SESSION TWO

The Nature of Salvation

God’s Greatest GiftRediscovering the Nature of Salvation

QUESTIONS TO EXPLORE

• Why did Jesus die?• What is salvation?• What does it mean to “work out” our salvation?

POP QUIZ!

Why did Jesus die?

What is salvation?

What is salvation?

The Effects of Sin

• The Pollution of Sin• The Penalty of Sin• The Power of Sin• The Partition of Sin

Effects of Sin

The Pollution of SinAnd that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.

Hebrews 10:22

Effects of Sin

The Penalty of Sin

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.

Romans 5:12

Effects of Sin

The Power of SinBut the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin.

Galatians 3:22

"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Effects of Sin

The Partition of SinThey are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

Ephesians 4:18

With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. And the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom.

Mark 15:37-38

Images of Salvation

The TempleHebrews 10:1-14

The Legal CourtRomans 2:1-29

The MarketplaceMatthew 18:21-35

The HomeLuke 15:11-32

- The Pollution of SinSanctification

- The Penalty of SinJustification

- The Power of SinRedemption / Freedom

- The Partition of SinReconciliation / Adoption

Other Imagesof Salvation

• Deification• Righteousness of God• Authentic Human Existence• Political Liberation• Spiritual Freedom• New Creation

What does it mean to “work out” our salvation?

Working OutOur Salvation

Components of Salvation

• Free Gift• Thanksgiving• Faith• Grace• Obedience

NEXT WEEK

The Journey of Transformation

• What is our purpose in this life?• What is our hope for the future?• Where are we going when we die?• How do we become more like Christ?