Another Salvation bible study

 

Here are a group of chapters dealing with salvation related issues like the fall of man, His need for a savior, God’s reaching out to Him, repentance and more even including the story of the Pentecost. God wants people saved.

In Genesis chapter 3, Adam and Eve made the decision to disobey God and eat the forbidden fruit, although they were tempted by the serpent. The failure to resist would put all mankind under sin for eternity as well as get them kicked out of the garden of Eden. God would eventually remedy the sin problem by sending Jesus

(Genesis 3:1)  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?"

 

(Genesis 3:2)  And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,

 

(Genesis 3:3)  but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

 

(Genesis 3:4)  But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die.

 

(Genesis 3:5)  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

 

(Genesis 3:6)  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

 

(Genesis 3:7)  Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

 

(Genesis 3:8)  And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

 

(Genesis 3:9)  But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"

 

(Genesis 3:10)  And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself."

 

(Genesis 3:11)  He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

 

(Genesis 3:12)  The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."

 

(Genesis 3:13)  Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

 

(Genesis 3:14)  The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

 

(Genesis 3:15)  I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

 

(Genesis 3:16)  To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."

 

(Genesis 3:17)  And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

 

(Genesis 3:18)  thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

 

(Genesis 3:19)  By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

 

(Genesis 3:20)  The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

 

(Genesis 3:21)  And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

 

(Genesis 3:22)  Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever--"

 

(Genesis 3:23)  therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

 

(Genesis 3:24)  He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

 

Psalm 53 then goes on to state how all have fallen away and none do righteously at all

(Psalm 53:1)  To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

 

(Psalm 53:2)  God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God.

 

(Psalm 53:3)  They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

 

(Psalm 53:4)  Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?

 

(Psalm 53:5)  There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them.

 

(Psalm 53:6)  Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of his people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad.

 

First up is Isaiah chapter 1 which describes judgment of evil but also makes a strong appeal for people to return to the Lord and repent of this evil so they then can be forgiven of this evil.

(Isaiah 1:1)  The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

 

(Isaiah 1:2)  Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.

 

(Isaiah 1:3)  The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."

 

(Isaiah 1:4)  Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged.

 

(Isaiah 1:5)  Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

 

(Isaiah 1:6)  From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, but bruises and sores and raw wounds; they are not pressed out or bound up or softened with oil.

 

(Isaiah 1:7)  Your country lies desolate; your cities are burned with fire; in your very presence foreigners devour your land; it is desolate, as overthrown by foreigners.

 

(Isaiah 1:8)  And the daughter of Zion is left like a booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.

 

(Isaiah 1:9)  If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.

 

(Isaiah 1:10)  Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

 

(Isaiah 1:11)  "What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

 

(Isaiah 1:12)  "When you come to appear before me, who has required of you this trampling of my courts?

 

(Isaiah 1:13)  Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and Sabbath and the calling of convocations-- I cannot endure iniquity and solemn assembly.

 

(Isaiah 1:14)  Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates; they have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.

 

(Isaiah 1:15)  When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

 

(Isaiah 1:16)  Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,

 

(Isaiah 1:17)  learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

 

(Isaiah 1:18)  "Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

 

(Isaiah 1:19)  If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

 

(Isaiah 1:20)  but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken."

 

(Isaiah 1:21)  How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

 

(Isaiah 1:22)  Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.

 

(Isaiah 1:23)  Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.

 

(Isaiah 1:24)  Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel: "Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.

 

(Isaiah 1:25)  I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lye and remove all your alloy.

 

(Isaiah 1:26)  And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."

 

(Isaiah 1:27)  Zion shall be redeemed by justice, and those in her who repent, by righteousness.

 

(Isaiah 1:28)  But rebels and sinners shall be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

 

(Isaiah 1:29)  For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.

 

(Isaiah 1:30)  For you shall be like an oak whose leaf withers, and like a garden without water.

 

(Isaiah 1:31)  And the strong shall become tinder, and his work a spark, and both of them shall burn together, with none to quench them.

 

Ezekiel chapter 18 also brings home the need to repent from evil and sin because the Lord takes no pleasure in the death of the ungodly but that they would rather turn and repent of their evils.

