{"id":43643,"date":"2022-09-30T22:27:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-must-i-do-to-be-saved-bible-outlines\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:27:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T03:27:41","slug":"what-must-i-do-to-be-saved-bible-outlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/what-must-i-do-to-be-saved-bible-outlines\/","title":{"rendered":"“What Must I Do To Be Saved?” – Bible Outlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

SUBJECT:<\/strong> Salvation<\/p>\n

TITLE:<\/strong> “What Must I Do To Be Saved?”<\/p>\n

PROPOSITION:<\/strong> In this lesson we will study the question, “What must I do to be saved?” In the scriptures this question was asked three times and we will study each of these circumstances and the answer to the question in each of these circumstances understanding this: that if the same question is asked today, it should be answered in the same way.<\/p>\n

OBJECTIVES:<\/strong> The hearer should be able to know where these passages are and be able to use them to answer the same question for those who ask in the world today.<\/p>\n

AIM:<\/strong> I want to empower each individual Christian to be able to answer this most critical question.<\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Read: Romans 10:9-13<\/p>\n

2. About the Text:<\/p>\n

1) The text we have just read is a “proof” text for those in the denominational world.<\/p>\n

2) However, one cannot handle the scriptures as if there is only one verse or one section of verses in the Bible.<\/p>\n

3) One must understand the totality of scriptural teaching on the subject.<\/p>\n

4) The Psalmist wrote in Psalm 119:160, the NKJV reads, “The entirety of your word is truth.” The ASV reads, “The sum of thy word is truth.”<\/p>\n

5) In Matthew 4:4 Jesus says, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY word that proceeds from the mouth of God.”<\/p>\n

6) Peter writes that there are some who mishandle the scriptures and thus wrest them to their own destruction (2 Peter 3:16).<\/p>\n

7) Paul told Timothy that we must “handle aright” the word of truth (2 Timothy 2:15).<\/p>\n

8) The context in which we find Romans 10:9-13 is one in which Paul is speaking regarding the salvation of the Jew under Christ’s law.<\/p>\n

9) The contrast that he is drawing is between the “righteousness of their own” that they had established for themselves versus the way of faith.<\/p>\n

10)In contrast to establishing a righteousness of our own, a system of works, we must accept God’s plan for man’s righteousness which is a system of faith.<\/p>\n

11)In contrast to the works of the law which the Jews said made a man righteous & saved, Paul says that it is through faith that we are saved.<\/p>\n

12)In verse 13 he says, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”<\/p>\n

13)Paul knew precisely what this phrase meant because he learned it from Ananias in Acts 22:16.<\/p>\n

14)Ananias knew what it meant because He learned it from Peter and the other apostles, Acts 2:21.<\/p>\n

15)The apostles understood the phrase “calling upon the name of the Lord” to be referring to the act of faith which is baptism.<\/p>\n

16)Saul’s conversion is one of those cases of conversion in the New Testament in which the question was asked, “What shall I do to be saved.”<\/p>\n

3. Ref. To S, T, P, O, and A.<\/p>\n

DISCUSSION:<\/strong> The question “What must I do to be saved” was asked in the case of …<\/p>\n

I.   THOSE ASSEMBLED ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST (Acts 2:37).<\/p>\n

1. The context of the question.<\/p>\n

1) Read Acts 2:14-36.<\/p>\n

2) The apostles had just been baptized with the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

3) There were many who were wondering what was going on.<\/p>\n

4) Peter preaches the first gospel sermon. His points are<\/p>\n

a. There are SIGNS of salvation are here (14-21).<\/p>\n

b. There is a SAVIOR himself has been coronated (22-36).<\/p>\n

c. The SUBJECTS must now obey His will to be part of His kingdom (38-40).<\/p>\n

5) The gathering had been convicted of their sins.<\/p>\n

6) They knew they were responsible for crucifying the Lord.<\/p>\n

7) They were pricked in their heart.<\/p>\n

8) So they cried out, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?”<\/p>\n

9) This was a request for forgiveness from the sin of murdering the Son of God.<\/p>\n

10)This was a request to be restored to the favor of the Lord.<\/p>\n

11)This was a request to have the guilt of sin removed from their life.<\/p>\n

2. The answer to the question.<\/p>\n

1) Peter answers their question in verse 38-40.<\/p>\n

2) Notice what Peter does not say.<\/p>\n

a. He does not say “Hear the gospel.” They had already heard.<\/p>\n

b. He does not say, “Believe in Jesus.” They believed based upon Peter’s earlier statements. They are now acting based upon that belief.<\/p>\n

c. Peter does not say to pray a prayer of forgiveness and everything would be OK.<\/p>\n

