SALVATION: BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH

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• SALVATION BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH

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• Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply
  on the face of the earth, and daughters were born
  to them, that the sons of God saw the daughters
  of men, that they were beautiful and they took
  wives for themselves of all whom they chose. And
  the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with
  man forever, for he is indeed flesh yet his days
  shall be one hundred and twenty years. There
  were giants on the earth in those days, and also
  afterward, when the sons of God came in to the
  daughters of men and they bore children to them.
  Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of
  renown. Then the LORD saw that the wicked-ness of
  man was great in the earth, and that every intent
  of the thoughts of his heart was only evil
  continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had
  made man on the earth,

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• and He was grieved in His heart. So the LORD
  said, I will destroy man whom I have created
  from the face of the earth, both man and beast,
  creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am
  sorry that I have made them. But Noah found
  grace in the eyes of the Lord. This is the
  genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect
  in his generations. Noah walked with God. And God
  said to Noah, The end of all flesh has come
  before Me, for the earth is filled with violence
  through them and behold, I will destroy them
  with the earth. Make yourself an ark of
  gopherwood make rooms in the ark, and cover it
  inside and outside with pitch. And this is how
  you shall make it The length of the ark shall be
  three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and
  its height thirty cubits. You shall make a window
  for the ark, and

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• you shall finish it to a cubit from above and
  set the door of the ark in its side. You shall
  make it with lower, second, and third decks. And
  behold, I Myself am bringing flood-waters on the
  earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in
  which is the breath of life everything that is
  on the earth shall die. But I will establish My
  covenant with you and you shall go into the
  ark--you, your sons, your wife, and your sons'
  wives with you. And of every living thing of all
  flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the
  ark, to keep them alive with you they shall be
  male and female. Of the birds after their kind,
  of animals after their kind, and of every
  creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two
  of every kind will come to you to keep them
  alive. And you shall take for yourself of all
  food that is eaten, and

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• you shall gather it to yourself and it shall be
  food for you and for them. Thus Noah did
  according to all that God commanded him, so he
  did. (Gen. 61-22)
• Was Noah saved by works?
• Yes and No
• By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things
  not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an
  ark for the saving of his household, by which he
  condemned the world and became heir of the
  righteousness which is according to faith. (Heb.
  117)
• Not by meritorious works but by appropriative
  works.

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NOAH WAS SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH

• Noah was saved by grace in that He was given
  conditions whereby he could be saved.
• He was saved through faith in that He met the
  conditions he was given.
• Similarly, people are saved by grace...through
  faith under the New Testament.

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• And you He made alive, who were dead in
  trespasses and sins, in which you once walked
  according to the course of this world, according
  to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit
  who now works in the sons of disobedience, among
  whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the
  lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
  flesh and of the mind, and were by nature
  children of wrath, just as the others. But God,
  who is rich in mercy, because of His great love
  with which He loved us, even when we were dead in
  trespasses, made us alive together with Christ
  (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up
  together, and made us sit together in the
  heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages
  to come He might show the exceeding riches of His
  grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
  For by grace you have been saved through faith,
  and that not of yourselves it is the gift of
  God, not of works, lest

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• anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship,
  created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God
  prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
  (Eph. 21-10)
• The Ephesians Had Been Dead in Trespasses and
  Sins
• But God, because of His great love
• Made them alive together with Christ.
• Raised them up together.
• Made them sit together in heavenly places in
  Christ Jesus.

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God, because of His great love

• Made them alive together with Christ.
• In Him was life, and the life was the light of
  men. (John 14)
• And this is the testimony that God has given us
  eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (1
  John 511)
• And you, being dead in your trespasses and the
  uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive
  together with Him, having forgiven you all
  trespasses. (Col. 213)

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God, because of His great love

• Raised them up together.
• What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin
  that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall
  we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do
  you not know that as many of us as were baptized
  into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism
  into death, that just as Christ was raised from
  the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
  also should walk in newness of life. (Rom. 61-4)

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God, because of His great love

• Raised them up together.
• In Him you were also circumcised with the
  circumcision made without hands, by putting off
  the body of the sins of the flesh, by the
  circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in
  baptism, in which you also were raised with Him
  through faith in the working of God, who raised
  Him from the dead. (Col. 211,12)

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God, because of His great love

• Made them sit together in heavenly places in
  Christ Jesus.
• Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
  Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
  blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. (Eph.
  13)
• And I say to you that many will come from east
  and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and
  Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 811)

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The Ephesians Were Saved By Grace (Conditions
Extended)

• Grace has been extended to all.
• Grace must be appropriated by faith.
• Therefore, they were not saved by grace only
  but by grace...through faith.

