Salvation
1. Why should Jesus save us?
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy" Titus 3:5
2. How are we saved?
"By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" Ephesians 2:8, 9
"Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?" Proverbs 20:9
"Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" Zechariah 4:6
"That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God" 1 Corinthians 2:5
3. Yet what always accompanies faith?
"Faith without works is dead" James 2:14-26
"Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right" Proverbs 20:11
4. Jesus came to call whom to what?
"Sinners to repentance" Mark 2:17
5. How does one repent?
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord" Isaiah 55:7
6. What should we be asking God to do for us?
"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin" Psalm 51:2
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" Psalm 139:23, 24
7. When will our search for God be successful?
"Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart" Jeremiah 29:13
8. What if I regard iniquity in my heart?
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me" Psalm 66:18
9. Jesus wants people who want to be made what?
"Whole" John 5:6
10. Why will only a few receive eternal life?
"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life" Matthew 7:14
11. Who will not be worthy?
"He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me" Matthew 10:37
12. Will God accept a divided commitment?
"No man can serve two masters" Matthew 6:24
13. What is the cost of discipleship?
"Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple" Luke 14:33
14. What did Paul say he did daily?
"I die daily" 1 Corinthians 15:31
"I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me" Galatians 2:20
15. If we want Jesus, what do we need to do?
"If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me" Luke 9:23
16. When we come in that way, will He reject us?
"Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out" John 6:37
17. When we confess our sins to Him, what two things will He do for us?
"Forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" 1 John 1:9
18. Must we do anything with our sins besides confessing them?
"Whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" Proverbs 28:13
19. When we give up our sins, how far does He remove them from us?
"As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us" Psalm 103:12
20. What if we are guilty of the darkest of sins?
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow" Isaiah 1:18
21. He will do this for us upon what two conditions?
"If ye be willing and obedient" Isaiah 1:19
22. Can I obey God without His power?
"Without me ye can do nothing" John 15:5
23. Although I do not find it within myself to perform good works, what one thing is present?
"To will" Romans 7:18
24. What then is the first step to victory?
"If there be first a willing mind" 2 Corinthians 8:12
25. Then what are we to do? And how does it work?
"Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have" 2 Corinthians 8:11