(Ezekiel 18:1)  The word of the LORD came to me:

 

(Ezekiel 18:2)  "What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?

 

(Ezekiel 18:3)  As I live, declares the Lord GOD, this proverb shall no more be used by you in Israel.

 

(Ezekiel 18:4)  Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:5)  "If a man is righteous and does what is just and right--

 

(Ezekiel 18:6)  if he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman in her time of menstrual impurity,

 

(Ezekiel 18:7)  does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

 

(Ezekiel 18:8)  does not lend at interest or take any profit, withholds his hand from injustice, executes true justice between man and man,

 

(Ezekiel 18:9)  walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully--he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD.

 

(Ezekiel 18:10)  "If he fathers a son who is violent, a shedder of blood, who does any of these things

 

(Ezekiel 18:11)  (though he himself did none of these things), who even eats upon the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife,

 

(Ezekiel 18:12)  oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore the pledge, lifts up his eyes to the idols, commits abomination,

 

(Ezekiel 18:13)  lends at interest, and takes profit; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.

 

(Ezekiel 18:14)  "Now suppose this man fathers a son who sees all the sins that his father has done; he sees, and does not do likewise:

 

(Ezekiel 18:15)  he does not eat upon the mountains or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife,

 

(Ezekiel 18:16)  does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

 

(Ezekiel 18:17)  withholds his hand from iniquity, takes no interest or profit, obeys my rules, and walks in my statutes; he shall not die for his father's iniquity; he shall surely live.

 

(Ezekiel 18:18)  As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity.

 

(Ezekiel 18:19)  "Yet you say, 'Why should not the son suffer for the iniquity of the father?' When the son has done what is just and right, and has been careful to observe all my statutes, he shall surely live.

 

(Ezekiel 18:20)  The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

 

(Ezekiel 18:21)  "But if a wicked person turns away from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all my statutes and does what is just and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:22)  None of the transgressions that he has committed shall be remembered against him; for the righteousness that he has done he shall live.

 

(Ezekiel 18:23)  Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?

 

(Ezekiel 18:24)  But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice and does the same abominations that the wicked person does, shall he live? None of the righteous deeds that he has done shall be remembered; for the treachery of which he is guilty and the sin he has committed, for them he shall die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:25)  "Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

 

(Ezekiel 18:26)  When a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:27)  Again, when a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life.

 

(Ezekiel 18:28)  Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:29)  Yet the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not just.' O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

 

(Ezekiel 18:30)  "Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.

 

(Ezekiel 18:31)  Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel?

 

(Ezekiel 18:32)  For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord GOD; so turn, and live."

 

Next John chapter 3 states that we must all be born again to see the kingdom of God and heaven, and also God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life in Him all in the powerful discussion between Jesus and Nicodemus, who came to Jesus at night to question Him on things

(John 3:1)  Now there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

 

(John 3:2)  This man came to Him by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."

 

(John 3:3)  Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

 

(John 3:4)  Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

 

(John 3:5)  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

 

(John 3:6)  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

 

(John 3:7)  Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

 

(John 3:8)  "The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its sound, but you do not know from where it comes and where it goes. So is everyone who has been born of the Spirit."

 

(John 3:9)  Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?"

 

(John 3:10)  Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

 

(John 3:11)  Most assuredly I say to you, that which We know, We speak, and that which We have seen, We bear witness to, and you do not receive Our witness.

 

(John 3:12)  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

 

(John 3:13)  And no one has gone up into heaven except He who came down out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

 

(John 3:14)  And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

 

(John 3:15)  that everyone who believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

(John 3:16)  For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

 

(John 3:17)  For God did not send His Son into the world so that He might condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

 

(John 3:18)  He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

(John 3:19)  And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

 

(John 3:20)  For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

 

(John 3:21)  But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

 

(John 3:22)  After these things Jesus, along with His disciples, came into the land of Judea, and there He was stayed with them and He was baptizing.

 

(John 3:23)  Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salem, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.

 

(John 3:24)  For John was not yet cast into prison.

 

(John 3:25)  Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

 

(John 3:26)  And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, this Man is baptizing, and all men are coming to Him!"

 

(John 3:27)  John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

 

(John 3:28)  You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'

 

(John 3:29)  "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.

 

(John 3:30)  He must increase, but I must decrease.

