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Preface .
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1 Introduction to the Plan of Salvation .

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2 The Meaning of Salvation .
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3 The Process of Salvation
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4 Repentance for Salvation ..
9 Prayer of Repentance
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Beyond the Prayer of Repentance . 10
5 God of Deliverance
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6 Living for God: The Righteous Life .
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7 The Plan of Redemption
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Redemption Foreshadowed in the Old Testament 19

8 The Plan of Justification

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9 The Christian Experience .
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10 Strength from the Word
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11 Appendices .
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Appendix A: Biblical Word Definitions .. 24
Appendix B: Scripture Study References . 32

The message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is one of sacrifice, love and
hope for humanity. There is hope for people in all the earth because of Gods
unfailing plan of redemption through His Son Jesus, the Messiah, who came
to save all who believe in Him from the condemnation, bondage, slavery,
darkness, and degradation of sin.
Through Jesus Christ, you can triumph over all evil that is meant to
harm or destroy you. Jesus Christ has covered our sins through His Blood,
and is ready to forgive you if you believe in Him. He has overcome the Devil,
all evil, and the power of death, hell, and the grave, making it possible for
those who trust and believe in Him to be restored to a life free of sin and its
consequences.
The principle of salvation is founded in having faith in Jesus Christ and
the sacrifice that He made for us on the Cross.
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave
up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in,
clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but
have eternal (everlasting) life.
For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to
condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find
salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.

Almighty God is eternal and self-existent. He is infinite, without beginning

or end. He has always existed.1 God transcends all of His creation, being
above and independent of the created universe, world, and all that He
brought into existence.2 God is a Spirit2a and cannot die, therefore, in His
infinite knowledge He gave to the world His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ,
the Word, who was with Him in the beginning.2b Christ would, in due course
of time, leave His glory in heaven to become incarnate in the earth as a
human being. As a human, He dwelt among the Creation that He made and
for which He would ultimately die in the sacrificial act of Redemption.
In the beginning, everything that God created was good, pure, and holy.
Nothing was contaminated by sin.3 After God finished His Creation - the
heaven, the earth, and all that He placed within it, the man and woman that
He fashioned after His own image and likeness4 were deceived by the
serpent to disobey Gods commands. Adam and Eve, originally created
without sin, yielded to and acted upon the rebellious conversation of the
Devil, also called Satan.5 Adam and his wife made the fatal error of believing
the lies of the Devil6 who caused them to disbelieve the truth of the
command that God had spoken.
Due to the fall of Adam, all humans born from him were born into the
earth with a predisposition toward wrongdoing, or disobedience to God. This
tendency is referred to as the sin nature. The sin nature of human beings
is a direct result of the Fall. Through this example of the fall of Gods
originally perfect Creation, we understand that life is only made pure, and is
sustained and blessed when we are connected to God through bonded
fellowship.7 Disobedience caused the fellowship between God and Adam and
Eve to be broken, thereby giving Sin the dominion to rule. Their personal and
loving connection to the Creator and Father was damaged.

1. Psalm 90:2. Psalm 102:24-27.

2. 1 Timothy 6:13-16. Colossians 1:15-16.
2a. John 4:24.
2b. John 1:1, 14.
3. Genesis 1:31.
4. Genesis 1:1-27.
5. Genesis 3:1-24.
6. 1 Corinthians 15:33. 2 Corinthians 6:14.
7. Exodus 25:22. 2 Corinthians 13:14.

Humankinds descent from God, and the loss of the privileged close
presence, peace, and rest of God, ushered in decreased lifespans upon the
earth, resulting in physical death. Sin, which encompasses all disobedience
and rebellion against all that is of God, calls for the separation of the Holy
from the unholy. It was because of the rebellion, which God foresaw, that He
implemented a way to restore humanity to fellowship with Him.
The good news for humankind, which is the message of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, is that because of Gods immeasurable love for His Creation, He
had already determined a way for restoration and regeneration of repentant
humans, returning us to the gracious blessing of having relationship with
Him as our Father. Because God is Holy and only that which is pure, and free
from sin, can enter His presence, His Divine strategy was to give His only
begotten, sinless Son, Jesus Christ, as the Redeemer for the world. As our
substitute He would endure the wrath and punishment that mans sinful
nature deserved. The blood of Jesus was and is the only perfect and
acceptable sacrifice that would ransom mankind from the condition of sin.
Jesus Christ, in loving submission to the will of Father God, gave Himself,
so that we through His sacrificial blood atonement, could once again have
access to eternal life in Him, no longer subject to the death sentence of
separation from God. Jesus Christ, sent by God and knowing no sin,8 took
upon Himself all of the sins of humanity and suffered the wrath of God that
sin merited. He died because of the condemnation and judgment that was
due to our iniquity.9
Jesus came into this world, born of a woman,9a so that in human form
He could die in our place in order to make atonement to God for our sins
through the shedding of His blood. Christ came as the fulfillment of the
Mosaic Law and the Old Testament Sacrificial System. To establish the New

Covenant, Jesus Christ came as the lamb of God9b whose blood was shed and
carried by the Lord Himself, our faithful High Priest,9c into the Most Holy Place
in heaven, to atone for the sins of humanity once and for all.

8. 2 Corinthians 5:21. 1 John 3:5. John 14:30.

9. Hebrews 4:15. Hebrews 9:26; 10:6, 8, 18; 13:11. 1 John 1:7, 8; 3:4.
9a. Matthew 1:18-25.
9b. John 1:29.
9c. Hebrews 2:17. Hebrews 3:1-2.

At the time of His crucifixion, Jesus was arrested by Roman soldiers, tried
before the Council, beaten and scourged severely, crowned with thorns,
mocked, spit upon, and finally crucified on the Cross at a place called
Golgotha. 10 His blood was copiously shed throughout this excruciating
experience of suffering. No mere mortal could have borne this punishment.
Jesus was then buried in a borrowed sepulcher, and three days later, Gods
Power raised Him from the dead, thereby demonstrating to the world, Jews
and Gentiles alike, that Jesus is the Messiah, the only One through whom
mankind can be saved.10a The power of death and the grave were defeated
because of Christs resurrection.
The Lord God made an open show of Satan, the god of this fallen world,
proving that Gods power working through Jesus Christ had overcome the
power of death, the grave, and hell. Jesus now has the keys of hell and of
death. Christ, being raised from the dead, never dies again because death
has no more dominion over Him.10b Satans dominion over the life of a
Believer in Christ Jesus has been ended through the blood, the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God continues to have victory over death
and over all the power of Satan and his demons.
Jesus Christ gave His life as the only acceptable sacrifice to God so that
the children of God, forgiven of their sins, could exercise dominion in the
earth as heirs of the inheritance, through the authority given by the Lord

Jesus Christ, who has been given all power in heaven and earth. Jesus arose
from the dead to live forever as our faithful High Priest, Savior, and Lord.

