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You may be confident, as many are today, that you are saved. But is your assurance based on the whole of what the Bible says about salvation? Or is your confidence based on what other people have told you? The purpose of this study is to show what the Scriptures themselves teach about salvation. The most urgent and important question you can ask yourself is, "In the end, will I be accepted by God into His kingdom or rejected?" It will be well worth your time to carefully read and study the following verses and references for they answer the question, "Who Will Be Saved?" See, dear reader, if you measure up and meet the test. See if you are one of those who will be saved.



1. Those who do the will of God

Matthew 7:21-23 -- Not everyone who says to me, "Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven...

1 John 2:17 -- The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

See also: Luke 12:47-48; Hebrews 10:36-37; Revelation 2:26

Question: What is God's will for you? (See 1 Thessalonians 3:3-8)



2. Those who obey Jesus and keep His commandments

1 John 2:3-6 -- We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him...

John 14:15-24 -- ...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. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching..."

See also: John 10:2-4, 7-11, 14, 15, 27-28; Hebrews 5:8-9; 1 John 3:23-24; 5:1-3

Question: Does it make any sense to call Jesus "Lord" and then not do what he says (see Luke 6:46)?



3. Those who deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow him

Luke 9:23-26 -- then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it..."

See also: Matthew 10:32-39; 16:24-27; Mark 8:34-37; 10:17-27; John 12:24-29

Question: What does it mean to deny yourself and take up your "cross"?



4. Those who forsake all

Luke 14:33 -- In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

Matthew 13:44-46 -- The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

See also: Matthew 4:18-22; Luke 5:11

Question: Why would God want us to give up everything? (See Matthew 6:19-21; 1 John 2:17)



5. Those who are holy and overcome sin by the power of Jesus Christ

1 John 3:5-10 -- But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him...No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God...

Hebrews 12:14-17 -- Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord...

See also: Matthew 1:21; 5:21-22, 27-30; Mark 9:42-48; Romans 6:22; 8:12-15; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; 10:1-14; 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; Galatians 5:16-21; Ephesians 5:1-8, 11, 15; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; James 4:4; 1 John 2:29; 5:18; Revelation 3:1-4; 21:7, 8, 27; 22:14, 15

Question: How is it really possible to be holy and stop sinning? (See Titus 2:11-14, 1 Corinthians 10:13, and Philippians 4:13)



6. Those who continue

Romans 11:22 -- Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of God: sternness to those who fell, but kindness to you, provided that you continue in his kindness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off.

1 Corinthians 15:2 -- By this gospel you are saved if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.

2 Peter 2:21 -- It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then turn their backs on the sacred commandment that was passed on to them.

See also: Matthew 7:14; 10:22; Mark 4:3-20; 13:13; Philippians 2:12-13; Colossians 1:21-23; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; Hebrews 3:6, 12-4:2, 9-11; 6:4-11; 10:26-31; James 1:12; 1 John 2:24-25; 2 John 9-11; Revelation 2:7, 11, 26; 3:5, 12

Question: Read Ezekiel 18:21-32. Why is it important to continue to be righteous?



7. Those who persist in well-doing

Romans 2:6-16 -- ...To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life...

See also Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 10:25-37; John 5:28-29; Galatians 6:7-10; 1 Timothy 6:17-19; James 2:14-26; 1 John 3:14-19; 4:7-8, 16, 20, 21; 3 John 11

Question: What does it mean to persist in well-doing? (Look up "persist" or "persistence" in a dictionary.)



8. Those who strive to enter at the narrow gate

Luke 13:23-29 -- Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?" He said to them, "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able...

Matthew 7:13-14 -- Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

See also: Matthew 11:12; 22:1-14; Luke 16:16; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; 1 Peter 4:17-18

Question: What does it mean to strive or "make every effort"?



9. Those who have been born again

John 3:3-6 -- ...unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

See also: Matthew 18:3; Titus 3:5-8

Question: What does it mean to be "born again"? (See 2 Corinthians 5:15, 17)



10. Those who have Christ in them

Romans 8:9-10 -- ...And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ...

See also: 2 Corinthians 13:5; Colossians 1:27; John 15:4-6; 1 John 4:13

Question: What is someone like who has the Spirit of Christ in them?



11. Those who repent (turn away from all their sins)

Acts 3:19 -- Repent, then, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

Luke 13:1-5 -- ...unless you repent, you too will all perish...

See also: Matthew 4:17; 5:3-4; Mark 1:15; 6:12; Luke 5:27-32; 13:1-5; 15:1-32; Acts 2:38; 11:18; 17:30, 31; 20:21; 26:20; Romans 2:3-5; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10; 2 Peter 3:9

Question: Why do you think God requires repentance?



12. Those who believe on, call on, and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and are baptized

Mark 16:15-16 -- 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.

Romans 10:9-13 -- 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...for "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

See also: John 1:11-13; 3:14-18, 36; 5:24; 10:9; 11:25, 26; 20:30, 31; Acts 13:39; 15:5-11; 16:29-34; Romans 3:20-28; 5:1, 9, 10, 17; 6:23; Galatians 2:16-17, 21; 3:11, 24-25; Ephesians 2:4-10; 1 Peter 3:20-21; 1 John 4:15; 5:1, 10-12

Question: If someone really truly believes in Jesus Christ, what type of life will he/she lead?



13. Those who are chosen

2 Thessalonians 2:13 -- But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.

See also: Matthew 11:27; 22:14; 24:30-31; Mark 13:27; John 6:37-39, 44; Acts 13:48; Romans 8:29-30; 9:10-24; 11:5-10; 1 Corinthians 1:23-24; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 9:15; 2 Timothy 2:10; 1 Peter 1:1-2; 2:6-9; Revelation 17:14





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