[FBC] Luke 10, Salvation - 2015.10.25
Channel: Foundation Bible Church
Date: 2015-10-29

What does the Bible say about salvation? Instead of some theological construct, salvation is always the same in scripture - It has always been 'salvation by faith.' Always. 

Faith is agreeing with God about what He says He is and what we are. We are created in the image of God - we are not amoeba, we are not monkeys. We are fallen. We are proud. We are stubborn when we shouldn't be.

People talk about salvation in different ways: 
* "Just ask Jesus into your heart,"
* "You can't save yourself - God does the saving,"
* "Pray the Sinner's Prayer..."

Maybe it's time to think about salvation differently. Look at what the Bible actually says. 

Matthew 22: 36 - 40 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
1 John 3:23 And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
Acts 2:37 Repent and be baptized.
Acts 16:31 Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.
(There's nothing magic about the Sinner's Prayer - it can't save you but it does show you how to be saved.)
Ezekiel 18:32 God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked.
1 John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
Joel 2:32 everyone who calls
    on the name of the Lord will be saved
Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved

Which brings us to Luke 10:25 - 37
Jesus showed us how to be saved, Paul explained it. 

Romans Road:
Romans 3:23 All have sinned... Do you know you're a sinner?
Romans 5:1 How to have peace with God.
Romans 5:8 Christ died for us.
Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death.
Romans 10:9 Confess with your mouth - believe in your heart
Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Do you want to be saved? Do you want to love God? Stop forcing the Bible. Let scripture say what it says. Finding faith in God is more like falling in love than some kind of recipe for baking cookies. If we're offered salvation, TAKE IT! And scripture is full of offered salvation.