 

(John 3:31)  He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

 

(John 3:32)  And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

 

(John 3:33)  He who receives His testimony has certified that God is true.

 

(John 3:34)  For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

 

(John 3:35)  The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.

 

(John 3:36)  He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not believe the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

 

Romans chapter 5 explains at just the right time Jesus died for the ungodly in the world and that while we were still yet sinners Jesus did indeed die for us bringing redemption of our sins and as a result, salvation

(Romans 5:1)  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

 

(Romans 5:2)  through whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 

(Romans 5:3)  And not only that, but we also rejoice in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance;

 

(Romans 5:4)  and endurance, character; and character, hope.

 

(Romans 5:5)  And hope does not put to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

 

(Romans 5:6)  For while we were still weak, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

 

(Romans 5:7)  For scarcely on behalf of a righteous man will anyone die; yet on behalf of the good, perhaps someone might even dare to die.

 

(Romans 5:8)  But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

 

(Romans 5:9)  Much more then, having been justified now by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.

 

(Romans 5:10)  For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.

 

(Romans 5:11)  And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom now we received the reconciliation.

 

(Romans 5:12)  Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death passed to all men, because all sinned--

 

(Romans 5:13)  (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.

 

(Romans 5:14)  Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

 

(Romans 5:15)  But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the offense of one man many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to the many.

 

(Romans 5:16)  And the gift is not as by one having sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift from many offenses resulted in justification.

 

(Romans 5:17)  For if by the offense of the one man death reigned through the one man, much more those receiving the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

 

(Romans 5:18)  Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.

 

(Romans 5:19)  For through the disobedience of the one man the many were constituted sinners, so also through the obedience of the One many shall be constituted righteous.

 

(Romans 5:20)  But the law came in alongside, so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace superabounded,

 

(Romans 5:21)  so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

John chapter 10 is where Jesus speaks how He is the door and the good shepherd and His sheep follow Him and how He will give His life for His sheep and give them eternal life.

(John 10:1)  "Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold through the door, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

 

(John 10:2)  But he who enters through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

 

(John 10:3)  To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out.

 

(John 10:4)  And whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.

 

(John 10:5)  But they will by no means follow a stranger, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

 

(John 10:6)  This illustration Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand the things which He spoke to them.

 

(John 10:7)  Then Jesus said to them again, "Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

 

(John 10:8)  All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

 

(John 10:9)  I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

 

(John 10:10)  The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

 

(John 10:11)  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

 

(John 10:12)  But a hired hand, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them.

 

(John 10:13)  But the hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and is not concerned about the sheep.

 

(John 10:14)  I am the good shepherd; and I know My own, and I am known by My own.

 

(John 10:15)  Just as the Father knows Me, I also know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

 

(John 10:16)  And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; those also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there shall be one flock and one shepherd.

 

(John 10:17)  Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it up again.

 

(John 10:18)  No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This command I have received from My Father."

 

(John 10:19)  Therefore there was a division again among the Jews because of these words.

 

(John 10:20)  And many of them said, "He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to Him?"

 

(John 10:21)  Others said, "These are not the words of one being demon-possessed. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

 

(John 10:22)  Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter.

 

(John 10:23)  And Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's Porch.

 

(John 10:24)  Then the Jews encircled Him and said to Him, "How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly."

 

(John 10:25)  Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, these things testify about Me.

 

(John 10:26)  But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, just as I said to you.

 

(John 10:27)  My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

 

(John 10:28)  And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.

 

(John 10:29)  My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.

 

(John 10:30)  I and the Father are one."

 

(John 10:31)  Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

 

(John 10:32)  Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?"

 

(John 10:33)  The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God."

 

(John 10:34)  Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, "You are gods" '?

 

(John 10:35)  If He called those gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

 

(John 10:36)  do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

 

(John 10:37)  If I am not doing the works of My Father, do not believe Me;

 

(John 10:38)  but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him."

 

(John 10:39)  Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.

 

(John 10:40)  And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He stayed there.

 

(John 10:41)  And many came to Him and said, "John indeed performed no sign, but everything which John said about this Man was true."

 

(John 10:42)  And many believed in Him there.

