SALVATION:

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• SALVATION
• BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH

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• Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply
  on the face of the earth, and daughters were born
  to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters
  of men, that they were beautiful and they took
  wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And
  the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with
  man forever, for he is indeed flesh yet his days
  shall be one hundred and twenty years.

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• There were giants on the earth in those days, and
  also afterward, when the sons of God came in to
  the daughters of men and they bore children to
  them. Those were the mighty men who were of old,
  men of renown. Then the LORD saw that the
  wicked-ness of man was great in the earth, and
  that every intent of the thoughts of his heart
  was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry
  that He had made man on the earth, and He was
  grieved in His heart.

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• So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have
  created from the face of the earth, both man and
  beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I
  am sorry that I have made them. But Noah found
  grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is the
  genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect
  in his generations. Noah walked with God. And
  Noah begot three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
  The earth also was corrupt before God, and the
  earth was filled with violence.

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• So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was
  corrupt for all flesh had corrupted their way on
  the earth. And God said to Noah, The end of all
  flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled
  with violence through them and behold, I will
  destroy them with the earth. Make yourself an ark
  of gopherwood make rooms in the ark, and cover
  it inside and outside with pitch. And this is how
  you shall make it The length of the ark shall be
  three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and
  its height thirty cubits.

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• You shall make a window for the ark, and you
  shall finish it to a cubit from above and set
  the door of the ark in its side. You shall make
  it with lower, second, and third decks. And
  behold, I Myself am bringing flood-waters on the
  earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in
  which is the breath of life everything that is
  on the earth shall die. But I will establish My
  covenant with you and you shall go into the
  ark--you, your sons, your wife, and your sons'
  wives with you.

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• And of every living thing of all flesh you shall
  bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep
  them alive with you they shall be male and
  female. Of the birds after their kind, of animals
  after their kind, and of every creeping thing of
  the earth after its kind, two of every kind will
  come to you to keep them alive. And you shall
  take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and
  you shall gather it to yourself and it shall be
  food for you and for them. Thus Noah did
  according to all that God commanded him, so he
  did. (Gen. 61-22)

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• Was Noah saved by works?
• Yes and No
• By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things
  not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an
  ark for the saving of his household, by which he
  condemned the world and became heir of the
  righteousness which is according to faith. (Heb.
  117)
• He was not saved by meritorious works.
• But he was saved by appropriative works.

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NOAH WAS SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH

• Noah was saved by grace in that He was given
  conditions whereby he could be saved.
• He was saved through faith in that He met the
  conditions he was given.
• Similarly, people are saved by grace through
  faith under the New Testament.

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• And you He made alive, who were dead in
  trespasses and sins, in which you once walked
  according to the course of this world, according
  to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
  who now works in the sons of disobedience, among
  whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the
  lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
  flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
  children of wrath, just as the others.

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• But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His
  great love with which He loved us, even when we
  were dead in trespasses, made us alive together
  with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and
  raised us up together, and made us sit together
  in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in
  the ages to come He might show the exceeding
  riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in
  Christ Jesus.

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• For by grace you have been saved through faith,
  and that not of yourselves it is the gift of
  God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For
  we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
  for good works, which God prepared beforehand
  that we should walk in them. (Eph. 21-10)

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• They Had Been Dead in Trespasses and Sins
• But God, because of His great love
• Made them alive together with Christ.
• Raised them up together.
• Made them sit together in heavenly places in
  Christ Jesus.

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God, because of His great love

• Made them alive together with Christ.

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• In Him was life, and the life was the light of
  men. (John 14)
• And this is the testimony that God has given us
  eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (1
  John 511)
• And you, being dead in your trespasses and the
  uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive
  together with Him, having forgiven you all
  trespasses. (Col. 213)

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God, because of His great love

• Made them alive together with Christ.
• Raised them up together.

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• What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin
  that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall
  we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do
  you not know that as many of us as were baptized
  into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism
  into death, that just as Christ was raised from
  the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
  also should walk in newness of life. (Rom. 61-4)

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• In Him you were also circumcised with the
  circumcision made without hands, by putting off
  the body of the sins of the flesh, by the
  circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in
  baptism, in which you also were raised with Him
  through faith in the working of God, who raised
  Him from the dead. (Col. 211-12)

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God, because of His great love

• Made them alive together with Christ.
• Raised them up together.
• Made them sit together in heavenly places in
  Christ Jesus.

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• Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
  Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
  blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. (Eph.
  13)
• And I say to you that many will come from east
  and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and
  Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 811)

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The Ephesians Were Saved By Grace (Conditions
Extended)

• Grace has been extended to all.

