Man’s Need: Romans 3:23
Hear
Romans 10:14, 17
Luke 6:47, 49
Believe
Hebrews 11:6
Mark 16:16
James 2:24
Repent
Acts 2:38
Acts 17:30
Acts 26:20
Confess
Romans 10:9-10
I Timothy 6:12
Matthew 10:32-33
Be Baptized
(Immersed in water as a believer)
Acts 2:38; 22:16
Romans 6:3-4
I Peter 3:21
Remain Faithful
Galatians 5:4
I Corinthians 10:12
The erring Christian can be restored by confession, repentance, and prayer (Acts 8:22).
The One Baptism
(Ephesians 4:5) Immersion in Water
Observe
- Requires water (Acts 10:47)
- Much water (John 3:23)
- Going to water (Acts 8:36)
- Going down in the water (Acts 8:38)
- Burial (Romans 6:4)
- Coming up out of the water (Acts 8:39)
- Resurrection (Romans 6:4-5)
- Birth (John 3:3-5)
Pattern of Salvation
throughout the Bible
Throughout the Bible we see the pattern of man’s sin, God’s grace, man’s faith, and man’s obedience. This pattern is always repeated when God saves people. God requires obedient faith (Romans 16:26).
Subject of God’s Grace
Noah
Genesis 6:11-22
Abraham
Genesis 12:1-3
Israelites
Exodus 14-15
Naaman
II Kings 5:1-15
Blind Man
John 9:1-11
Ethiopian
Acts 8:26-40
Mankind today
Romans 3:23
Grace Extended
(Titus 2:11-12)
Build an ark
Genesis 6:14-21
Promise of God
Genesis 12:2
Word delivered by Moses
Exodus 14:13
Word delivered through Elisha
II Kings 5:10
Word of Jesus
John 9:7
Preaching of Phillip
Acts 8:35
Through hearing the word
Romans 10:17
Grace Obtained
Command obeyed
Genesis 6:22
Obedience of faith
Hebrews 11:8-10
Obedience of faith
I Corinthians 10:1-4
Obedience of faith
II Kings 5:14
Obedience of faith
John 9:7
Obedience of faith
Acts 8:37-38
Obedience of faith
(baptism for the remission of sins)
Acts 22:16
Obedience Rewarded
Saved
Hebrews 11:7
Justified
James 2:21-24
Delivered
Exodus 14:30
Cleansed
Luke 4:27
Healed
John 9:11
Saved
Acts 8:39
Saved
Acts 2:41, 47; I Peter 3:21