timothy 1: 8 & 9 again) In the light of these, a
is NOT what the Bible teaches. Our sin has spoiled person is not being boastful or presumptuous
us so completely that even the best things we do can whenhe or she says, ‘I am saved’, or, ‘God has saved
never be accepted by God. Ephesians 2: 8 & 9 me by His grace, through the Lord Jesus Christ.’
says “For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it A precious possession! Let each of us ask, ‘Have I
is the gift of God, not of works”. When the personally received God’s great salvation?’ If not,
Bible says, “not of works”, it means we cannot be why not take the gift He is offering you NOW?
saved on the basis of good deeds which earn us
favour with God. “Behold, NOW is the day of salvation.”
(2 Corinthians 6: 2)
NewLife Bible Course - Group B: God (4 units) The Life of Christ (5 units) The Holy Spirit (3 units)
NewLife SALVATION Unit A
WorkSheet Study 3. A Present Possesion
1 WHAT ‘PRICE’ DID THE LORD JESUS ‘PAY’ FOR OUR SALVATION? SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER,
IF POSSIBLE, BY A VERSE FROM THE BIBLE. ............................................................................................
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EXPLAIN AS CLEARLY AS YOU CAN WHY IT IS NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO BE SAVED BY OUR
‘GOOD WORKS’. ..................................................................................................................................................
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IN ACTS 20: 21 PAUL SUMS UP THE GOSPEL WHICH HE HAD PREACHED TO BOTH JEWS AND
GENTILES (OR GREEKS). WHAT WERE THE TWO MAIN PARTS OF HIS MESSAGE?
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Salvation
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BIBLE STUDY COURSE
Unit A
NewLife Bible Course - Group C: Paul (4 units) Bible Letters (3 units) Bible Women (2 units) Bible Kings (3 units)
NewLife SALVATION Unit A
WorkSheet Study 4. A Powerful Life-Force
‘IF YOU HAVE BELIEVED ON THE LORD JESUS, AND ARE SAVED, IT IS OF NO IMPORTANCE HOW
YOU BEHAVE.’ DOES THE BIBLE SUPPORT THIS VIEW-POINT? GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER.
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WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A YOUNG PERSON, WHO HAS RECENTLY BEEN SAVED,
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ABOUT READING THE BIBLE? (SEE 1 PETER 2: 1 & 2 FOR HELP)
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IN OLDEN TIMES, A KING WOULD ‘SEAL’ DOCUMENTS BY HAVING PRESSED HIS RING INTO
SOFT WAX THEN SEALING THEM; THIS SHOWED HE HAD GIVEN THEM HIS APPROVAL. PAUL
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USES THIS AS A ‘PICTURE’ OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR ALL WHO HAVE RECEIVED HIS
SALVATION. READ EPHESIANS 1: 13 AND 2 CORINTHIANS 1: 22, AND WRITE A SENTENCE TO SAY
IN WHAT WAY GOD HAS ‘SEALED’ HIS CHILDREN. .............................................................................
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5 A. A ‘SAVED’ PERSON NEVER / SOMETIMES SINS. CROSS OUT THE WRONG WORD.
B. WHEN A CHRISTIAN KNOWS HE HAS DONE WRONG, WHAT SHOULD HE THEN DO?
(1 JOHN 1: 8-2: 2 WILL HELP YOU TO GIVE A GOOD ANSWER!)
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OUR SALVATION DEPENDS NOT ONLY ON THE DEATH OF THE LORD JESUS, BUT ALSO ON
HE LIVES AGAIN. READ HEBREWS 7: 25, AND EXPRESS IN YOUR OWN
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THE FACT THAT
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James says, ‘I was saved from my sins when I believed that Jesus died for me.’ ........................
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Alan says, ‘I am being saved every day because Jesus lives for me.’ ........................
Philip says, ‘I shall be saved when Jesus comes again for me.’ ........................
ALL THREE are Biblically CORRECT! Read these verses, and decide which verse supports what
each statement says. Put the right Bible reference after each statement.
HEBREWS 7: 25 2 TIMOTHY 1: 8-10 HEBREWS 9: 28
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