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Grace Has Been Extended to All

• For the grace of God that brings salvation has
  appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying
  ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
  soberly, righteously, and godly in the present
  age. (Titus 211-12)
• But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
  than the angels, for the suffering of death
  crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the
  grace of God, might taste death for everyone.
  (Heb. 29)
• For this is My blood of the new covenant, which
  is shed for many for the remission of sins.
  (Matt. 2628)

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Grace Must Be Appropriated by Faith

• Therefore, having been justified by faith, we
  have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
  Christ, through whom also we have access by faith
  into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in
  hope of the glory of God. (Rom. 51-2)
• But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
  for he who comes to God must believe that He is,
  and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently
  seek Him. (Heb. 116)
• So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by
  the word of God. (Rom. 1017)

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The Ephesians Were Saved Through Faith
(Conditions Met)

• Faith will not save without obedience.
• Not obedience in the sense of perfect
  sinlessness but in the sense of meeting
  conditions.
• These conditions must be met
• Believe
• Repent
• Confess Christ
• Be baptized

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Faith Will Not Save Without Obedience

• Not obedience in the sense of perfect
  sinlessness but in the sense of meeting
  conditions.
• Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall
  enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the
  will of My Father in heaven. (Matt. 721)
• But why do you call Me Lord, Lord, and do not
  do the things which I say? (Luke 646)
• And having been perfected, He became the author
  of eternal salvation to all who obey Him. (Heb.
  59)
• You see then that a man is justified by works,
  and not by faith only.... For as the body without
  the spirit is dead, so faith without works is
  dead also. (James 224, 26)

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These Conditions Must Be Met

• Believe - So they said, Believe on the Lord
  Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your
  household. (Acts 1631)
• Repent Truly, these times of ignorance God
  overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere
  to repent. (Acts 1730)
• Confess Christ - That if you confess with your
  mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart
  that God has raised Him from the dead, you will
  be saved. For with the heart one believes unto
  righteousness, and with the mouth confession is
  made unto salvation. (Rom. 109-10)

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These Conditions Must Be Met

• Be baptized
• He who believes and is baptized will be saved
  but he who does not believe will be condemned.
  (Mark 1616)
• Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every
  one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus
  Christ for the remission of sins. (Acts 238)
• And now why are you waiting? Arise and be
  baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the
  name of the Lord. (Acts 2216)

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These Conditions Must Be Met

• Be baptized
• For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just
  for the unjust, that He might bring us to God,
  being put to death in the flesh but made alive by
  the Spirit, by whom also He went and preached to
  the spirits in prison, who formerly were
  disobedient, when once the Divine longsuffering
  waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was
  being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight
  souls, were saved through water. There is also an
  antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the
  removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer
  of a good conscience toward God), through the
  resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 318-21)

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These Conditions Must Be Met

• Be baptized
• What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin
  that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall
  we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do
  you not know that as many of us as were baptized
  into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism
  into death, that just as Christ was raised from
  the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
  also should walk in newness of life. (Rom. 61-4)
• But God,...even when we were dead in trespasses,
  made us alive together with Christ (by grace you
  have been saved), and raised us up together, and
  made us sit together in the heavenly places in
  Christ Jesus. (Eph. 25-6)

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These Conditions Must Be Met

• Be baptized
• For you are all sons of God through faith in
  Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized
  into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal. 326-27)
• Baptism saves, in that it is the final condition
  that must be met by alien sinners.
• Baptism puts us into Christ in that it brings us
  into a proper relationship with Him.