Because He suffered in the body and experienced every temptation that

we as human beings experience, He is able to intercede effectively for us
with the Father, saving us completely from the evils that threaten to cause
us to sin or destroy us. Jesus, through His Spirit living in us, is able to keep
us from falling away from eternal life in the Father.11
Without God in this world, all humans are without hope. No matter how
fulfilling and successful ones life may seem to be without a relationship with
God and Jesus Christ, the true reality of its superficial nature is always
revealed; that reliance on ones own abilities, wealth, and accomplishments
is ultimately futile and empty. Human wisdom and intellect, and the things of
this world, including its structured systems, have the ability to deteriorate
and fail. God gives us true wisdom, skill, and prosperous paths, which far
exceed the limitations of human ingenuity and understanding.

10. Matthew 27:24-66. Matthew 28:1-10.

10a. Ephesians 1:20-21. Philippians 2:9-11.
10b. Revelation 1:18. Romans 6:9
11. Hebrews 5:5-10. Jude 1:24-25.

God never fails and cannot fail. Christ dwelling within you guarantees
your salvation and deliverance in the evil times. In troubles, He reveals to
you the way of escape and the solutions to problems. God may miraculously
deliver you from humanly impossible circumstances. He increases your
understanding and knowledge so that His purposes for you in the earth may
be accomplished.
Deliverance out of oppressive situations may take time, but if you are in
Christ and He is in you, you can be assured that the Lord is always working
on your behalf. There is no true solution, salvation and deliverance from the
evils of this world without Jesus Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the
Life. Conquest over sin only comes through faith in Christ and the victory
that He won for us at the Cross. His Mission was accomplished: His shed
blood paid the price for humanity to be freed from the prison of bondage to

sin, thereby defeating Satans ability to hold humans captive as condemned

sinners.


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Salvation is the gift that God has provided to humanity through His Son
Jesus Christ. Salvation means that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ as
Lord and Savior, and turns away from sin with a repentant heart, receives
forgiveness of sins and is no longer under the curse of eternal condemnation
and estrangement from God. A person saved through Christ is no longer
without God in the world; no longer hopeless, despairing, desperate and
unshielded from destruction.
The word salvation means to save, to deliver from slavery or
imprisonment, to protect or preserve safe from danger, loss or destruction. It
also means to make whole, to heal or restore to health, to deliver out of
physical death, to be healed; to recover. God is the One who accomplishes
salvation for the repentant Believer. He delivers us from the consequences of
sin and brings us into a more abundant life of gladness and prosperity
spiritually and naturally.
Jesus saves His people from the guilt and power of sin. He purges your
life and conscience from the sins that would condemn you, or cause you to
blame yourself for past failures, catastrophes, and disappointments.
Accepting Jesus Christ as your Savior brings you into the family of God by
enabling you to be born again of the Spirit of God, becoming a new, living
being in Christ whose sins have been pardoned and taken away by His blood.
Prior to forgiveness of our sins, we are considered dead in our
transgressions (disobedient to the laws of God). We are considered as dead
because the state or condition of sin separates us from the only Source of
Life, the Lord God. Anything or anyone apart from God cannot live eternally.
In the unregenerate, sinful nature, people are subject to practicing sins
(or works) of the flesh (the carnal nature before being saved), such as
fornication, adultery (all sexual immorality), lying, stealing, uncleanness,
lewdness (filthiness, obscenity, vulgarity, profanity), idolatry (anything
worshipped, reverenced or admired more than God), hatred, strife, envying,

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drunkenness, among others to name.12 This sin nature is supposed to be

rendered ineffective in the life and heart of the one who becomes saved
through Jesus Christ. The sin nature is to no longer be able to rule this
individuals behavior.

12. Galatians 5:19-21.

The Meaning of Salvation

The old self is to remain crucified with Christ (buried with Him in His
death on the Cross), and it is to remain dead as Christ Jesus lives through us
as we believe on Him and His Work at the Cross.
No one can enter the kingdom of heaven if their sins have not been
forgiven through Jesus Christ. Belief in the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ at the
Cross at Calvary is the only way to receive forgiveness of sin and access to
the Father. We are in Christ through faith.12a Once you receive Jesus Christ as
your Savior, you are brought from death to life, made alive in Him.13 Jesus
paid the price and penalty for our sins, becoming our replacement, laying
aside His heavenly splendor and becoming a curse, according to the will of
God the Father. His gift of salvation restores all who believe in Him to a right
standing with God.


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12a. John 14:6.

13. Romans 6:11-13. 1 Corinthians 15:22.

At the start of salvation, you experience a personal encounter with the

Lord, a unique encounter, recognizing that He has made a change in you and
believing in faith that God has forgiven your sins.14 You pass from death to life
spiritually, from the kingdom of Satan, being ruled by the power of sin and
darkness, to the kingdom of God, now ruled by the lifegiving power of God
and His righteousness.15
The saved individual makes passage from Satans dominion to Gods
dominion; from darkness to light.16 In Satans evil kingdom one is spiritually
dead, subject to the sinful nature and under the influence of demonic powers
and evil principalities. In the sinful nature, ones way of life exhibits

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disobedience to the righteous standards of God. After the Lord converts the

repentant Believer into His kingdom, he or she has access to the Power of
God and a personal relationship with Him through Jesus Christ. Christ confers
upon Believers the power to become the sons of God.17
Because of Gods righteous nature, Divine authority, and Sovereignty as
Judge of all of His creation, He must judge and punish sin. In the sinful,
unregenerate (not repentant, obstinate, unyielding) condition, man is subject
to the punishment for sin, which is death.18 Christs sacrificial death for us
atoned for, or made amends with God, for our sins thereby making it possible
for us, through belief in Him, to be saved from the penalty of eternal death
that we would have normally incurred.19 Jesus Christ Himself rescued us from
the judgment that was due to humanity.
The Lord is faithful to complete the salvation of the Believer by delivering
the child of God from the bondage, the power, and rule of sin over his or her
life. Adopted into the family of God, you come into fellowship with the Holy
Spirit who lives in you to do the work of sanctification (purification to make
one holy and free from sin). The Holy Spirit within you witnesses with your
spirit that you have a special relationship with God as your Father and with
Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.20

14. Acts 10:43. Romans 4:6-8.

15. 1 John 3:14. Romans 6:17-22.
16. Acts 26:18.
17. John 1:12.
18. Romans 6:23.
19. Romans 1:16. 1 Corinthians 1:18.
20. Matthew 6:9. John 14:18-23. Galatians 4:6.

