Adult Bible Study Guide

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Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide
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The Teachings of Jesus
Contents
1 Our Loving Heavenly Father
2 The Son
3 The Holy Spirit
4 Salvation
5 How to Be Saved
6 Growing in Christ
7 Living Like Christ
8 The Church
9 Our Mission
10 The Law of God
11 The Sabbath
12 Death and Resurrection
13 The Second Coming of Jesus
The Teachings of Jesus
Our Goal
Let us pray for spiritual discernment
to understand His message and to
grasp His unfathomable love
manifested on the cross.
And as we hear His tender voice
calling us to follow Him, let us renew
our commitment to walk daily with
Him by faith and in obedience.
The Teachings of Jesus
Lesson 4, July 26
Salvation
Salvation
Key Text
John 3:16 NKJV
For God so loved the world that
He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him
should not perish but have
everlasting life.
Salvation
Initial Words
The Bible is clear. We have only two
choices regarding our sins: either we
pay for our sins in the lake of fire, or
we accept Christs pay- ment for
them on the cross.
As we review the generous gift of
Gods grace through Christ, let us
once again humbly renew our faith
in Jesus as our personal Savior.
Salvation
Quick Look
1. A Gift From God
(John 3:16)
2. Frees Us From Sin
(John 8:34-36)
3. Gives Us Eternal Life
(John 3:36)
Salvation
1. A Gift From God
John 3:16 CEV
God loved the people of this world
so much that he gave his only Son,


so that everyone who has faith in
him will have eternal life and never
really die.
1. Gift From God
God is Love
The Greek agape, love, reveal
Gods deep and constant love toward
His creatures, who are completely
unworthy of this love.
Love is the preeminent attribute of
Gods character. He not only loves
us, but also He is love (1 John 4:8).
1. Gift From God
God is Love
Gods love is not an impulse based
on His feelings or preferences. His
love is not selective, nor does it
depend on what we do.
True love is known by the actions it
generates. Out of love, God gave His
only begotten Son for our salvation.
In so doing, God gave us all He had,
which is Himself.
1. A Gift From God
God is Love
That is the way salvation is. It is a gift
from God. Gifts are not earned; they
are simply accepted. We cannot buy
salvation; we can only receive it.
Although Jesus never used the term
grace, He clearly taught that
salvation is by grace, and grace is
being given that you dont deserve.
Jesus did not come to this world
because we invited Him but because
the Father, out of love for us,
sent Him.
The Fathers initiative is confirmed
by Christs frequent use of the
phrase He who sent Me and the
Father who sent Me (NKJV). (Read
John 7:28, 8:29, 12:49.)
1. Gift From God
Gods Initiative
Salvation
2. Frees Us From Sin
John 8:34-36 NKJV
Jesus answered them, Most
assuredly, I say to you, whoever
commits sin is a slave of sin. And a
slave does not abide in the house
forever, but a son abides forever.
Therefore if the Son makes you free,
you shall be free indeed.
2. Frees Us From Sin
The Required Death
Greater love has no one than this,
than to lay down ones life for his
friends (John 15:13, NKJV).
On the cross, Jesus shed His blood
for many for the remission of sins
(Matt. 26:28, NKJV). Nobody forced
Him to do so. No one takes it from
Me, but I lay it down of Myself,
(John 10:18, NKJV).
2. Frees Us From Sin
Liberty to the Captives
Without Christ, we were slaves of sin,
slaves to the evil impulses of our
fallen human nature. The unavoidable
result of this spiritual slavery was
death, because the wages of sin is
death.
These are spiritual prisoners of Satan
(see Mark 5:120; Luke 8:1, 2). But
Jesus came to proclaim liberty to
the captives... (Luke 4:18, NKJV).
2. Frees Us From Sin
Liberty to the Captives
There is also a false kind of freedom.
Jesus hearers trusted in their
ancestry of Abraham as their hope for
freedom. We run the same risk.
The enemy wants us to rely upon
our doctrinal knowledge, personal
godliness, or record of service. But
none has the power to free us from
sin. The only true Liberator is the Son.
Salvation
3. Gives Us Eternal Life
John 3:36 NKJV
He who believes in the Son has
everlasting life; and who does not
believe the Son shall not see life,


but the wrath of God abides
on him.
3. Gives Us Eternal Life
Even Now!
Because of our sins, we deserve to
die. But Christ took our place on the
cross and paid the death penalty
that, otherwise, rested on us.
He, being innocent, took on our guilt
and received our punishment so that
we, being sinful, could be declared
innocent. Through Him, instead of
perishing we receive eternal life.
3. Gives Us Eternal Life
Even Now!
Some think that, even after
accepting Christ as Savior, the
promise of everlasting life will be
real only after His second coming.
However, the promise of salvation is
expressed in the present tense:
He who believes in the Son has
everlasting life (John 3:36, NKJV).
3. Gives Us Eternal Life
Even Now!
Whoever believes in Christ has
everlasting life now, and shall
not come into judgment in the
final day, but has passed from
death into life (John 5:24, NKJV).
Thus, even if we die and sleep in the
grave, this temporary rest doesnt
take away from the reality of
eternal life.
3. Gives Us Eternal Life
Even Now!
When Jesus becomes our Savior
our life acquires a whole new
meaning, and we can enjoy a richer
and a fuller existence.
I have come that they may have
life, and that they may have it more
abundantly (John 10:10, NKJV).
This new abundant life includes our
whole being.
Salvation
Final Words
He who beholds the Saviours
matchless love will be
elevated in thought,
purified in heart,
transformed in character.
He will go forth to be a light to the
world, to reflect in some degree this
mysterious love.
The Desire of Ages 661.