Lesson 7
Salvation

Study Compiled by Kevin L. Ziegler, Evangelist
at South Side Church of Christ, Danville, IL 61832
southside.restorationplea.com

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Introduction

• To understand what it means to be saved, we must understand what it means to be lost.

• Our doctrine of salvation is based on our doctrine of lostness.

• Today the common idea of what it means to be lost is – is to be in a mess; to have a life that isn’t working right; to have a bad habit; or to feel guilty.

• Those may be some of the results of being lost, but that is not what lostness is all about.

• When we say that man is lost, we are speaking of a condition that exists in the mind of God, not the heart of man!

• Man is not lost because his heart is bad. Man’s heart is bad, but that is not what makes him lost.

• The thing that makes man lost is that he has offended the righteous God.

• To be lost means to be subject to the pursuing wrath of God.

• If we are lost, it is because God says that we are because we have sinned against Him.

Illustration: If I sinned against you, that sin lies in your mind. I have offended you. I am not forgiven until you say that I am forgiven.

• What it means to be saved is to be in Jesus.

• If salvation is in Christ, how does one get into the plan of God’s salvation?

• I have to take God’s word for it.

• I have to do it God’s way.

• Salvation is in the mind of God; not in the heart of man!

• The change that takes place in the heart of man is a byproduct.

• It is a result, an effect; not the cause. We are not saved because we are changed; we are saved because we are forgiven.

• You must be born again. Then what must I do to be saved?

• We must have faith and we must repent.

• Once we have faith and we repent of our sin which we have before the offended God, we are ready to enter into the death of Jesus.

• How do I enter into Christ? You get into Him by moving into Him – in the mind of God. We are in Him when God says we are in Him.

• Faith

• Repentance

• Confession

• Immersion for the forgiveness of sins.

• Faithful Life

Which one is the right Snickerdoodle recipe?

Snickerdoodles

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1/8 tsp salt

Stir the above together.

Then add in:

• 1/2 cup butter/marg
• 3/4 cup sugar (white)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• Beat in one egg

Roll into balls (size of your choice. I go for ping pong ball sized) and roll them in:

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Snickerdoodles

• 1/2 cup butter/marg
• 3/4 cup sugar (white)
• 1/2 tsp vanilla
• Beat in one egg

Stir the above together.

Roll into balls (size of your choice. I go for ping pong ball sized) and roll them in:

Bake for 8-10 minutes.

Then add in:

• 1 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cream of tartar
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 tsp cinnamon

• He who has believed
• And has been baptized
• Shall be saved.

• Maybe He who has believed
• Is saved
• And shall be baptized?

• He who is baptized
• And has believed
• Is saved?

• He who is saved
• Should later believe
• And maybe be baptized?

Importance of the Conversions in the book of Acts

289-1016 ex. 2226
Chapters of Conversion in Acts
This is not a real number. Please do not try to call it. It is used for memorizing the chapters of conversion in the book of Acts. 

• Study 1
• Study 2
• Study 3
• Study 4