The Process of Salvation

Once you receive the gift of salvation by having faith in Jesus Christ as
the Son of God and your Redeemer, you must consider yourself dead to sin,
meaning that your life is no longer controlled by former sinful desires that
influence your actions. You are dead to this carnal nature and now live for
Christ. You have died and buried your old life, the sinful self, and are born
again with a new spiritual nature, to live in loving obedience to the teachings
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former sinful nature, and the new life imparted to you by God is a testimony

of your faith as a Believer, exemplifying the death, burial and resurrection of

Jesus Christ. You have become a new being in Christ Jesus, His Spirit also now
dwelling within you.21
As Christians, we are not to yield to the former temptations that once
enticed us to sin, but are to depend on the power of the Holy Spirit to give us
strength to resist these lures.22
The Lord Jesus Christ has overcome the world and all sin and temptation
that would cause you to fall from the grace of God. His presence in you
enables you to overcome any evil with which you are tempted.23 We are
required as children of God to separate ourselves from sin24 and everything
that would corrupt or interfere with our walk with God.25
Ask the Father for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Power of God by
which you live a holy and pure life in this world of proliferating immorality.26
We are to serve the Lord with our whole heart and demonstrate His love and
righteousness in the earth for the advancement of Gods kingdom against
Satan and his kingdom of wickedness.27
All Christians strive toward the goal of our future salvation, when Christ
delivers us from Gods coming wrath on the ungodly. Saints of God will reign
with Christ and share in His glory.28 The Lord will reward the faithful who have
overcome the world.29 Believers must take care not to forfeit this future
salvation. Regard all warnings, instruction, discipline, and correction that God
sends to you through His Word and through His people. Those who rebel
against Gods commands and righteousness will not enter the Kingdom of
God. He admonishes and guides us in order to build within us a holy
character and nature that is like His, transforming us into the image of His
Son.30

21. Romans 6:1-14.

22. Romans 8:1-17. John 8:31-32; 14:21. 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
23. John 16:33. 1 John 2:13-14. 1 John 4:4; 5:4. Revelation 2:7, 11; 3:5, 12, 21; 17:14.
24. Romans 6:1-14.
25. Acts 2:40. 2 Corinthians 6:17-18.
26. Acts 2:33-39. Ephesians 5:18.
27. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5. Ephesians 6:11-18. 1 Peter 5:8-9.
28. Romans 8:2-30. 1 Corinthians 15:49.
29. Revelation 2:7.
30. Romans 8:29. Romans 12:9-21. 1 Corinthians 1:9; 9:24-27. Philippians 2:12-16. 2 Peter 1:5-11.
Hebrews 1:1-4. Hebrews 5:8. Hebrews 12:1. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4. Colossians 1:13-17; 3:5-11.

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In order for your sins to be forgiven and to be made right with God, you
begin with accepting Jesus Christ as Savior, believing that He is the Way to
salvation, the Way to the Father. You must confess your sins to God, and
acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that He died for your
sins, being raised from the dead to live eternally. Repentance is the first step
to being pardoned of your sins so that you may enter into the presence of
God through the blood of Jesus Christ.
In the Book of Acts, chapter 2, verse 38, the apostle Peter proclaims the
Word of the Lord: And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views
and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting
it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit. (AMP, Amplified Bible, KJV)
The gift of the Holy Spirit is a promise to all who believe in Christ Jesus.
The Holy Spirit indwells us and enables us to live as children of God in the
earth, and does the work of cleansing, purifying, and refining our spirits,
hearts and minds.

The word of confession for repentance is found in the following

Scriptures. {Scriptures are from the New International Version [NIV] of the Holy
Bible}

Romans 10:9-10
(9) That if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your
heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (10) For it is
with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth
that you confess and are saved. [NIV]
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness. [NIV]


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Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and
renounces them finds mercy. [NIV]

Repentance for Salvation

Prayer of Repentance
The following is an example prayer that you may follow to express
repentance to God. It includes the spoken invitation for the Lord Jesus Christ
to come into your life. Have a heart of sincerity as the Lord guides your
words and spirit as you pray.
Dear LORD,
I realize that I am a sinner in need of salvation. I believe that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God, the Messiah, and that He died to save me
from my sins. I believe that He was raised from the dead to live
forever as my Lord and Savior. I confess my sins to you, and thank
you for forgiving me and purifying me. I turn away from my sins and
ask you to be Lord and ruler of my life. Please fill me and baptize me
with your Holy Spirit. Amen.
If you have prayed this prayer, by the grace of God you are now saved and
welcomed into the family of God.

Beyond Repentance
After you have prayed the prayer of repentance and have by faith
accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord, Christ comes to live
within you to rule as God and King. Now, through the blood of Jesus, your sins
have been forgiven and you have been granted access to personal fellowship
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Divine deliverance from the bondage of sin and from this point forward, as
long as you are in Christ and He is in you, you have Eternal Life.
The Lord God, through His Holy Spirit, begins within you the process of
sanctification, separating you unto Himself, from evil things and evil ways,
purifying you from unrighteousness. The Lord cleanses your heart and
conscience of evil, lustful, prideful thoughts and past sinful deeds, purging
out of you everything that is displeasing to Him. This regenerating new birth,
the washing and renewal of your mind, comes also through the study of the
Word of God, the Holy Bible, in which God reveals His righteous standards
and His mind and Will toward His children. Christians are to pattern their lives
daily after the righteous examples found in Scripture. The Scriptures testify
of Jesus Christ and His sacrificial crucifixion, our Savior and perfect
example.30a The Word teaches us the way to live holy before God.

30a. John 5:39.

