God's Plan of Salvation:
I am a sinner.
Sin is anything contrary to the nature of God. Every person is born a
sinner, and every person commits sin. God is holy and hates sin. Because
He is just, He must punish sin. The punishment for sin is eternal
separation from God in hell.
God's Word says: ... all have sinned ... (Romans 3:23); For the wages
of sin is death … (Romans 6:23a).
I am incapable of saving myself.
Because I am born in sin, no action of mine can accomplish anything
toward my salvation. I cannot get to Heaven by being good, attending
church, praying or anything else. I am helpless and unable to make
myself worthy of heaven.
God says: Not by [good works] which we have done, but according to
His mercy He saved us … (Titus 3:5a).
Only God can save me because only God is sinless.
God gave His Son, Jesus Christ, to be my Savior by paying the penalty of
death for my sin in my place.
But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
My salvation was accomplished on the cross.
Jesus paid for all my sin by dying, shedding His blood and rising from
the grave. His blood paid my penalty. His resurrection defeated death.
He is now in Heaven, interceding for me before God.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God … (1 Peter 3:18a).
I can only be saved by trusting that what Jesus Christ did on the
cross is sufficient to save me.
Believing is trusting what God did for me. I can add nothing to my
salvation. When I confess (admit) that I am a sinner, repent of my sin
and believe that Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was a complete
payment for my sin, He saves me and gives me eternal life with God in
Heaven.
… Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved … (Acts
16:31)
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him. (John 3:36)
Once I am saved, I am saved for eternity.
Once saved, I cannot lose my salvation. No creature or thing can take it
away from me. I cannot lose it by any action of my own.
God says: … I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish. (John 10:28)
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(John 3:16)
