THE GREAT ANSWER      

Part 5

Acts 16:31

What is it to be Saved?

I.  We are Saved from Death

     Genesis 2:16-17

     ~ unto Life

   “…you were dead in the trespasses

and sins in which you once walked….

But God…made us alive…”      Eph 2:1-2, 4-5

II.  We are Saved from Wrath

   “…to grant relief to you…

THE GREAT ANSWER      

Part 4

Acts 16:31

Believing in the Lord Jesus

I.  The Greatness of the Subject

John 1:3-4; John 21:25

“Sweetest note in seraph song;

Sweetest name on mortal tongue;

Sweetest carol ever sung;

Jesus, blessed Jesus!”

A.  The Trilemma Under Attack

B.  The Great Mysteries

1.  The Mystery of the Trinity

2.  The Mystery of the Two Natures

THE GREAT ANSWER      

Part 4

Acts 16:31 

Believing on Christ as Lord

I.  Believing on Christ as Lord

A.  The Lordship Controversy

1.  The Danger of Opposing Personalities

I Corinthians 1:12-13

2.  The Necessity of Preserving Unity

Philippians 2:2

B.  Must a Person make a “Lordship Decision” in Order to be Saved?

1.  At the moment of salvation few of us know very much at all about Christ.

THE GREAT ANSWER       Part 2

Acts 16:31

I.  The Command to Believe

“Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved…”

A.  Is Faith in Christ all that is Necessary for Salvation

YES!!!

“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” John 6:29

B.  What about Repentance?   Acts 17:30

C.  What about Lordship?  

THE GREAT ANSWER

-The Prominence of Faith

"And they said, 'Believe in The Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved..."

Acts 16:31

I.  The Prominence of Faith

A.  In the Old Testament

1. In the Experience of Abraham   Genesis 15:6

2. In the Teaching of the Prophets   Habakkuk 2:4; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:37

B.  In the New Testament     John 6:47; Eph. 2:8-9; Acts 16:31; Romans 4:5

C.  In the Heart of God           Hebrews 11:6

II. The Meaning of Faith

risen…as He said…

Matthew 28:1-6

I.  Looking for Jesus

A.  Omnipresence as an Attribute of God

John 1:48; Matthew 28:20

“God’s center is everywhere;

His circumference is nowhere.”

“…for Christ plays in 10,000 places,

lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not His

to the Father through the features of men’s faces…”

 - As Kingfishers Catch Fire

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

B.  Sovereignty – The Key to Salvation

THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

Luke 19:28-40

I.  The Approach to Jerusalem   vv. 28-37

A.  The Ascent via Bethany      vv. 28-29

B.  The Descent from Olivet    v. 37

C.  The Triumphal Entry           vv. 37-38

II. The Restoration of Nature     vv. 30-40

A.  Owners turned to Stewards    vv. 33-34

B.  The Submission of the Colt      v. 35

1.  The Link to Zechariah

Zechariah 9:9

2.  The Exhibition of Divine Attributes