Repentance for Salvation

As a true disciple of Jesus Christ, you have put to death your old identity
and its sinful inclinations and desires. The immoral character, behaviors,
patterns of thought, and communications in which you used to engage must
now be abandoned so that your life represents who you are supposed to be
as a child of God. The Spirit of God gives you the power and the ability to
overcome these former ways. Your strength in this overcoming power
remains in the fact that Jesus Christ has already overcome the issues that His
people experience in the world.31 The Lord Jesus Christ has deprived the world
of the power to harm those who believe in Him. He has conquered the world
and made it possible for His followers to have victory in this life.31a
Your responsibility as a true Believer is not only to profess Jesus Christ,
but to live and act according to His righteous teachings so that your life is a
shining example to those who do not know Christ. You must purpose in your
heart and mind that you will allow God to do the work of purification within
you, making you holy, and that you are committed to living a life pleasing to
God.32 You continue to mature in God by learning, through His Word, what He
requires of His children in regard to moral character and righteous behavior
and attitude. His holy character is built up in you as you continue to pursue a
righteous life in Christ through loving obedience to God and His Word.


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31. John 16:33.

31a. Luke 10:17-20.
32. Romans 12:1-2.

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Scripture gives testimony of how Jesus Christ, during His earthly ministry,
demonstrated that He is the Savior, the Messiah, sent from God. He cast out
demonic spirits, bringing salvation to those who sought Him, delivering them
and restoring them to a state of wholeness. Jesus Christ, who God raised
from the dead to live forever, is the same today as He was then.32a He
continues to deliver individuals from demonic possession and oppression. In
the Name of Jesus Christ, in which all authority exists over all the powers of
the Devil, demonic spirits are cast out. Jesus also gave this authority to His
disciples.
The following are some of the Scriptures that speak of the power and
authority of Jesus
Christ over all the power of the enemy. [Scriptures taken from the New International
Version [NIV] of the Holy Bible].

Matthew 8:28-33 (see also Luke 8:26-36)

28

When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demonpossessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that
no one could pass that way.
29

What do you want with us, Son of God? they shouted. Have you come
here to torture us before the appointed time?
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31

Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding.

The
demons begged Jesus, If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.
32

He said to them, Go! So they came out and went into the pigs, and the
whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water.

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Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this,
including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
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Matthew 9:32-33
32

While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and
could not talk was brought to Jesus. 33
And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke.
The crowd was amazed and said, Nothing like this has ever been seen in
Israel.

32a. Hebrews 13:8

God of Deliverance

Matthew 10:1, 6-8

1 He called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out
evil spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
6
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel. 7As you go, preach this message: The
kingdom of heaven is near.
8
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out
demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

Mark 1:21-27, 32-34 (also see Luke 4:31-37, 40-41)

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They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the
synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people were amazed at his teaching,
because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the
law. 23 Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil
spirit cried out, 24 What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you
come to destroy us? I know who you are the Holy One of God!

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25

26

Be quiet! said Jesus sternly. Come out of him!

The evil spirit shook

the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.

27

The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, What is this? A
new teaching and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and
they obey him.
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34

That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and
demon-possessed.
The whole town gathered at the door, and Jesus healed many who had
various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the
demons speak because they knew who he was.

God of Deliverance

Mark 9:17-27 (see also Luke 9:37-43)

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A man in the crowd answered, Teacher, I brought you my son, who is

possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. 18 Whenever it seizes
him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth
and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they
could not.
19
O unbelieving generation, Jesus replied, how long shall I stay with you?
Bring the boy to me. 20
So they brought him. When the spirit saw Jesus, it immediately threw the
boy into a convulsion. He fell to the ground and rolled around, foaming at the
mouth. 21 Jesus asked the boys father, How long has he been like this?
From childhood, he answered. 22 It has often thrown him into fire or water
to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.
23
If you can? said Jesus. Everything is possible for him who believes.
24 25

Immediately the boys father exclaimed, I do believe; help me overcome

my unbelief!
When Jesus saw that a crowd was running to the scene, he rebuked the
evil spirit. You deaf and mute spirit, he said, I command you, come out
of him and never enter him again. 26
The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looked
so much like a corpse that many said, Hes dead. 27 But Jesus took him by
the hand and lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.

Mark 16:15-18
15 16

He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the good news to all
creation.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not
believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who
believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new
tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink
deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick
people, and they will get well.
John 12:31

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31

Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world

will be driven out.

men to myself.

32

But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all

Living for God is a joyful experience for the true Believer. Even during
challenges, hard times and difficulties, the security of having Christ as Lord
and Savior removes the effect that the stresses of living in this fallen world
can bring. Because you belong to Jesus Christ, you can go directly to God in
prayer, knowing that Jesus has qualified you as righteous according to His
atonement for your sin. As a former sinner, you did not have the privilege to
receive into your life the blessings and grace that God gives as a result of the
Lord Jesus finishing all that was necessary to save you from every
consequence of sin.
Each day of your life, purpose in your mind and heart that you will live for
Christ in every way. Determine that you will do that which is pleasing to Him
according to His teachings and righteous standards in His Word. Success in
this is not achieved by the cleverness of humanistic methods and beliefs, or
by self-help solutions. This is attained by the total surrender of your life to
Christ Jesus who will give you the power and desire to obey Him in your
attitudes, behaviors and decisions.
Your life as a Christian is not to consist of a repetitive cycle of sinning
and repenting. God is merciful and longsuffering; however He also searches
the hearts and intents of men.32b One who shuns the sacrifice that Christ
made on the Cross by yielding to sinful behaviors repeatedly demonstrates
to God their unbelief in the grace, sanctity and power of Gods gift of
salvation. Jesus died to save you from these very sins.

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As humans, we may experience weakness in many areas of life; however

we do not have to fail and must not use weakness as an excuse to
deliberately sin. We are to be dead to sin, having died with Christ on the
Cross, being raised to a new life in Him. We no longer have contact with that
to which we are dead. We do not overcome the sin nature in our own
strength, but in the strength of the Lord.32c Our faith is not in ourselves but in
Christ and the Work that He finished for us at the Cross. Our faith may be
tested at some points in our lives, but we must never let go of faith in Christ,
who brought us out of darkness.

32b. Jeremiah 17:9-10. 1 Corinthians 2:10. Revelation 2:23.

