27 January 2008

Broadstreet Church of Christ

1213 Broad Street Phenix City, Alabama

Sermon Notes 27 January 2008

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Broadstreet Church of Christ

1213 Broad Street Phenix City, Alabama

36867

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Sermon Notes

27 January 2008

Morning Worship

Four Questions Concerning Salvation

Evening Worship

What does it mean to be saved by Grace?

Broadstreet Church of Christ

1213 Broad Street Phenix City, Alabama

Schedule of Services
Sunday:

Bible Study
10:00 A.M.

Morning Worship
11:00 A.M.

Evening Worship
5:00 P.M.

Wednesday:
Bible Study
7:30 P.M.

All times
Eastern

Morning Worship

Four Questions Concerning Salvation

I. Will FEW be saved?

Luke 13:23

a. II Peter 3:9 - it is not God's will for ANY to PERISH

b. I Timothy 2:4 - God wants ALL MEN to be SAVED

c. Luke 13:24-27 - MANY will seek to enter in but will not be ABLE

d. Romans 9:27- only a REMNANT of the multitude

e. Matthew 7:13,14 - few will find the NARROW way

f. Who are the few?

II. WHO then can be saved? - Matthew 19:25 :

a. Acts 2:21; Acts 22:16; Romans 10:13 those who CALL upon the Lord

b. I Peter 4:18 - those who are called RIGHTEOUS

a. II Thessalonians 2:10 - Those who LOVE the TRUTH

b. Hebrews 5:8,9- Those who OBEY Jesus

III. WHAT must I DO to be Saved? - Acts 16:30,31:

a. HEAR and UNDERSTAND - Matthew 13:13-15; Matthew 15:10

b. BELIEVE the GOSPEL - Mark 16:15,16; Romans 10:13-17

c. REPENT of my sins - Acts 17:30

d. CONFESS my FAITH in JESUS - Romans 10:9,10

e. Be BAPTIZED for FORGIVENESS of sins - Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16

f. Remain FAITHFUL to God - Matthew 10:22; Matthew 24:13; Revelation 2:10

IV. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? - Hebrews 2:3:

a. II Peter 2:4 - God spared not the ANGELS that sinned - Jude 6

b. Jude 5 - Jews once saved but NOT always saved

c. II Peter 2:20-22 -let us not TURN FROM God's word

d. Hebrews 10:35-39 - let us not DRAW BACK unto perdition

Evening Worship

What does it mean to be saved by Grace?

I. some Common Misunderstandings about Grace:

A. The grace of God is received by DIRECT operation of the Holy Spirit and brings to man a saving FAITH:

1. John 6:44,45; John 20:30,31

2. Romans 10:17 faith comes by HEARING God's Word

B. The grace of God is IRRESISTIBLE:

1. Matthew 13:15; Acts 28:26-28

2. Acts 7:51

C. We are saved by grace ONLY:

1. Romans 8:24 - we are saved by HOPE

2. Titus 3:5 - we are saved by God's LOVE and MERCY

3. Acts 11:14 - we are saved by WORDS

4. Romans 1:16; I Corinthians 15:1-4 -we are saved by the GOSPEL

5. Hebrews 5:8,9 we are saved by OBEDIENCE

D. Grace and Law are mutually EXCLUSIVE (they cannot co-exist):

1. Comes from a misunderstanding of Romans 6:14

2. Romans 4:15 - where there is no LAW, there is no TRANSGRESSION

3. Romans 5:13 - sin is not charged where there is no LAW

4. Romans 3:23 - ALL have sinned and fallen short of God's glory

5. I John 3:4 - SIN is a transgression of the LAW.

E. Man cannot FALL from the grace of God:

1. Galatians 5:4 - Ye HAVE FALLEN from grace (written to the churches of Galatia- Galatians 1:2)

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3. II Corinthians 6:1,2 - the grace of God can be received in VAIN

4. Hebrews 12:14,15

II. What it Means to be Saved by the Grace of God:

A. Titus 3:3-7:

1. We were formerly disobedient- Titus 3:3

2. God's love appeared (was made known) - Titus 3:4

3. Saved by God's mercy- Titus 3:5

1. by the WASHING of regeneration - literally washing of new birth- John 3:1-5

2. the RENEWING of the Holy Spirit (we are renewed by the Holy Spirit- Ii Corinthians 5:17

4. We are then JUSTIFIED by God grace and made heirs of the hope of eternal life- Titus 3:7

B. Ephesians 2:1-10:

1. Those once dead in sin are now made alive - Ephesians 2:1-3

2. God's LOVE and MERCY appeared - Ephesians 2:4

3. God made us alive TOGETHER with Christ - Ephesians 2:5

4. God RAISED us up with Christ- Ephesians 2:6

5. You are saved by GRACE through FAITH - Ephesians 2:8-10

C. We are saved by God's Grace when we OBEY the GOSPEL:

1. Matthew 7:21

2. Mark 16:15,16

3. I Corinthians 15:1-4