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FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY . A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. Heritage Baptist Church. Heritage Baptist Church Can be used with permission. http:// http://www.hbcbyram.org. GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION. … KNOW FOUR THINGS ABOUT GOD’S PLAN. KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT SIN
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FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE Heritage Baptist Church • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission http://http://www.hbcbyram.org
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION … KNOW FOUR THINGS ABOUT GOD’S PLAN • KNOW WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT SIN • “ For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God;” • Rom. 3:23 GOD (Heaven) S I N SIN BRINGS US SHORT OF GOD SIN BLOCKS OUR WAY TO GOD HELL • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
KNOW THE RESULT OF THIS SIN • (PHYSICAL – SPIRITUAL – ETERNAL DEATH) • “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” • Rom. 6:23 GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION GOD (Heaven) MAN HAS NO WAY TO BRIDGE THIS GAP NAMES NOT IN THE BOOK OF LIFE LAKE OF FIRE • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission SIN’S PENALTY “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Rev. 20:15
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION 3. KNOW WHAT GOD HAS DONE ABOUT SIN JESUS CHRIST DIED TO PAY SIN’S PENALTY! GOD’S PAYMENT “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christdiedforus.” Rom. 5:8 GOD (Heaven) “For there is one God, and one mediator (GO-BETWEEN) between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” I Tim. 2:5 THE DEATH OF CHRIST BRIDGES THIS GAP • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION “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 Jesus Christ died for you and offers salvation as a free gift “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” Eph 2:8,9 • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION 4. KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW. “I tell you, Nay: but, exceptyerepent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke 13:3 (BE SORRY FOR AND TURN FROM SIN) “And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,…” Acts 16:31. (TO BELIEVE IS TO TRUST IN HIS DEATH) “But as many as received him, (Christ) to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12 (RECEIVE CHRIST THROUGH FAITH) REPENT BELIEVE RECEIVE • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
IN ONE ACT OF PRAYER TO CHRIST: GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION GOD (In Heaven) TURN FROM SIN TURN TO GOD MAN’S WAY TO GOD IS THROUGH CHRIST • Believe His Word • Trust His Death • Admit Your Sin • Confess To God • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION You do not rely on Church Membership, Baptism, Good Works, etc. to save you. You are trusting the death and resurrection of Christ through His shed blood as full payment for sin. Jesus Christ died for you as your Substitute. Receive Christ as your Savior… by Believing. • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION A TYPICAL SINNERS PRAYER LORD JESUS, I REALIZE THAT I AM A SINNER. I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED IN MY PLACE, AS MY SUBSTITUTE. PLEASE FORGIVE ME OF MY SIN. I NOW RECEIVE YOU AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR. I ASK THIS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. Acceptance or Rejection of Jesus Christ… YOUR DECISION IS NOW! • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
KNOWING CHRIST IS WONDERFUL! OBEYING CHRIST IS THE NEXT STEP. GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls .” Acts 2:41 STEP 1 AFTER THEY BELIEVED THEY WEREBAPTIZED WHY? 1. COMMANDED BY CHRIST Matt 28:19-20 2. CHRIST OUR EXAMPLE Matt 3:13 3. BELIEVER SHOWS OBEDIENCE Acts 2:41 (see above) How? ONLY BAPTISM BY IMMERSION (under the water) PICTURES THE DEATH, BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST death burial resurrection Truly, our Lord is risen! • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
KNOWING CHRIST IS WONDERFUL! OBEYING CHRIST IS THE NEXT STEP. GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls .” Acts 2:41 STEP 2 AFTER THEY WERE BAPTIZED THEY WERE ADDED TO THECHURCH WHY? 1. TO OBEY BIBLE TEACHING (see above) 2. TO PUBLICLY BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST 3. TO ENJOY CHRISTIAN FRIENDS 4. TO GAIN INSTRUCTION 5. TO FIND A PLACE OF SERVICE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them….” Mat. 28:19-20 • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission
GOD’S PLAN BEGINS WITH SALVATION NOW, IT’S YOUR JOB! STEP 3 AFTER BAPTISM AND CHURCH MEMBERSHIP THERE ISGROWTH GROWTH IS A NATURAL PROCESS FOR A NEW BELIEVER. GROWTH FOLLOWS YOUR OBEDIENCE TO STEPS 1 AND 2. NOT TO GROW IN CHRIST WOULD BE UNNATURAL FOR A NEW BELIEVER. • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission (WIN – BAPTIZE – TEACH)
“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” John 12:32 • Heritage Baptist Church • Can be used with permission