32c. Exodus 15:2. Job 12:13. Psalm 18:2; 18:32; 27:1; 28:7; 29:11; 43:2; 46:1; 68:35;
73:26; 84:5; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:4; Isaiah 26:4; Isaiah 40:29; 45:24; 2
Corinthians 12:9.
Living For God: The Righteous Life

This is the key to living a righteous life before God. Know and remember
each day that Jesus Christ has already defeated Satan and all evil powers at
the Cross at Calvary. He took away the Devils legal right to hold you captive,
in bondage to sin and dark ways of life. The blood that Jesus shed during His
crucifixion made forgiveness of sin possible for every individual who would
believe in Him. By faith in Jesus Christ and His blood atonement, your sins
are forgiven. You have been absolved of the sin that would give Satan the
right to hold you captive in his kingdom. Regardless of your past, you have
been forgiven (cleared, released, freed, liberated) from your sins through
faith in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit then does the work in your heart and life
to make you a holy child of God.
You are no longer a slave to sin, but a servant to Righteousness, living for
the Most High God. God now sees you in His Son Jesus, your sins covered by
His blood, with righteousness imparted to you. The Father, through Jesus
Christ, receives you as His son or daughter. This is your confidence in living a
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It is when we forget this magnificent gift of God that we fall prey to

temptations that the Devil sends to us. Some fall away, returning to a
degenerate sinful state, rejecting the price that Christ paid for their salvation.
Losing faith in Christ Jesus means rejection of the only Way to be saved. God
does not take away an individuals salvation, but rather, one can make the
choice to reject the Way through unbelief.
Unbelief is a sin of the heart and is demonstrated to God by ones
conduct and life choices. Continuing to act in a way that opposes all that God
considers right is the demonstration and expression of unbelief, which
excludes a person from the promises of God. The end result of being ruled by
the sin nature is death and eternal separation from God. Ones soul would
live eternally in hell.
Surrender yourself to God; resist (refuse to accept; refuse to go along
with, refuse to give in to, withstand, be proof against, avoid, refrain, abstain
from) the Devil, and he will flee from you.32d This is what the Lord Jesus did
during His temptation in the wilderness. He submitted His will to God and
resisted the lures of the Devil with the truth of Gods Word.32e Once you have
received Jesus Christ into your life, His power helps you to resist and
renounce the desires of the sin nature (the flesh). God does not tempt His
people because God cannot be tempted with evil. If one sins then, he is led
away to do so by his own lustful desires.32f As a true disciple of Jesus Christ,
your desire should be to decline any invitation to engage in immoral deeds.

32d. James 4:7.

32e. Matthew 4:1-11.
32f. James 1:13-15.
Living For God: The Righteous Life

As a Christian, you must also be aware of one of the greatest forces of

the sin nature, which the Word of God addresses as lust. Lust is a strong
desire of any kind, whether it relates to appetite, physical desires, or an
intense desire for power. You are able to overcome any evil temptation of lust
by knowing and trusting that Jesus Christ won this victory for you already, by
atoning for sin of every nature and defeating Satans power to rule the
desires that originate in the hearts of individuals. Jesus Christ through the
Holy Spirit reigns in the hearts of the born again Believer and overpowers the
sin nature as we yield ourselves to His rule and sovereignty.

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Victorious living for the Believer is defined by the Word of God which

prescribes the order in which we are to live. The Scriptures declare that the
New Covenant with God and His people has been established through the
Finished Work of Jesus Christ at the Cross and by His great Sacrifice for all
who believe in Him. The blood and the Cross of Jesus Christ is the answer to
sin.32g
Remaining triumphant every day of your life is not accomplished by your
own strength, ability, or willpower, but by your sincere belief in Jesus Christ
and His Grace, and understanding that He already conquered sin and
defeated Satan for your sake. If you are struggling with certain enticements
to sin, remind yourself of why you do not have to yield yourself to the sin because Christ has overcome this and the Holy Spirit lives in you to give you
the power necessary to remain strong and submitted to God.

32g. Hebrews l0:12-14.

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Jesus Christ attained our salvation by paying a ransom with His life and
the shedding of His priceless blood. Fallen humanity, alienated from God, had
to be redeemed bought back from the bondage and power of sin.33 In the
sinful condition, human beings are under the dominion, or rule and authority,
of satanic powers.34
Anyone who remains unrepentant, whose sins have not been forgiven
through redemption in Jesus Christ, is still a slave to sin35 and is in need of
deliverance from the guilt of sin, its power, and the punishment that it
merits.36 Believers who are in Christ Jesus (who have received His gift of
salvation) are not condemned under the Law of Sin and death, but are under
the Law of the Spirit and of grace.37
Jesus Christ paid the price to free us from the captivity of sin by shedding
His blood and giving His life as a substitute sacrifice for us.38 Redemption
through the blood atonement of Jesus Christ means that we are free from the
law - from its legalistic ordinances which could not be kept completely and
perfectly by humans. Christ Jesus is the only One who was and is able to
fulfill the law completely and perfectly. He came to fulfill all of the Law. 39
As Believers in Christ, we are considered justified before God because all
of the commandments of God have been fulfilled by His only begotten Son.
Since human beings could not keep the Mosaic Law in its entirety because
the Power of God did not reside within the worshipper under the Old
Testament, Jesus Christ came to fulfill the Law. He kept the Law perfectly for
us. He covers us with His perfect obedience as we trust in Him, having faith
in Him as our Savior and Lord.
We have a new freedom in our Redeemer, Jesus Christ, and are able to
live righteously and obey Him freely by following His commandments, the
greatest of which is to love one another.

33. Romans 3:10-18.

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34. Acts 10:38; 26:18.

