SALVATION PROVIDED BY GOD FOR MEN LESSON ONE OF THREE SUNDAY SCHOOL 8/03 PASTOR JOSEPH STRINGER
MAN’S DESPERATE NEED TOTALLY DEPRAVED = BODY, SOUL, AND SPIRIT ALL ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SIN LEVELS OF DEPRAVITY DIFFERENT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL LOST TO GOD’S FELLOWSHIP, AND CANNOT REDEEM HIMSELF IN HIS SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS HE THINKS HE CAN GET GOD’S APPROVAL BY WORKS HE THINKS ARE GOOD
GOD’S GRACIOUS PROVISION * GOD PRE-PLANNED AND FOREKNEW ALL ASPECTS OF CREATION *THAT INCLUDED ELECTING BOTH ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH *BOTH GROUPS INTENDED FOR FELLOWSHIP, HERE AND IN ETERNITY *HE REDEEMS, THEN TAKES US INTO ETERNITY TO BE WITH HIM
THE HUMAN SOUL EVERLASTING DESIGNED FOR FELLOWSHIP SOILED BY CONDEMNING SIN CANNOT REDEEM ITSELF NEEDS GOD’S REDEMPTION TO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM
GOD’S PROVISION SALVATION PROVIDED AS A GIFT BY GOD TO BE RECEIVED BY FAITH ALSO A GIFT FROM GOD CHRIST TOOK OUR PLACE, PAID OUR PRICE MAN REJECTS THAT INTENDS TO SAVE HIMSELF
GOD’S TERMS THE ONLY SALVATION, PURCHASED BY CHRIST MAN COMES TO GOD THROUGH CHRIST BY FAITH THAT CHANGES MAN’S POSITION WE BECOME ADOPTED…SONS OF GOD WE ARE BORN ANEW FILLED WITH THE EMPOWERING SPIRIT ENABLES US FOR LIFE AND FELLOWSHIP
MAN IMPOSES REJECTS GOD AND HIS WAY IMPOSES HIS OWN IDEAS BY PRIDE, THINKS HE CAN DISPOSSESS AND/OR IMPRESS GOD BY HIS OWN WORKS ALL FAIL TO MEASURE UP….ROM 3:23
GOD’S PROVISION JN 1:13 MUST BE BORN OF GOD JN 3:3 NO NEW BIRTH…NO SALVATION JN 6:44 GOD DRAWS US, ENLIGHTENS US JN 15:4,5 THEN WE BEAR FRUIT BY HIM
WITHOUT GOD’S HELP ROM 7:18 NO GOOD THING IN US ROM 7:24 CANNOT DELIVER SELVES I COR 2:14 CANNOT RECEIVE FROM GOD II COR 4:3 TRUTH HIDDEN=LOST II COR 4:4 BLINDED BY SATAN EPH 2:8-10 WITH GOD’S HELP
RIGHTEOUSNESS NEEDED HOW WE CAN HAVE IT ROM 3:22….BY FAITH IN CHRIST = A GIFT ROM 4:5…BELIEVING = RIGHTEOUSNESS ROM 4:13…COMES THROUGH FAITH ROM 5:17…IT IS A GIFT I COR 1:30…CHRIST MADE SO TO US EPH 4:24 NEW MAN CREATED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS PHIL 3:9…IT COMES TO US BY FAITH
END OF LESSON ONE ON SALVATION