SALVATION

Salvation is God’s free gift to us, but we must accept it. We can never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by trusting Jesus Christ as God’s offer of forgiveness can anyone be saved from sin’s penalty. When we turn from our self-ruled life and turn to Jesus in faith we are saved. Eternal life begins the moment one received Jesus Christ into his life by faith.

And we are eternally secure.

Because God gives us eternal life through Jesus Christ, the true believer is secure in that salvation for eternity. If you have been genuinely saved, you cannot “lose ” your salvation. Salvation is maintained by the grace and power of God, not by the self-effort of the Christian. It is the grace and keeping power of God that gives us this security.

John 10:28-29 ;John 15:1-16 ; John 17:17 ; Acts 2:21 ; Acts 4:12 ; Acts 15:11 ; Acts 16:30-31 ; Acts 17:30-31 ; Acts 20:32 ; Romans 1:16-18 ; Romans 2:4 ; Romans 3:23-25 ; Romans 4:3 ; Romans 5:8-10 ; Romans 6:1-23 ; Romans 8:1-18 , Romans 8:29-39 ; Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13 ; Romans 13:11-14 ; 1 Corinthians 1:18 , 1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 ; ; 1 Corinthians 15:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20 ; Galatians 2:20 ; Galatians 3:13 ; Galatians 5:22-25 ; Galatians 6:15 ; Ephesians 1:7