35. Romans 6:6; 7:14.
36. Acts 26:18. Romans 1:18; 6:1-18, 23. Ephesians 5:8. Colossians 1:13. 1 Peter 2:9.
37. Romans 6:14; 8:1-2.
38. Matthew 20:28. Mark 10:45. 1 Corinthians 6:20. Ephesians 1:7. Titus 2:14. Hebrews 9:12. 1 Peter 1:18-19.
39. Matthew 5:17-18. Romans 8:15-17. Galatians 5:13-14. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 7:22-23.
The Plan of Redemption

Redemption Foreshadowed in the Old Testament

During the time of the Old Testament, under the Law of Moses, God
implemented a temporary sacrificial system in which the blood of animals
[bullocks, rams, goats, lambs, turtledoves, pigeons] atoned for the sins of the
priests and the people of Israel.40 This was to take place until the time of the
New Covenant, in which Gods plan of redemption through the blood of Jesus
Christ would be fulfilled. The blood atonement of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of
God, became the final and only acceptable sacrifice to God for the sins of His
people and all of humanity.
In the former sacrificial system under the Old Covenant, worship was
officiated by the Levitical priesthood. The people of Israel had to make
sacrifices repeatedly for the forgiveness of sins by bringing animals
according to the commandments of the Law. The high priest had to enter the
Most Holy Place of the Tabernacle once every year with the blood of a goat
and bullock to atone for his sins and for the sins of the children of Israel.
Anyone who did not keep the Law in its entirety was guilty of breaking the
whole Law, and therefore under condemnation. The curse and condemnation
of the Law is what Believers have been redeemed from through the blood
atonement of Christ Jesus. He became the curse so that we could be free to
worship God in Him.41
God foreknew that the temporary method of sacrifice could not
completely cleanse the conscience of the people, and that the blood of
animals could not make permanent atonement for the sins of humans. The
commandments of the Law were implemented through Moses because of law
breakers. It was put in place to give us an example of how impossible it is for
human beings to be righteous without the indwelling power of Gods Spirit.
The requirements of the Law, impossible for imperfect mortals to keep
faultlessly, amplified our need for a perfect Savior who could completely
fulfill all that Father God requires of His children.

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God had determined that He would give His only begotten and sinless
Son as the once for all sacrifice for the people, His blood being the final
atonement for sin. Christ Jesus is the
Revelation of the only and final Way through which all sin is forgiven.
Believing in Jesus Christ, and having faith that His blood redeemed humanity
from sin, attributes to us forgiveness of sins. He takes away our sins, and in
exchange, imputes and imparts His righteousness to us so that we are
accepted by the Father as His children.

40. Leviticus 9:8.

41. Galatians 3:13-14.

Justification is part of the conversion experience of the Believer in which

the individual is made right with God, starting anew with Him as His child. It
is a gift of God. 42 No person can make himself or herself right with God by
keeping the Law or by merely performing good works because we have all
sinned and come short of the glory of God and are in need of the salvation of
Jesus Christ.43
The sacrificial death of Jesus Christ and His blood atonement was
necessary for us to be vindicated before God. Jesus was raised from the dead
after being crucified, being the perfect and complete appeasement of Gods
judgment and wrath on sin. He satisfied the judgment on sin, a judgment
necessitated by the evil of sin and the righteousness and holiness of God.
Christs resurrection from the dead was confirmation that the price had been
paid for the sins of humanity.
God Almighty justifies the Believer on the grounds of Christs death and
blood atonement. God acquits men of their guilt on the conditions of His
grace in Christ Jesus and the acceptance of Christ by faith. God the Father,
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Christ to the Believer. This credited righteousness is not our own, but that of
Christ.44 God sees Believers covered in the perfect righteousness of His Son
Jesus. This allows mortal humans to be accepted into Gods presence and
kingdom, permitting our entry into the kingdom of heaven. No one can ever
be good enough of themselves, separate from Christ, to merit entrance into
Gods eternal presence.
The Lord Jesus Christ is our Advocate, our Counselor, before the Father.
He intercedes on our behalf, and is able to present us before Father God as
being credited with His righteousness. God justifies those who have faith in
Jesus. Justification is the heavenly legal and formal acquittal from guilt by
God as Judge, the pronouncement of the former sinner as righteous.
Justification means that there is no more condemnation of the one who is
justified.

42. Romans 3:24-26. Ephesians 2:8.

43. Romans 3:23. Romans 4:2-8.
44. Philippians 3:9.

Once you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, His Spirit comes to indwell
you.45 The
Lord Jesus makes all things new. You go through the process of being born
again from the Spirit of God, becoming a new creation in Christ, with a new
nature imparted by God, to begin a new life in righteousness. The Holy Spirit
abides with you and enables you to live successfully as a child of God. 46 The
Holy Spirit witnesses with your spirit that you now belong to the family of
God.47
Each day of your life may bring temptations, tests, and trials that may
cause you to desire to return to former unrighteous ways. You may even
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not saved. This is not an uncommon persecution that Believers experience. It

is imperative that you rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to enable you to be
victorious over these situations. Falling back into habitual sins will cause you
to become entangled again with the bondage of sin, and the road back is
difficult, and, as the Word of God teaches, it is impossible to be renewed unto
repentance.48
If a person rejects the way of salvation by returning to the habitual
practice of sin, the Voice of the Holy Spirit eventually becomes quieted in
your spirit, heart and mind. You must remember that Jesus Christ died, was
crucified and shed His blood, so that your sins would be forgiven resulting in
restoration to God. You have gained access to entrance into the kingdom of
heaven, and to all of the promises to which the seed of Abraham are heirs.
Once you belong to Jesus Christ, you are Abrahams seed by faith.49
If you fall away by making the choice to return to the practice of a
lifestyle of sin after you have accepted the Lords gift of salvation, grace, and
mercy, you have rejected the only sacrifice that Father God deemed
acceptable for forgiveness of sins. You crucify the Lord Jesus again, bringing
Him to open shame, and there is no more sacrifice acceptable to God for
sin.50 As you commit to obey the Greatest Commandment, to love the Lord
God and one another, and as you observe to follow His leading and teaching,
be encouraged in your walk of faith. The Lord searches the intents of the
hearts and knows whose hearts are sincere toward Him. He is able to keep
you from falling from the grace of God.51

45. Galatians 2:16-21.

46. Romans 8:5-14.
47. Romans 8:16-17.
48. Hebrews 6:4-6.
49. Galatians 3:7-9, 16; 4:28. Romans 9:8.
50. Hebrews 6:6.
51. Jude 1:24.

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As part of your daily worship, hide the Word of God in your heart by

studying and meditating on it, receiving the message that the Holy Spirit is
speaking to you. True study that feeds your spirit does not consist of
superficial memorization, but of committing your mind to the guidance of the
Holy Spirit as the voice of God speaks to you through His Word.
You will find that the Lord will minister directly to you through His Word by
bringing Scriptures to your remembrance, at the time of need, to comfort, to
direct, and to give you wisdom in every situation.52 Diligent prayer and Bible
study will enable you to live according to the leading of the Spirit of God.

