Must I Do Something To Be Saved?

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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?
Many are taught believe by people they trust
There is nothing they must do to be saved.
Attend most any funeral
Listen to how most people talk about life after
death
Famous sinners in heaven Elvis, Michael Jackson,
etc.
So-called preachers, pastors, priests saying
these things.
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Pope Francis assures atheists You dont have to
believe in God to go to heaven

• You ask me if the God of the Christians forgives
  those who dont believe and who dont seek the
  faith. I start by saying and this is the
  fundamental thing that Gods mercy has no
  limits if you go to him with a sincere and
  contrite heart. The issue for those who do not
  believe in God is to obey their conscience.
• Sin, even for those who have no faith, exists
  when people disobey their conscience.
• (Sept. 11, 2013, The Independent UK News)

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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?
Many are taught believe
There is nothing they must do to be saved.
Attend most any funeral
Listen to how most people talk about life after
death
For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God
(Eph. 28).
Famous sinners in heaven Elvis, Ted Kennedy,
etc.
So-called preachers, pastors, priests saying
these things.
Saved by grace only or faith only or a
combination.
Alleged Faith is given by the grace of God Not
your fault if you dont believe. (perversion of
Eph. 28)
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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?

• The correct answer does NOT come from
• Preachers, pastors, priests
• Parents
• What most people think
• What most Bible scholars generally agree on
• How you feel about it
• The Pope or any other famous religious leader
• But, The Scriptures!
• "It is the Spirit who gives life the flesh
  profits nothing the words that I have spoken to
  you are spirit and are life. (John 663)

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The Correct Answer Came From God

• When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea
  Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, Who do
  men say that I, the Son of Man, am? (Matt.
  1613)
• Disciples gave various answers (v. 14).
• Peter gave the correct answer (v. 16).
• Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you,
  Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
  revealed this to you, but My Father who is in
  heaven. (Matt. 1617)

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Our Relation To God

• He created us (Gen. 126).
• God is the source of truth He defines right and
  wrong, good and evil (Jn. 1717).
• Let God be true but every man a liar. (Rom.
  34)
• We sin when we transgress Gods Word (1 Jn. 34).
• He sets the rules, we dont (Jer. 1023).
• Sin separates us from God (Isa. 591-2).
• All sin, therefore all separated from God (Rom.
  323).
• God sent His Son to save us (Lk. 1910 Jn.
  316).
• Judged by the Words of Jesus (Jn. 1248 2 Cor.
  510).

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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?

• Saul on his way to persecute Christians, in good
  conscience (Acts 91-2).
• So he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord,
  what do You want me to do? Then the Lord said to
  him, Arise and go into the city, and you will be
  told what you must do. (Acts 96)
• Went into Damascus and for 3 days prayed and
  fasted (v.9-11).
• Ananias, sent by the Lord, came to Saul and said,
  And now why are you waiting? Arise and be
  baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the
  name of the Lord. (Acts 2216)
• This is what Saul was told he MUST do!

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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?

• Sauls faith, prayers, and penitent attitude did
  not wash away his sins.
• These are important, but it was his obedience to
  the Lords command to be baptized that cleansed
  him from sin.
• Reading other cases of conversion in the book of
  Acts, we are not surprised at what the Lord told
  Saul he MUST do.
• Faith, Repentance and Baptism were steps in other
  examples we are given by the Holy spirit.

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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?

• In Acts 1630, the jailer asked Paul and Silas,
  What must I do to be saved?
• The jailer thought there was something he MUST
  do.
• If there were nothing for him to do, this would
  be the opportune time for Paul to say so.
• Paul taught him the gospel plan of salvation and
  he was baptized into Christ that very same hour
  of the night (v. 33).
• After his baptism the text reads, he rejoiced,
  having believed in God with all his household.
  (Acts 1634)

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Must I Do Something To Be Saved?

• And the world is passing away, and the lust of
  it but he who does the will of God abides
  forever. (1 John 217)
• 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. (Matthew 721)
• But why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not
  do the things which I say? (Luke 646)
• And having been perfected, He became the author
  of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
  (Hebrews 59)