 

Acts chapter 2 drives home the message of salvation at Pentecost also illustrating our need for Jesus and showing some of the lengths God is willing to go through that people might be saved

(Acts 2:1)  And when the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

 

(Acts 2:2)  And suddenly a sound came out of heaven, as being borne along by a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

 

(Acts 2:3)  Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.

 

(Acts 2:4)  And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

 

(Acts 2:5)  And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation of those under heaven.

 

(Acts 2:6)  And when this sound occurred, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because they were hearing each one speaking in his own language.

 

(Acts 2:7)  And they were all amazed and were marveling, saying to one another, "Behold, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

 

(Acts 2:8)  And how is it that we hear, each in our own language in which we were born?

 

(Acts 2:9)  Parthians and Medes and Elamites, those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,

 

(Acts 2:10)  Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya toward Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

 

(Acts 2:11)  Cretans and Arabs--we hear them speaking in our own tongues the mighty deeds of God."

 

(Acts 2:12)  So they were all amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What might this mean?"

 

(Acts 2:13)  Others were mocking and saying, "They are full of new wine."

 

(Acts 2:14)  But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and spoke out to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words.

 

(Acts 2:15)  "For these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is just the third hour of the day.

 

(Acts 2:16)  "But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

 

(Acts 2:17)  "And it shall be in the last days", says God, "that I will pour from My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;"

 

(Acts 2:18)  "And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

 

(Acts 2:19)  And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and vapor of smoke.

 

(Acts 2:20)  The sun shall be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the Lord.

 

(Acts 2:21)  And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

 

(Acts 2:22)  "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves also know--

 

(Acts 2:23)  Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and by lawless hands, nailing Him to a cross, you killed Him;

 

(Acts 2:24)  Whom God raised, thus doing away with the labor pains of death, because it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

 

(Acts 2:25)  For David says concerning Him, "I foresaw the Lord always before Me, because He is at My right hand, that I may not be shaken.

 

(Acts 2:26)  Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope.

 

(Acts 2:27)  Because You will not abandon my soul in Hades, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.

 

(Acts 2:28)  You have made known to me the ways of life; You will fill me full of joy in Your presence."

 

(Acts 2:29)  "Men, brothers, let me speak with boldness to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

 

(Acts 2:30)  "Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to seat Him on his throne,

 

(Acts 2:31)  foreseeing this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, "that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption."

 

(Acts 2:32)  "This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses."

 

(Acts 2:33)  "Therefore having being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.

 

(Acts 2:34)  "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand,

 

(Acts 2:35)  Till I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet."

 

(Acts 2:36)  "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

 

(Acts 2:37)  Now having heard this, they were cut to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brothers, what shall we do?"

 

(Acts 2:38)  Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

 

(Acts 2:39)  "For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."

 

(Acts 2:40)  And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this crooked generation."

 

(Acts 2:41)  Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added.

 

(Acts 2:42)  And they were continuing in the teaching of the apostles, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.

 

(Act 2:43)  Then fear came upon every person, and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.

 

(Acts 2:44)  Now all who believed were together, and they had all things in common,

 

(Acts 2:45)  and they were selling their possessions and goods, and were dividing them among all, to the degree that anyone had a need.

 

(Acts 2:46)  So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were sharing food with joy and simplicity of heart,

 

(Acts 2:47)  praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those who were being saved.

 

Romans chapter 10, the chapter which gives the instructions of salvation, which is to confess Jesus as Lord and believe God raised Him from the dead so you will be saved, has other things too, including that we must hear by the word of God

(Romans 10:1)  Brothers, the good pleasure of my heart and my supplication to God on behalf of Israel, is for their salvation.

 

(Romans 10:2)  For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

 

(Romans 10:3)  For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

 

(Romans 10:4)  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.

 

(Romans 10:5)  For Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, "That the man who does those things shall live by them."

 

(Romans 10:6)  But the righteousness of faith says thus, "Do not say in your heart, 'Who shall ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down)

 

(Romans 10:7)  or, " 'Who shall descend into the abyss?' " (that is, to bring up Christ from the dead).

 

(Romans 10:8)  But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we proclaim):

 

(Romans 10:9)  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and you believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

 

(Romans 10:10)  For with the heart one believes resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting in salvation.

