Does the Bible teach, along with Faith in Jesus, that Repentance, Baptism, and Action also play a part in Salvation? Let the Scriptures speak for themselves.

James 2:17-26 Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that-- and shudder. 20 You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? 21 Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 24 You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone. 25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

Luke 6:46 46 "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?

John 12:47-50 "As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. 49 For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life.

John 14:21 21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."

John 14:23-24 23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

According to James 2.24, "A person is justified by what he _______ and not by _______ alone. "

 

Faith is made complete by what you ________.

 

Can you obey Jesus teachings if you don't know them? Yes/No

If you don't do what Jesus says, is he really your Lord? Yes/No

Jesus came to save the world and all who obey him are saved. But according to John12.48 if we do not accept Jesus' words we will be ___________________ on the ___________ day.

According to John 14, who is the one who loves Jesus? Jesus and the Father love those who have and obey Jesus' ___________.

Those who do not love Jesus will not obey his __________________.

If you believe Jesus is Lord but do not do what he says, will you be saved? Circle one : Yes/No


John 3:3-7 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." 4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" 5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.'

According to this text, one must be born of (__________________) and the (________________________) to enter the kingdom of God?
John 13:8-10 "No," said Peter, "you shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no part with me." 9 "Then, Lord," Simon Peter replied, "not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!" 10 Jesus answered, "A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. You have no part with Jesus unless he (_______) you. When does Jesus wash you or give you a bath? Do Acts 22:16 and Titus 3:5 also refer to washing as it relates to baptism and forgiveness of sin?

Mark 16:15 Jesus said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved.

According to this text, "Whoever (__________________) and is (_____________________) will be saved? Who will be saved according to the text?

 

Acts 22:14 14 "Then he said: 'The God of our fathers has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.'

What is the person commanded to do in the last sentence? In this text, does baptism seem connected to "washing your sins away?"

Circle one____Yes / No____

Romans 6:3 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

In the first sentence we enter into Christ Jesus and into his death. According to the text, how do we enter into Christ Jesus and his death? We are (____________ ) into Christ Jesus and (______________) into his death. In verse 4, were are buried with Christ through (____________)? All this in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead we too may (_______) life.
Rom 6:5 If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.

According to the text, we will be united with Christ in his resurrection if we are united with him "like this." What does like this refer to? (Hint, it's found in Rom 6:3 and Rom 6:4 - the sentences above this one.)

Answer here: _____________________________

Romans 6:8 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him.

According to the text, "we believe that we will also live with Christ" if we (___________) with Christ. What do we have to do in order to live with Christ?
Accordig to Romans 6:3-6:5 - How can we 1.) die with Christ, 2.) be buried with Christ and 3.) be united with Christ in his death?

Matthew 3:16 16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him.

Is Jesus an infant in this passage? Does it seem Jesus was being sprinkled here? After Jesus was baptized and came up out of the water, what descended on him? Does the receiving of the Spirit seem associated with baptism in this text? Circle one: _____YES______NO______

Acts 8:35 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?"

Acts 8:38 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

After Philip told the Eunuch the good news about Jesus, what did the Eunuch feel his response should be? It says "they came up out of the water." Does this sound like a sprinkling; or an immersion baptism like Jesus' baptism in the Jordan river?

1 Peter 3:18 18. For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit, 19 through whom also he went and preached to the spirits in prison 20 who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, 21. and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also-- not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ...

The eight people in the ark were saved through (________________)?
"This water symbolizes (__________________) that now saves you also."
According to the text, What now saves you also? (_______________)
It saves you by the (______________________) of ( _________________________ )

Acts 2:36 36 "Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." 37. When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" 38 Peter replied, " Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off-- for all whom the Lord our God will call."

Acts 2:41 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

When the people were cut to the heart when they understood whom Jesus was, what did they ask Peter?
Peter told them to "(_________________) and be (___________________) .... in the name of (________ _________) for the (__________________) of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the (______________ _______________).
This promise is for whom? Verse 41 says all who accepted the message were (_____________)

Galatians 3:26 26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

According to the text, who has been clothed with Christ?
Colossians 2:9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.

In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead. 13. When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins...

 The sinful nature is put off by circumcision done by (_____________), having been (_________) with him in (________________)?
How are we buried with Christ in this text?
Who does the work of circumcision and forgiving of sins in this passage? Could anyone accurately say man is doing the circumcision, forgiveness or any work in this passage? Why do so many claim the passive act of obeying the command to be baptized is a work when it's Christ that has done all the work?

(Acts 16:14 NIV)  One of those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message.

 

(Acts 16:15 NIV)  When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. "If you consider me a believer in the Lord," she said, "come and stay at my house." And she persuaded us.

 The text says the "Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul's message." After the Lord opened Lydia's heart, how did she respond? Lydia and the members of her household were (____________.)

Hebrews 6:1-2 Hebrews 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, 2 instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

In this text, Paul mentions the laying of a foundation. It says this foundation consists of repenting from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God, instruction about (____________), the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Is instruction about baptisms, along with repentence, faith in God, resurrection and judgment included in this foundation? Does baptism seem a part of the foundation from this text? Circle one YES __________NO

Acts 18:8 Crispus, the synagogue ruler, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard him believed and were baptized.

The Corinthians who heard Paul believed him. In the text, what did they do in response to Paul's message about the Lord? They (____________) and were (_________________.)

Ephesians 4:4-6  There is one body and one Spirit-- just as you were called to one hope when you were called--  5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;  6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

 The text says there is one Lord, one faith, and one baptism. We know the Lord is important to salvation. We know faith is necessary for salvation. Is baptism included in this short list? Is the inclusion of baptism in this list nonsensical and mysterious or is it possible God wanted baptism to play a role in washing our sins away by uniting us in Christ, in his death, clothing us with Christ and saving us through the power of his resurrection even as he places his Holy Spirit in our newly cleansed selves?
Titus 3:4-7 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

Does "washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit" sound similar to what Jesus said about being born again of water and the Spirit in John 3:5? Circle one: Yes......No.

Does the text say He saved us through the "washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit? Circle one: Yes......No.

Mark 1:4-5 And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. According to the text - John's baptism was of repentance and (_______________) of sins. Does this seem to be a baptism of forgiveness of sins? Yes / No. Does it seem to be a water baptism in the Jordan River? Yes / No. If John, who prepared the way for Jesus and baptized Jesus who received the Spirit at that time, administered an immersion water baptism for the forgiveness of sins to which even Jesus submitted, is it surprising that Jesus and the Apostles too commanded a baptism of repentance and forgiveness of sins, (just like it says in Acts 2:38 and Acts 22:14) and that it's also for receiving the Spirit of God, just as Jesus received the Spirit upon his baptism?
Acts 19:1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They answered, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." 3 So Paul asked, "Then what baptism did you receive?" "John's baptism," they replied. 4 Paul said, "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus." 5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in all.

On hearing about Jesus, they were ____________ into the name of _________________. Does this immediate response to the gospel seem rare or common in all the Scriptures above? Circle one: Rare / Common.

What should be anyone's immediate response upon hearing the gospel and believing that Jesus is the Son of God who was crucified for their sins and resurrected on the third day? They should believe, repent and be (____________________) in the name of Jesus Chr_______ for the forgiveness of (______________) and they will receive the gift of the (________ _______). Isn't Acts 2:38 true when it says "This promise is for you, your children and all who are far off, all whom the Lord our God will call?"