3) Peter tells them to “Repent.”<\/p>\n

a. They had crucified the Lord and were guilty just as if they had driven the nails themselves.<\/p>\n

b. Romans 5:8 says that it is the sin of mankind that put Jesus on the cross.<\/p>\n

c. We are just as guilty as they.<\/p>\n

d. They needed to repent of rebelling against God.<\/p>\n

e. They needed to repent of their sins that had separated them from God. (Isaiah 59:2).<\/p>\n

4) Peter, however, does not stop with repentance in answering their question. He gives additional instruction.<\/p>\n

a. They were to be baptized. This was the point of pardon. The point at which their question was fully and completely answered.<\/p>\n

b. The record says that with many other words he exhorted them saying ‘save yourselves from this crooked and perverse generation.?<\/p>\n

5) Notice the response of those gathered in verse 41. They took Peter up on the offer.<\/p>\n

6) They were baptized because they knew this was the thing that needed to be done for the amelioration of their sins.<\/p>\n

7) They were baptized because they understood that this was the point at which they were calling upon the name of the Lord as Peter had indicated in verse 21.<\/p>\n

3. Who do we answer this question today?<\/p>\n

1) Why should it be any different from Peter’s answer?<\/p>\n

2) We are just as guilty of putting Jesus on the cross as were they.<\/p>\n

3) Why should we have a different method of salvation other than the one that Peter preached?<\/p>\n

4) Why should we have any different method of calling upon the name of the Lord today?<\/p>\n

5) We should not!<\/p>\n

6) If we do what they did, we will get the same results that they got.<\/p>\n

II.  SAUL OF TARSUS (Acts 9:6; 22:10)<\/p>\n

1. The context of the question.<\/p>\n

1) Read Acts 9:1-6.<\/p>\n

2) Saul was on the road to Damascus to persecute Christians.<\/p>\n

3) Jesus appears to him on that road and confronts Saul about his practices.<\/p>\n

4) Saul asks, “Who art thou Lord?” He recognized it was the Lord, but wanted to know WHO was confronting him regarding his actions.<\/p>\n

5) Jesus says, “Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest.”<\/p>\n

6) Saul was a conscientious person. He did all things in good conscience.<\/p>\n

7) The guilt must have been tremendous knowing that all this time he thought he was doing God’s will when in actuality he was fighting AGAINST God.<\/p>\n

8) Just like those in Acts 2 wanted to know what to do to remove and alleviate the guilt of obvious sin in their life, Saul wanted to know what to do as well.<\/p>\n

9) He says, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do.”<\/p>\n

10)Was this not a question of what Saul needed to do to be saved? It WAS!<\/p>\n

11)The Lord understood this question to mean this as well for He told Saul to go into Damascus and it would be “Told him” what he needed to do.<\/p>\n

2. The answer to the question.<\/p>\n

1) What was NOT said.<\/p>\n

a. Jesus did not say to Saul, “You are already saved, don’t worry about it anymore.”<\/p>\n

b. Jesus did not say to Saul, “Pray a prayer of forgiveness and you will be saved.”<\/p>\n

2) What WAS said.<\/p>\n

a. Saul was told exactly what he needed to hear to answer his question.<\/p>\n

b. Jesus told Saul to go into the city and it would be told him what he needed to do.<\/p>\n

c. Jesus sent a preacher to come and talk to Saul about what he needed to do.<\/p>\n

d. The preacher gave him very specific instruction on what he needed to do.<\/p>\n

e. Read Acts 22:16.<\/p>\n

f. This was the point where Saul’s sins were washed away.<\/p>\n

g. This was the point where his guilt was alleviated and his sin ameliorated.<\/p>\n

h. This was the point at which Saul “called upon the name of the Lord.”<\/p>\n

i. Paul later wrote about his conversion to Timothy in 1 Timothy 1:13. He said, “Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.”<\/p>\n

3. Should we answer Saul’s question any differently today?<\/p>\n

1) Why should we IGNORE THE LORD’s ANSWER? “It shall be told thee what thou MUST do!”<\/p>\n

2) Ananias told Saul exactly what the Lord wanted him to tell Saul Acts 22:16?<\/p>\n

3) Was Saul’s sin so great that he had to have a special plan just for him? Saul later wrote, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.” (1 Timothy 1:15, 16).<\/p>\n

4) The world today can be saved in exactly the same way that Saul was saved! Paul says that his salvation is a pattern for our salvation.<\/p>\n

5) Why should our answer be any different from the Lord’s and from Ananias??<\/p>\n

6) We should not!<\/p>\n

7) If we do what he did, we will get the same results that he got!<\/p>\n

III. THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER (Acts 16:30)<\/p>\n

1. The context of the question.<\/p>\n

1) Read Acts 16:16-30<\/p>\n

2) Paul and Silas had been preaching to the city of Philippi.<\/p>\n

3) There was a damsel who was possessed by a demon.<\/p>\n

4) Her masters were using her to gain money.<\/p>\n

5) But because she was testifying of Paul’s works and hindering the gospel, he drove the demon out.<\/p>\n