 

(Romans 10:11)  For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him shall not be put to shame."

 

(Romans 10:12)  For there is no difference between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him.

 

(Romans 10:13)  For "whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved."

 

(Romans 10:14)  How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear apart from a preacher?

 

(Romans 10:15)  And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, of those preaching the gospel of good things!"

 

(Romans 10:16)  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

 

(Romans 10:17)  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

(Romans 10:18)  But I say, have they not heard? Yes, indeed they have: "Their voice went out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world."

 

(Romans 10:19)  But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: "I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, by an unintelligent nation I will anger you."

 

(Romans 10:20)  But Isaiah is very bold and says: "I was found by those who did not seek Me; I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me."

 

(Romans 10:21)  But to Israel he says: "the whole day long I have stretched out My hands to a disobedient and contrary people."

 

1 Corinthians chapter 15 is the resurrection chapter which explains all our hope in our salvation comes from the fact that Jesus did in fact rise up from the dead, for as it explains our hope would be in vain if He had not been raised from His grave after He died and was placed there.

(1 Corinthians 15:1)  Now I made known to you, brothers, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:2)  through which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:3)  For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:4)  and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:5)  and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:6)  Thereafter He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, of whom the majority remain until now, but some have died.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:7)  Thereafter He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:8)  And last of all, as of one born out of due time, He appeared to me also.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:9)  For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:10)  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:11)  Therefore, whether it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:12)  Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

 

(1 Corinthians 15:13)  But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:14)  And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain and your faith also is vain!

 

(1 Corinthians 15:15)  And we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we bore witness concerning God, that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise--if in fact the dead are not raised.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:16)  For if the dead are not raised, then neither has Christ been raised.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:17)  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins!

 

(1 Corinthians 15:18)  Then also those who have died in Christ have perished.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:19)  If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:20)  But now Christ has been raised from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have died.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:21)  For since by a man death came, also by a Man comes the resurrection of the dead.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:22)  For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all will be made alive.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:23)  But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then those who belong to Christ at His coming.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:24)  Then will be the end, when He hands over the kingdom to God, even the Father, when He abolishes every ruler and every authority and power.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:25)  For He must reign till He puts all His enemies under His feet.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:26)  The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:27)  For "He has subjected all things under His feet." But when He says that "all things have been subjected," it is evident that this is except for Him who subjected all things to Him.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:28)  Now when all things are made subject to Him, then also the Son Himself will be subjected to Him who subjected all things to Him, in order that God may be all in all.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:29)  Otherwise, what will they do who are being baptized for the dead, if the dead are not raised at all? Why are they also baptized for the dead?

 

(1 Corinthians 15:30)  And why are we also in danger every hour?

 

(1 Corinthians 15:31)  I affirm, by my boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:32)  If, in the manner of men, I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

 

(1 Corinthians 15:33)  Do not be deceived: "Evil associations corrupts good habits."

 

(1 Corinthians 15:34)  Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:35)  But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what sort of body do they come?"

 

(1 Corinthians 15:36)  Fool, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:37)  And what you sow, you do not sow that body that will be, but a bare grain--perhaps wheat or some other grains.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:38)  But God gives to it a body just as He desired, and to each of the seeds its own body.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:39)  All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is a different kind of flesh for men, and another flesh for beasts, another for fish, and another for birds.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:40)  And there are celestial bodies, and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:41)  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:42)  So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:43)  It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:44)  It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:45)  Thus also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living soul;" the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:46)  However, that which is spiritual is not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:47)  The first man was from earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:48)  Like the man made of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:49)  And just as we have borne the image of the man made of dust, let us also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:50)  Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor can corruption inherit incorruption.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:51)  Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed--

 

(1 Corinthians 15:52)  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:53)  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:54)  So when this corruptible should put on incorruption, and this mortal should put on immortality, then will come to pass the word which was written: "Death was swallowed up in victory."

 

(1 Corinthians 15:55)  "O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?"

 

(1 Corinthians 15:56)  Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:57)  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:58)  So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

 

I am sure you have now seen enough now to be ready to pray to be saved. I am now including a short prayer that you can say to ensure that you are saved and have eternal life when you die, going to heaven to be with Jesus forever and not end up going to hell.

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.