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Salvation revisited



Romans 1:16 (KJV):  “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

What is that path to salvation?  What does believeth mean?  Can a individual believe wrongly?  Is believing enough?  What must be believed?
Who is to be believed?  Hard questions that must be answered but by whom comes the answer?

 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6

Then what is faith?  “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

OK then, how do I get faith to believe?  “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”  Romans 10:17

With faith then what am I to believe? Do I believe God or man?
“God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.”  Romans 3:4

What has God then judged of me? “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23

What payment for sin, my wage?  “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23.

When does this death come? “ For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:22

Then if dead how do I get life?  How is what killed me [sin] paid?  “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;  to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5:18-19.

So when I believe that do I get life?  Is being reconciled enough?  Is there any other stipulations?  “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”  1 Corinthians 15:1-4

When I believe that what happens?  “ For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.”1 Corinthians 12:13.

Is there anything else that happens?  “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”  

Am I now born again?  “To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:”  “Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:5-10.

What now? “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,  of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,  that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;  that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,  may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;  and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”  Ephesians 3:14-21

Read Gods love letter to you, in faith believing, believe God. “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” 2 Peter 3:18

all scriptures are taken from the 1611 King James Bible


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