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What = something required of man Must = not an option - absolute necessity

WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?. What = something required of man Must = not an option - absolute necessity I = Individual responsibility Do = Activity on man's part To Be Saved = the object sought. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?. How shall this question be answered?

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What = something required of man Must = not an option - absolute necessity

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  1. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • What = something required of man • Must = not an option - absolute necessity • I = Individual responsibility • Do = Activity on man's part • To Be Saved = the object sought

  2. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • How shall this question be answered? • Not from feelings or opinions of men - they vary with different individuals • No plainer or surer source than God's word • The question is found substantially only four times in the New Testament

  3. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • FIRST ASK BY RICH MAN "WHAT SHALL I DO THAT I MAY INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE?" Mk 10:17 • Answer - keep the commandments Col 2:14; Mk 10:21 • This answer could not be given today Heb 9:16,17

  4. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • ASK BY JEWS ON PENTECOST "MEN AND BRETHREN WHAT SHALL WE DO?" Acts 2:37 • Peter answered "repent and be baptized" Acts 2:38 • Some argue against "for the remission of sins" Matt 26:28

  5. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • ASKED BY SAUL "LORD WHAT WILT THOU HAVE ME TO DO?" Acts 9:6 • Saul first seen as a persecutor Acts 7:58; 8:1; 26:10,11; Acts 23:1; Acts 26:9 • Jesus appeared to Saul to qualify him for apostleship, not to save him Acts 26:16; 1Cor 15:8; Acts 9:9,11 • Ananias answered: arise and be baptized Acts 22:16

  6. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • PHILIPPIAN JAILER "SIRS WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?" Acts 16:30 • An unbeliever alarmed by the earthquake and surrounding events • Answer given the unbeliever - Believe and thou shall be saved Acts 16:31; Jhn 12:42; Acts 16:32; Rom 10:17; Acts 16:33; 16:31 • Lord added saved to HIS church, not a denomination Acts 2:47

  7. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • READ THREE DIFFERENT ANSWERS; IS THERE A CONTRADICTION? • Jailer, an unbeliever, told to believe; Word was preached to him to develop faith; he then repented and was baptized • People on Pentecost were believers; told to repent and be baptized for (in order to have) remission of sins, which they did

  8. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • READ THREE DIFFERENT ANSWERS; IS THERE A CONTRADICTION? • Saul, a believing penitent man was told to be baptized and wash away his sins, which he did • Ethiopian asked: What doth hinder me to be baptized Acts 8:36 – answer: if thou believest thou mayest Matt 10:32; Rom 10:17 – He confessed his faith and was baptized

  9. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • Different answers to the same question because they were at different places on the road to salvation • Example: Thorn, MS: how far to Florence, AL? 146 miles; At Tupelo MS, how far to Florence? 110 miles; At Corinth, MS how far to Florence, AL?” 59 miles - all correct because of progress along the route

  10. WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? • If you are an erring child of God, there is an answer for you Acts 8:13,22 • From wherever you find yourself in your quest for salvation there is an answer.

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