Salvation From Sin

HOW AND WHEN SIN BEGAN.

• Ezekiel 28:14–18: Highest angel in heaven chooses self-exaltation; sin begins.
• Isaiah 14:12–14: Pride leads to Lucifer’s fall.
• Revelation 12:7–9: Lucifer goes to war against God and is cast out of heaven.

THE FIRST MAN AND WOMAN FALL INTO SIN.

• Genesis 2:15–17: God tests Adam and Eve; states the penalty for failing.
• Genesis 3:6: Tragically, Adam and Eve failed the test and sinned.
• Genesis 3:19: God restates the penalty for choosing sin and self.

SINCE ADAM, ALL ARE SINNERS UNDER THE PENALTY OF DEATH.

• Romans 3:23: All have sinned and come short of God’s perfect ideal.
• Romans 5:12–14: Death penalty falls also on all Adam’s descendants.Romans 6:23: The wages, or penalty, of sin, is death.

GOD’S PLAN TO SAVE US (HIS PART).

• John 3:16, 17: God sent His Son Jesus to die in our place.
• Romans 5:8: Christ did die for us as our Substitute.
• 1 Corinthians 15:22: Death through Adam, but life through Christ.

HOW WE RECEIVE SALVATION (OUR PART).

• John 1:12: We receive Jesus as our Savior, by faith.
• Ephesians 2:8, 9: Salvation is a free gift, which we cannot earn by “being good.”
• 1 John 5:11–13: When by faith we believe in Jesus, we have eternal life.
• Hebrews 11:1-40: Faith produces a love that causes you to obey.
• Revelation 3:20: By faith, we invite Jesus into our heart as Savior.