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Search the Scriptures

Search the Scriptures. Why is the Plan of Salvation Spread Throughout the New Testament?. Why So Many Scriptures?. The question of the plan of salvation found throughout the scriptures usually comes up in a discussion with our religious friends. God’s Plan of Salvation.

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Search the Scriptures

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  1. Search the Scriptures Why is the Plan of Salvation Spread Throughout the New Testament?

  2. Why So Many Scriptures? • The question of the plan of salvation found throughout the scriptures usually comes up in a discussion with our religious friends

  3. God’s Plan of Salvation • Hear (Acts 15:7; Rom. 10:17) • Believe (Jn. 8:24) • Repent (Acts 17:30-31) • Confess (Rom. 10:9-10) • Be baptized (Mk. 16:15-16; Acts 2:38) • Live faithfully (the rest of the NT)

  4. Why So Many Scriptures? • Those who do not want to seek and search will be kept out of the kingdom (Prov. 2:4; Mt. 7:7-8; 13:44-46; Lk. 13:24) • Those who are not spiritually minded and not interested will be kept out of the kingdom (Mt. 5:6; 13:10-17; 1 Cor. 2:14-15) • Those who have a bare-minimum-approach to life will be kept out of the kingdom (Mt. 25:14-30)

  5. Why So Many Scriptures? • There are other matters addressed in the scriptures (2 Tim. 3:16-17) • There are other obligations besides the immediate plan of salvation (Mt. 23:23; 28:20) Duties in the church Duties in the home Duties in the country

  6. Why So Many Scriptures? • It is God’s will that we study all of his word to find truth (Psa. 119:160) • The Bible is not a codified textbook on salvation. As such, much of it is written in historical narrative style. The historical narrative explains what is being commanded. A verse is given a context to help explain. Example: Jn. 3:23; Acts 8:38-39; etc. • God revealed his will to fit an occasion, not a catechism (Jews on Pentecost, Acts 2:38)

  7. Why So Many Scriptures? • God reveals his will little by little so that it can be comprehended (Isa. 28:9-13; Mk. 4::33; 1 Cor. 3:2; Heb. 5:11) • Repetition shows the necessity of following the pattern (1 Cor. 4:17) • Reminders help one to learn truth (2 Pet. 1:12-13; Jude 5) • God does not do all the thinking for us; he wants us to us our minds to think (Rom. 12:1-2)

  8. Search the Scriptures Acts 17:11-12 • Keep an open mind • Keep an open Bible • Keep an open schedule to study the Bible

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