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[Unless otherwise indicated, definitions are from Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

SALVATION
4982. sz.
To save, i.e. deliver or protect (literal or figurative):heal, preserve, save
(self), do well, be (make) whole. To save, deliver, make whole, preserve safe
from danger, loss, destruction.
(I) Used of persons: To keep safe, to preserve, or deliver out of physical
death.
(Scripture references: Matthew 8:25; 14:30; 16:25; 24:22; 27:40, 42;
Mark 3:4; 8:35; 13:20; Luke 6:9; 9:24; John 12:27; Acts 27:20, 31;
Hebrews 5:7; Jude 5).
(II) Of sick persons: To save from death and (by implication) to heal, restore to
health; passively, to be healed, recover.
(Scripture references: Matthew 9:21-22; Mark 5:23, 28, 34; Luke 7:50;
8:36, 48; John 11:12; Acts 4:9; James 5:15).
(III)
Specifically of salvation from eternal death, sin, and the punishment
and misery consequent to sin. To save, and (by implication), to give
eternal life.
(Scripture references: Matthew 1:21; 10:22; 18:11; 19:25; 24:13; Mark
10:26; 13:13; 16:16; Luke 8:12; John 5:34; 10:9; Acts 2:40; Romans 5:910; 11:14; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 5:5; 1 Timothy 2:15; 4:16; 2 Timothy 4:18;
Hebrews 7:25; James 1:21; 5:20).
Also refers to those being saved, those who have obtained salvation through
Christ and are kept by Him.

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(Scripture references: Luke 13:23; Acts 2:47; 1 Corinthians 1:18; 2

Corinthians 2:15; Revelation 21:24).

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SALVATION
4990. str.
A deliverer, i.e. God or Christ:savior, deliverer, preserver, one who saves
from danger or destruction and brings into a state of prosperity and
happiness.
(I) Of God as savior.
(Scripture references: Luke 1:47; 1 Timothy 1:1; 2:3; 4:10; Titus 1:3;
2:10; 3:4; Jude 25).
(II) Of Jesus as the Messiah, the Saviour of men, who saves His people from
the guilt and power of sin and from eternal death, from punishment and
misery as the consequence of sin, and gives them eternal life and
blessedness in His kingdom.
(Scripture references: Luke 2:11; John 4:42; Acts 5:31; 13:23; Ephesians
5:23; Philippians 3:20; 2 Timothy 1:10; Titus 1:4; 2:13; 3:6; 2 Peter 1:1,
11; 2:20; 3:2, 18; 1 John 4:14).

4991. stria.
Rescue or safety (physical or morally):deliver, health, salvation,
save, saving. (I) Deliverance from danger, slavery, or imprisonment.
(Scripture references: Luke 1:69, 71; Acts 7:25; Philippians 1:19;
Hebrews 11:7). By implication, victory. (Reference: Revelation 7:10;
12:10; 19:1).
(II) Deliverance from sin and its spiritual consequences and admission to
eternal life with blessedness in the kingdom of Christ.

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(Scripture references: Luke 1:77; 19:9; John 4:22; Acts 4:12; 13:26;
16:17; Romans
1:16; 10:1, 10; 11:11; 13:11; 2 Corinthians 1:6; 7:10;
Ephesians 1:13; Philippians 1:28; 2:12; 1
Thessalonians 5:8, 9; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2
Timothy2:10; 3:15; Hebrews 1:14; 2:3, 10; 5:9; 6:9; 9:28; 1 Peter 1:5, 9,
10; Jude 3).
By association, a source or bringer of salvation, Saviour. (Scripture
reference: Acts 13:47).

[Unless otherwise indicated, definitions are from Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

SALVATION
4992. strion.
Defender or (by implication) defense:salvation. Delivering, saving,
bringing salvation.

SIN (verb)
264. hamartan.
(literal) To miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), swerve from the
way, to err, especially (moral) to sin:for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
(I) To err, swerve from the truth, go wrong; speaking of errors of doctrine
or faith. (1 Corinthians 15:34; Titus 3:11).
(II) To err in action, in respect to a prescribed law, i.e. to commit errors, to
do wrong, sin:
(Scripture references: Matthew 27:4; John 5:14; 8:11; 9:2-3; Romans 2:12;
3:23; 5:12,
14, 16; 6:15; 1 Corinthians 7:28, 36; Ephesians 4:26; 1 Titus 5:20;
Hebrews 3:17;

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10:26; 1 Peter 2:20; 2 Peter 2:4; 1 John 1:10; 2:1; 3:6, 8-9; 5:16, 18.
(with the prep. eis (1519), unto, to sin against anyone, to offend, wrong
(Matthew 18:15, 21; Luke 15:18, 21; 17:3, 4; Acts 25:8;
1 Corinthians 6:18; 8:12).
Used in the NT (a) of sinning against God (1) by angels, 2 Peter 2:4; (2) by
man, Matthew 27:4; Luke 15:18, 21.

[Unless otherwise indicated, definitions are from Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

SIN (noun)
266. hamartia.
(literal) A missing of the mark. Offence, sin (-ful).
(I) Aberration from the truth, error (John 8:46; 16:8-9).
(II) Aberration from a prescribed law or rule of duty, whether in general or of
particular sins:
(A)Generally, (Matthew 3:6; 9:2, 5, 6; Mark 1:4-5; John 9:34; Romans
7:5;
1 Corinthians 15:3; 2 Corinthians 11:7; Hebrews 4:15; 10:26; James 2:9;
1 Peter 2:22).

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(B)Spoken of particular sins, which are to be gathered from the context;

e.g. of unbelief (John 8:21, 24); of lewdness (2 Peter 2:14); of
defection from the gospel of Christ (Hebrews 11:25;
12:1).
(C)Sinful, i.e. either as causing sin (Romans 7:7, i.e. Is the law the
cause of sin?), or as committing sin (2 Corinthians 5:21, i.e. He has
been treated as if He were a sinner).
(D)
The practice of sinning, habit of sin. (Romans 3:9; 5:12, 20-21;
Galatians 3:22).
(E)Proneness to sin, sinful desire or propensity. (John 8:34; Romans 6:1,
2, 6, 12, 14; 7:7; Hebrews 3:13).
(III)
From the Hebrew, the imputation or consequences of sin, the guilt and
punishment of sin as in the phrase to take away [or bear] sin, i.e. the
imputation of it. (John 1:29; Romans 11:27; Hebrews 9:26; 10:11; 1 Peter
2:24; 1 John 3:5)
In the NT, a comprehensive term for moral obliquity; (a) a principle or source
of action, or an inward element producing acts (Romans 3:9; 5:12, 13, 20;
6:1-2; 7:7-9, 11, 13) (b) a governing principle or power, e.g. Romans 6:6,
(the body) of sin, here sin is spoken of as an organized power, acting
through the members of the body, though the seat of sin is in the will (the
body is the organic instrument). This governing principle is personified
(Romans 5:21; 6:12, 14, 17; 7:11, 14,17, 20, 23, 25; 8:2; 1 Corinthians
15:56; Hebrews 3:13; 11:25; 12:4; James 1:15).