6) This upset many of the citizens of Philippi.<\/p>\n

7) They had Paul and Silas beaten and thrown into prison.<\/p>\n

8) But God did not want them to stay in prison. An earthquake came and loosed the locks.<\/p>\n

9) The guard, assuming that all prisoners had escaped, took a sword and was going to commit suicide.<\/p>\n

10)Paul tells him not to do this due to the fact that all the prisoners were still present.<\/p>\n

11)The jailer then asks the question, “What must I do to be saved?”<\/p>\n

2. The answer to the question.<\/p>\n

1) What Paul did not say.<\/p>\n

a. Pray a prayer of forgiveness and you will be saved.<\/p>\n

b. ONLY believe in Jesus and you will be saved.<\/p>\n

2) Paul told the Jailer exactly what he needed to hear.<\/p>\n

3) He was a gentile who most likely had no knowledge of Judaism.<\/p>\n

4) He was told to believe on the Lord Jesus and as a result both he and his house would be saved.<\/p>\n

5) Did that mean that all he had to do was believe only and both he and his house would be saved? I know of no one who would say that.<\/p>\n

6) Paul was using the word “believe” in a general sense to mean accept the teaching about Jesus and act upon it in your life. (James 2:24 “Ye see then how by works a man is justified and not by faith only”).<\/p>\n

7) Notice the response of the jailer and his house.<\/p>\n

a. He took them the save hour of the night and washed their stripes. This indicates a few things.<\/p>\n

a) That he believed them!<\/p>\n

b) That he repented of his abuse of them!<\/p>\n

b. He was baptized in the same hour of the night!<\/p>\n

c. He was baptized, straightway!<\/p>\n

d. But not only was HE baptized, but “he and ALL HIS!” but why would they need to be baptized if all that needed to be done was believe?<\/p>\n

e. Why not wait until the morning when they could have had an opportunity to be an example to others in the same town?<\/p>\n

f. Notice verse 34’s beautiful description of what occurred in his life.<\/p>\n

a) It says he rejoiced.<\/p>\n

b) It says that he and all his house were “believing in God.”<\/p>\n

c) The things that they did that night were the actions of faith – the actions of belief.<\/p>\n

d) Baptism is an action of faith in the operation of god. Colossians 2:12.<\/p>\n

3. Should we answer the jailer’s question any differently today?<\/p>\n

1) Would we insert the word “only” before Paul’s response to the jailer?<\/p>\n

2) Would we ignore the actions that they performed to indicate faith in their life?<\/p>\n

3) Would we tell the family that they didn’t need to baptized in answer to the jailer’s question?<\/p>\n

4) Can we say that the jailer did NOT call upon the name of the Lord just as those at Pentecost and Saul did?<\/p>\n

5) Would we say that Paul and Silas were hasty in taking them the same hour of the night to be baptized, straightway?<\/p>\n

6) We should not!<\/p>\n

7) Again, if we do the same things they did, we will get what they got!<\/p>\n

CONCLUSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Are there more examples of conversion in the book of Acts? Yes.<\/p>\n

2. Should we study all of them? Yes.<\/p>\n

3. Why these three?<\/p>\n

1) These are the three in which the question was asked, “What shall I do to be saved?”<\/p>\n

2) The same question asked today can be answered in the same way today.<\/p>\n

4. Invitation<\/p>\n

1) If you are a Christian but not living faithfully, have you forgotten the day of your salvation?<\/p>\n

a. Have you forgotten the joy that the jailer had?<\/p>\n

b. Have you forgotten the relief of guilt that you had?<\/p>\n

c. Have you forgotten that you put Jesus on the cross?<\/p>\n

d. Repent today.<\/p>\n

2) If you are not a Christian this morning . . .<\/p>\n

a. Perhaps you are asking this very question this morning.<\/p>\n

b. You can be saved exactly like those on Pentecost were saved.<\/p>\n

c. You can be saved exactly like Saul of Tarsus was saved.<\/p>\n

d. You can be saved just like that jailer and his family were saved.<\/p>\n

e. It is this simple scriptural plan.<\/p>\n

a) Hear the word; Romans 10:17 “Faith comes by hearing . . .”<\/p>\n

b) Believe with all your heart: Hebrews 11:6 “For without faith it is impossible . . .”<\/p>\n

c) Repent of your sins (Acts 17:30).<\/p>\n

d) Confess Jesus as the Son of God (Matthew 16:16).<\/p>\n

e) Be baptized for the remission of your sins (Mark 16:15, 16).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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