Salvation Scripture References:

Salvation is a Gift of God’s Grace, Received Through Faith in Jesus Christ

  • Ephesians 2:8-9 – "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast."

  • Romans 3:23-24 – "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus."

  • Titus 3:5 – "He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit."

Christ’s Death and Resurrection Paid the Penalty for Sin

  • Romans 5:8 – "But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

  • 1 Peter 2:24 – "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed."

  • 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 – "Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures."

  • Colossians 2:13-14 – "And you, who were dead in your trespasses... God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us... This he set aside, nailing it to the cross."

Christ Has Secured Eternal Life for Believers

  • Romans 8:1-2 – "There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death."

  • John 5:24 – "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life."

  • John 3:16 – "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

We Have Eternal Assurance in Christ

  • John 10:28-29 – "I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand."

  • Romans 8:38-39 – "For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord."

  • Philippians 1:6 – "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ."

  • 1 John 5:11-13 – "And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life... that you may know that you have eternal life."