Adult Bible Study Guide

Jul • Aug • Sep 2014

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The Teachings of Jesus Contents

1 Our Loving Heavenly Father 2 The Son 3 The Holy Spirit 4 Salvation 5 How to Be Saved 6 Growing in Christ 7 Living Like Christ 8 The Church 9 Our Mission 10 The Law of God 11 The Sabbath 12 Death and Resurrection 13 The Second Coming of Jesus

The Teachings of Jesus Our Goal

Let us pray for spiritual discernment to understand His message and to

grasp His unfathomable love manifested on the cross.

And as we hear His tender voice calling us to follow Him, let us renew our commitment to walk daily with

Him by faith and in obedience.

The Teachings of Jesus Lesson 4, July 26

Salvation

Salvation Key Text

John 3:16 NKJV

“ ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him

should not perish but have everlasting life.’ ”

Salvation Initial Words

The Bible is clear. We have only two choices regarding our sins: either we pay for our sins in the lake of fire, or

we accept Christ’s pay- ment for them on the cross.

As we review the generous gift of God’s grace through Christ, let us

once again humbly renew our faith in Jesus as our personal Savior.

Salvation Quick Look

1. A Gift From God (John 3:16)

2. Frees Us From Sin (John 8:34-36)

3. Gives Us Eternal Life (John 3:36)

Salvation 1. A Gift From God

John 3:16 CEV

“God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son,

so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never

really die.”

1. Gift From God God is Love

The Greek agape, “love,” reveal God’s deep and constant love toward

His creatures, who are completely unworthy of this love.

Love is the preeminent attribute of God’s character. He not only loves us, but also He is love (1 John 4:8).

1. Gift From God God is Love

God’s love is not an impulse based on His feelings or preferences. His

love is not selective, nor does it depend on what we do.

True love is known by the actions it generates. Out of love, God gave His only begotten Son for our salvation. In so doing, God gave us all He had,

which is Himself.

1. A Gift From God God is Love

That is the way salvation is. It is a gift from God. Gifts are not earned; they are simply accepted. We cannot buy

salvation; we can only receive it.

Although Jesus never used the term grace, He clearly taught that

salvation is by grace, and grace is being given that you don’t deserve.

Jesus did not come to this world because we invited Him but because

the Father, out of love for us, sent Him.

The Father’s initiative is confirmed by Christ’s frequent use of the

phrase “He who sent Me” and “the Father who sent Me” (NKJV). (Read

John 7:28, 8:29, 12:49.)

1. Gift From God God’s Initiative

Salvation 2. Frees Us From Sin

John 8:34-36 NKJV

“Jesus answered them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever

commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever.

Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.’ ”

2. Frees Us From Sin The Required Death

“ ‘Greater love’ has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his

friends’ ” (John 15:13, NKJV).

On the cross, Jesus shed His blood “ ‘for many for the remission of sins’ ”

(Matt. 26:28, NKJV). Nobody forced Him to do so. “ ‘No one takes it from

Me, but I lay it down of Myself,’ ” (John 10:18, NKJV).

2. Frees Us From Sin “Liberty to the Captives”

Without Christ, we were slaves of sin, slaves to the evil impulses of our

fallen human nature. The unavoidable result of this spiritual slavery was death, because the wages of sin is

death. These are spiritual prisoners of Satan

(see Mark 5:1–20; Luke 8:1, 2). But Jesus came “ ‘to proclaim liberty to the captives...’ ” (Luke 4:18, NKJV).

2. Frees Us From Sin “Liberty to the Captives”

There is also a false kind of freedom. Jesus’ hearers trusted in their

ancestry of Abraham as their hope for freedom. We run the same risk.

The enemy wants us to rely upon our doctrinal knowledge, personal godliness, or record of service. But none has the power to free us from

sin. The only true Liberator is the Son.

Salvation 3. Gives Us Eternal Life

John 3:36 NKJV

“He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and who does not believe the Son shall not see life,

but the wrath of God abides on him.”

3. Gives Us Eternal Life Even Now!

Because of our sins, we deserve to die. But Christ took our place on the

cross and paid the death penalty that, otherwise, rested on us.

He, being innocent, took on our guilt and received our punishment so that

we, being sinful, could be declared innocent. Through Him, instead of perishing we receive eternal life.

3. Gives Us Eternal Life Even Now!

Some think that, even after accepting Christ as Savior, the

promise of everlasting life will be real only after His second coming.

However, the promise of salvation is expressed in the present tense:

“ ‘He who believes in the Son has everlasting life’ ” (John 3:36, NKJV).

3. Gives Us Eternal Life Even Now!

Whoever believes in Christ “ ‘has everlasting life’ ” now, “ ‘and shall not come into judgment’ ” in the final day, “ ‘but has passed from

death into life’ ” (John 5:24, NKJV).

Thus, even if we die and sleep in the grave, this temporary rest doesn’t

take away from the reality of eternal life.

3. Gives Us Eternal Life Even Now!

When Jesus becomes our Savior our life acquires a whole new

meaning, and we can enjoy a richer and a fuller existence.

“ ‘I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more

abundantly’ ”(John 10:10, NKJV). This new abundant life includes our

whole being.

Salvation Final Words

“He who beholds the Saviour’s matchless love will be elevated in thought,

purified in heart, transformed in character.

He will go forth to be a light to the world, to reflect in some degree this

mysterious love.” —The Desire of Ages 661.