How does one receive salvation, justification, new birth and eternal life?
By believing in Christ (Jn 3:16; Acts 16:31)?
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Acts 16:31
31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 2:38 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
2 Peter 3:9 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
John 3:5 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
1Pet 3:21 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Titus 3:5 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
John 3:5 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Cor 3:6 6 who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Luke 12:8 Acknowledge Christ Before Men
8 “And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God,
Roman 10:9 9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 Tim 2:4 4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Heb 10:26 26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
By works (Rom 2:6, 7; James 2:24)?
Rom 2:6-7 6 He will render to each one according to his works: 7 to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
James 2:24 24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
By grace (Acts 15:11; Eph 2:8)?
Acts 15:15 11 But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”
Eph 2:8
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
By perseverance (Matt 10:22; Mk 13:13; Col 1:22-23)?
Matt 10:22
22 and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Mk 13:13 13 And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Col 1:22-23 22 he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, 23 if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation7 under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Rom 5:9
9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Heb 9:22 22 Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Rom 5:17 17 For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.
2 Pet 1:1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Eph 2:16 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
Col 2:14 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
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