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5. SALVATION FROM SIN
HOW AND WHEN SIN BEGAN.
1. Ezekiel 28:14-18: Highest angel in heaven chooses self-exaltation; sin begins.
2. Isaiah 14:12-14: Pride leads to Lucifer's fall.
3. Revelation 12:7-9: Lucifer goes to war against God and is cast out of heaven.
THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN FALL INTO SIN.
4. Genesis 2:15-17: God tests Adam and Eve; states the penalty for failing.
5. Genesis 3:6: Tragically, Adam and Eve fail the test and sin.
6. Genesis 3:19: God restates the penalty for choosing sin and self.
SINCE ADAM, ALL ARE SINNERS UNDER THE PENALTY OF DEATH.
7. Romans 3:23: All have sinned and come short of God's perfect ideal.
8. Romans 5:12-14: Death penalty falls also on all Adam's descendants.
9. Romans 6:23: The wages, or penalty, of sin, is death.
GOD'S PLAN TO SAVE US (HIS PART).
10. John 3:1-17: God sent His Son Jesus to die in our place.
11. Romans 5:8: Christ did die for us as our Substitute.
12. 1 Corinthians 15:22: Death through Adam, but life through Christ.
HOW WE RECEIVE SALVATION (OUR PART).
13. John 1:12: We receive Jesus as our Savior, by faith.
14. Ephesians 2:8-9: Salvation is a free gift, which we can not earn by "being good."
15. 1 John 5:11-13: When by faith we believe in Jesus, we have eternal life.
16. Revelation 3:20: By faith, we invite Jesus into our Heart as Savior.
6. FAITH
WHAT FAITH IS AND WHY WE NEED IT.
1. Hebrews 11:1: Believing and trusting in what we don't yet see.
2. Hebrews 11:6: More specifically, believing in Jesus and trusting Him.
3. Habakkuk 2:4: The righteous live by faith.
WHERE FAITH COMES FROM.
4. Romans 12:3: God gives a measure of faith to each of us.
5. Matthew 17:20: Even faith as small as a mustard see is powerful.
6. Romans 10:17: Faith comes from hearing God speak to us in His Word.
7. Luke 17:5: We can pray and ask God to increase our faith.
8. Mark 9:24: Faith and doubt can exist together.
WHAT FAITH CAN DO.
9. Acts 16:31: Faith is necessary to receive God's salvation.
10. Romans 5:1: We are justified (pardoned and set right with God) by faith.
11. Acts 26:18: We are also sanctified (given power to be like Jesus) by faith.
12. John 1:12: We receive Jesus into our lives and become God's children by faith.
13. Hebrews 4:2: Without faith, God's Word does us no good.
14. James 2:14-26: Real faith shows itself in good works.
15. Hebrews 11:3: We believe in Creation by faith.
7. GOD'S LAW
GOD'S LAW BEFORE MOUNT SINAI.
1. Genesis 26:5 Abraham kept the commandments before Sinai.
2. Exodus 1:24-30: The Sabbath commandment before Sinai.
3. Psalm 111:7-9: God's law is eternal.
4. Romans 5:12-14: Paul shows the law existed from Eden.
GOD'S TEN-COMMANDMENT LAW.
5. Exodus 20:3-17: The law as God gave it at Mt. Sinai.
6. Romans 3:20: The law points out sin.
7. James 4:17: Knowing to do right and not doing it is sin.
8. 1 John 3:4: Sin is transgressing of the law.
THE LAW IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
9. Deuteronomy 28:1-2: Blessings of obeying God's law.
10. Psalm 19:7-11: Psalmist describes God's law as perfect and wonderful.
11. Jeremiah 31:31-33: God's new covenant: His law inside us, in our minds and hearts.
12. Matthew 22:36-40: Summary of the law: love to God; love to man.
13. 1 John 5:3: God's law is not a burden.
JESUS AND THE LAW.
14. Matthew 5:17-18: Jesus came not to destroy, but to fulfill the law.
15. John 14:15: If we love Jesus, we will keep His commandments.
16. John 15:10: Jesus kept the commandments.
THE LAW, STILL VALID AFTER JESUS RETURNED TO HEAVEN.
17. Romans 7:12: Paul indicated it was still in effect.
18. 1 John 2:3-6: John indicated it was still in effect.
LAW AND GRACE.
19. Romans 3:31: Law not made void by faith in God's grace.
20. Romans 6:14, 15: We're not under law, but under grace.
21. Romans 7:22: Paul delighted in the law.
22. Hebrews 8:10: How the law can be kept.
23. James 1:22-25: Function of the law to reveal sin not changed after the Cross.
8. JESUS
OLD TESTAMENT PREDICTED COMING OF MESSIAH.
1. Genesis 3:14-15: A Redeemer promised in Eden.
2. Isaiah 7:14: Savior to be born of a virgin.
3. Isaiah 9:6-7: Birth of Christ predicted.
4. Micah 5:2: Savior to be born in Bethlehem.
CHRIST'S BIRTH AND EARLY LIFE.
5. Luke 2:10-16: Luke's record of Christ's birth.
6. Luke 2:40: Jesus grew physically and intellectually.
7. Luke 2:42-49: At age 12, Jesus realizes His mission.
CHRIST'S MINISTRY (WHY HE CAME)
8. John 3:16-17: That we may have everlasting life.
9. Matthew 1:21: To save us from sin.
CHRIST'S DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
10. Isaiah 53:1-9: Christ's death predicted and described.
11. 1 John 3:16: From love for us, Jesus give His life for us.
12. John 19:28-30: Jesus dies on the cross.
13. Matthew 28:5-8: Jesus is resurrected.
