What must we do to besaved?
Repent
Repentance is to ask God for forgiveness and start making a change from our behaviors.
Baptism
Jesus told Nicodemus that he must be born again of the water and Spirit to see or enter the Kingdom of God.
The Holy Ghost
Peter said to repent, be baptized and be filled with the Holy Ghost. This is promise is unto you and to all that are afar off.
What Must We Do
Man has a basic need for the strength and knowledge of his Creator. This need cannot be explained nor can it be satisfactorily communicated from one individual to another except as a profession of faith and belief in the existence of an Almighty God.
This belief, although vague and even mysterious in origin, motivates man to consider his surroundings, the magnificence of the universe, the complexities of living with this fellow man, and life and death as applied to himself. These considerations, once they are established in an individual's mind, will lead to a basic decision of acceptance or denial of God's existence.
Did Jesus, Peter and Paul deliver thesamemessage of salvation?
Salvation According to the Lord Jesus Christ
The Lord Jesus Christ entered the physical world for the express purpose of freeing man from his state of eternal condemnation. Scripturally, this concept is stated in:
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Matt 18:11
In his acquired state of degradation man was bound by a degenerate nature which produced such ungodlike characteristics as greed, hate, selfishness, and hypocrisy....
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3 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God....Read More
Salvation According to the Apostle Paul
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians 15:9
These words, written by the Apostle Paul, serve as an introduction to this great man of God. In them can be found a reference to the two distinct phases of Paul's life. There is a reference to his early life spent in strict observance of the law and prophets of Israel. During this period, Paul ...
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The previous sections have presented scriptural discussions with the Lord Jesus and His Apostles Peter and Paul. The information gathered in these sections will serve as the basis for a summary. This summary is presented in an effort to arrive at one common, universal formula for attaining salvation....
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