1. “Lordship” Salvation The Gospel According to Jesus, ( preface, 1 st ed., pg. xvii ) John MacArthur “…the message of salvation includes a call to surrender to Jesus as Lord. Those who would come to him for salvation must be willing to acquiesce to his sovereign authority. Those who reject his right to rule cannot expect to lay claim to him as Savior.”

2. “Lordship” Salvation The Gospel According to Jesus, ( preface, 1 st ed., pg. xvii ) John MacArthur “…the message of salvation includes a call to surrender to Jesus as Lord. Those who would come to him for salvation must be willing to acquiesce to his sovereign authority. Those who reject his right to rule cannot expect to lay claim to him as Savior.” The Gospel According to Jesus, ( pg. 43 ) “The two clearest statements on the way of salvation in all of Scripture both emphasize Jesus’ lordship: ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved’ (Acts 16:31); and ‘If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved’ (Rom. 10:9) … No promise of salvation is ever extended to those who refuse to accede to Christ’s lordship. Thus there is no salvation except ‘lordship’ salvation.”

3. “Lordship” Salvation The Gospel According to Jesus, ( pg. 47 ) John MacArthur “The call to Calvary must be recognized for what it is: a call to discipleship under the lordship of Jesus Christ. To respond to that call is to become a believer. Anything less is simply unbelief.”

4. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel 2. Assurance of Salvation 3. Grace vs. Works 4. The Troubling of a False Gospel 5. The Confrontation of a False Gospel

5. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel  1 Cor 15:1-4  John 19:28-30  Heb 1:1-4, 10:12  1 John 2:2, 4:10  Rom 3:21-28  2 Cor 5:20-21  John 3:13-18, 36  John 1:11-13  Rom 1:16-17

6. tete,lestai “It is finished.”

7. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel  1 Cor 15:1-4  John 19:28-30  Heb 1:1-4, 10:12  1 John 2:2, 4:10  Rom 3:21-28  2 Cor 5:20-21  John 3:13-18, 36  John 1:11-13  Rom 1:16-17

8. “believe” pisteu,w (PISTEUŌ) Vine’s “to believe, also to be persuaded of, and hence, to place confidence in, to trust, signifies, in this sense of the word, reliance upon, not mere credence.”

9. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel  1 Cor 15:1-4  John 19:28-30  Heb 1:1-4, 10:12  1 John 2:2, 4:10  Rom 3:21-28  2 Cor 5:20-21  John 3:13-18, 36  John 1:11-13  Rom 1:16-17

10. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel 2. Assurance of Salvation  1 John 5:9-13  John 14:1-3

11. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel 2. Assurance of Salvation 3. Grace vs. Works  Rom 4:1-4  Eph 2:1-10

12. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel 2. Assurance of Salvation 3. Grace vs. Works 4. The Troubling of a False Gospel  Acts 15:1-2, 5-6, 10-11, 18-19, 24, 28-29

13. Biblical Backdrop 1. Grace Gospel 2. Assurance of Salvation 3. Grace vs. Works 4. The Troubling of a False Gospel 5. The Confrontation of a False Gospel  Gal 1:6-9