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Grace Has Been Extended to All

• For the grace of God that brings salvation has
  appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying
  ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
  soberly, righteously, and godly in the present
  age. (Titus 211-12)

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Grace Has Been Extended to All

• But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
  than the angels, for the suffering of death
  crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the
  grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
  (Heb. 29)

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Grace Has Been Extended to All

• For this is My blood of the new covenant, which
  is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  (Matt. 2628)

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The Ephesians Were Saved By Grace (Conditions
Extended)

• Grace has been extended to all.
• Grace must be appropriated by faith.

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Grace Must Be Appropriated by Faith

• Therefore, having been justified by faith, we
  have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
  Christ, through whom also we have access by faith
  into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in
  hope of the glory of God. (Rom. 51-2)

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Grace Must Be Appropriated by Faith

• But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
  for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
  and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him. (Heb. 116)

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Grace Must Be Appropriated by Faith

• So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by
  the word of God. (Rom. 1017)

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The Ephesians Were Saved By Grace (Conditions
Extended)

• Grace has been extended to all.
• Grace must be appropriated by faith.
• Therefore, they were not saved by grace alone
  but by grace ... through faith.

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The Ephesians Were Saved Through Faith
(Conditions Met)

• Faith will not save without obedience. (Not in
  the sense of being perfectly sinless but in the
  sense of meeting conditions)

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Faith Will Not Save Without Obedience

• Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall
  enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the
  will of My Father in heaven. (Matt. 721)
• But why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not
  do the things which I say? (Luke 646)

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Faith Will Not Save Without Obedience

• And having been perfected, He became the author
  of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. (Heb.
  59)
• You see then that a man is justified by works,
  and not by faith only.... For as the body without
  the spirit is dead, so faith without works is
  dead also. (James 224, 26)

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The Ephesians Were Saved Through Faith
(Conditions Met)

• Faith will not save without obedience. (Not in
  the sense of being perfectly sinless but in the
  sense of meeting conditions)
• These conditions must be met
• Believe

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Believe

• So they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
  and you will be saved, you and your household.
  (Acts 1631)

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The Ephesians Were Saved Through Faith
(Conditions Met)

• Faith will not save without obedience. (Not in
  the sense of being perfectly sinless but in the
  sense of meeting conditions)
• These conditions must be met
• Believe
• Repent

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Repent

• Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked,
  but now commands all men everywhere to repent.
  (Acts 1730)

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The Ephesians Were Saved Through Faith
(Conditions Met)

• Faith will not save without obedience. (Not in
  the sense of being perfectly sinless but in the
  sense of meeting conditions)
• These conditions must be met
• Believe
• Repent
• Confess Christ

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Confess Christ

• That if you confess with your mouth the Lord
  Jesus and believe in your heart that God has
  raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For
  with the heart one believes unto righteousness,
  and with the mouth confession is made unto
  salvation. (Rom. 109-10)

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The Ephesians Were Saved Through Faith
(Conditions Met)

• Faith will not save without obedience. (Not in
  the sense of being perfectly sinless but in the
  sense of meeting conditions)
• These conditions must be met
• Believe
• Repent
• Confess Christ
• Be baptized

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Be Baptized

• He who believes and is baptized will be saved
  but he who does not believe will be condemned.
  (Mark 1616)
• Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every
  one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
  Christ for the remission of sins. (Acts 238)
• And now why are you waiting? Arise and be
  baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the
  name of the Lord. (Acts 2216)

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Be Baptized

• For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just
  for the unjust, that He might bring us to God,
  being put to death in the flesh but made alive by
  the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to
  the spirits in prison, who formerly were
  disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering
  waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was
  being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight
  souls, were saved through water.

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Be Baptized

• There is also an antitype which now saves
  us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the
  flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward
  God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  (1 Peter 318-21)

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Be Baptized

• What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin
  that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall
  we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do
  you not know that as many of us as were baptized
  into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism
  into death, that just as Christ was raised from
  the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
  also should walk in newness of life. (Rom. 61-4)

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Be Baptized

• But God, being rich in mercy, because of the
  great love with which he loved us, even when we
  were dead in trespasses, made us alive together
  with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and
  raised us up together, and made us sit together
  in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Eph.
  25-6)

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Be Baptized

• For you are all sons of God through faith in
  Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized
  into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal. 326-27)

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Be Baptized

• Baptism saves, in that it is the final condition
  that must be met by alien sinners.
• Baptism puts us into Christ in that it brings us
  into a proper relationship with Him.
• But if one does not believe, has not repented or
  has not confessed Christ, baptism will not do him
  any good whatsoever.