[Unless otherwise indicated, definitions are from Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

SINNER
268. hamartlos.
(I) As adj.: erring from the divine law, sinful, wicked, impious:

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(A)Generally: a sinful generation (Mark 8:38); a sinful man, a sinner

(Luke 5:8; 19:7;
24:7; John 9:16, 24); a sinful woman (Luke 7:37, 39);
(B)Oblivious to the consequences of sin, guilty and
exposed to punishment (Romans 5:19; 7:13; Galatians 2:15; Jude
15).
(II) A sinner, transgressor, impious person:
Sinners, despisers of God; used by the Jews to refer to the Gentiles, heathen
or pagan nations. (Matthew 26:45, Matthew 20:19; Mark 10:33; Luke 18:32).

859. phesis.
The remission of sinsmeaning to remove the guilt, punishment, and power
of sin
(Matthew 9:2, 5-6; 26:28; Luke 7:47-49; John 20:23; Hebrews 10:4). Thus, in
John 9:41, your sin remaineth means your guilt and exposure to
punishment remain. The same may be said of 1 Corinthians 15:17, where
ye are yet in your sins indicates one is still under the guilt and power of
sin (Hebrews 9:26, 28).
863. aphimi.
To remit sins.

[Unless otherwise indicated, definitions are from Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

REDEEM

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59. agoraz.
To purchase; specially to redeem:buy.
Metaphorically, to acquire for ones self by a ransom or
price paid; in the NT, spoken of those whom Christ has
redeemed by his blood from the bondage of sin and
death. (1 Corinthians 6:20; 7:23; 2 Peter 2:1; Revelation 14:3-4).
629. apolutrsis (n.)
A releasing for (i.e. on payment of) a ransom. Used of (a) deliverance from
physical torture
(Hebrews 11:35); (b) the deliverance of the people of God at the coming of
Christ with His glorified saints, in a cloud with power and great glory, Luke
21:28, a redemption to be accomplished at the second advent, 2
Thessalonians 2:8; (c) forgiveness and justification, redemption as a result of
expiation, deliverance from guilt of sins (Romans 3:24; Ephesians 1:7;
Colossians 1:14; Romans 6:4; Hebrews 9:15); (d) the deliverance of the
Believer from the presence and power of sin, and of his body from bondage
to corruption, at the coming (the Parousia in its inception) of the Lord Jesus,
(Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 1:14; 4:30).

1805. exagoraz.
[Vines Complete Expository Dictionary of the Old and New Testament]

(v.) denotes to buy out, especially of purchasing a slave with a view to his
freedom. Used metaphorically (Galatians 3:13; 4:5) of the deliverance by
Christ of Christian Jews from the Law and its curse. Signifies the price paid
with a view to redemption.
[Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

To buy up, i.e. ransom; (figurative) to rescue from loss (improve

opportunity):redeem. From ek (1537), out or from, and agorzo (59), to
buy. To purchase out, to buy up from the possession or power of someone. In
the NT, to redeem, to set free from service or bondage (Galatians 3:13; 4:5).

[Unless otherwise indicated, definitions are from Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

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REDEEM
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3084. lutro. (v.)

To release on receipt of ransom. Signifies the actual deliverance, the setting
at liberty. (akin to lutron, a ransom). To release by paying a ransom price,
to redeem (Luke 24:21), in the natural sense, Israel set free from the Roman
yoke; in a spiritual sense, of the work of Christ in redeeming men from all
iniquity (anomia, lawlessness, the bondage of self-will which rejects the
will of God; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:18ye were redeemed, from a vain
manner of life, i.e., from bondage to tradition).
The death of Christ is the means of redemption.

REDEMPTION
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3085. lutrsis. (n.)

A redemption. Used in the general sense of deliverance. Used of the nation
of Israel, Luke 1:68; 2:38; used of the redemptive work of Christ (Hebrews
9:12), bringing deliverance through His death, from the guilt and power of
sin.
[Strongs New Testament Greek Dictionary]

To release on receipt of a ransom. Redemption, deliverance; spoken of the

redemption of Israel (Luke 1:68; 2:38). Used metaphorically: redemption
from sin and its consequences (Hebrews 9:12).

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JUSTIFICATION
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1344. dikaio. (v.)

To deem to be right; to show to be right or righteous; to be justified.
(Matthew 11:19; Luke 7:35; Romans 3:4; 1 Timothy 3:16). To declare to be
righteous, to pronounce righteous.
1345. dikaima. (n.)
A concrete expression of righteousness; a declaration that a person or thing
is righteous.
1347. dikaisis.
The act of pronouncing righteous, justification, acquittal. The establishment
of a person as just by acquittal from guilt. (Romans 4:25).

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Creation and the Fall of Man

Genesis 1:1-31
Genesis 2:1-25
Genesis 3:1-24

Salvation through Christ Jesus

Isaiah 9:6
Matthew 1:18-23
Matthew 2:4-6
Matthew 16:13-17
Luke 4:40-41
Luke 24:25-27
John 3:16-18
John 4:25
John 7:26-27, 41-42
John 11:27
John 12:34
John 14:6
John 14:16
Romans 3:23-25
Romans 5:6-8, 10
Romans 8:1-2, 9-10
Romans 10:8-10
Acts 4:12
Acts 9:2
Acts 16:17
Acts 16:25-34
Acts 22:4
Galatians 3:13-14
Philippians 2:5-11
1Timothy 1:15
2Timothy 3:12
Hebrews 10:19-22
1 John 1:9

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Christs Intercession for Believers

Hebrews 7:25

Faith in the Grace of Jesus Christ

John 1:17
Romans 1:16-17
Ephesians 2:8-9

The LORD Delivers and Saves

Deuteronomy 26:8-9
Psalm 27:1
Psalm 62:1
Isaiah 53:4-12

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