What Saith The Scriptures?

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What Must I Do To Be Saved?

With this article we conclude our regular newspaper articles. We encourage you to continue to visit our website as we will be posting new articles there on a regular basis. As mentioned in the previous article, in this article we want to discuss what they did in the first century to be savedfor when we know what they did, we can know what we must do. Lets notice the conversion of the Jews on Pentecost in Acts 2. What did they do in order to be saved?

In vv1435, 3840, they heard the gospel. In vv36, 41, 44, they believed in the gospel. In vv37, 38, they were told to repent of their sins. In v47, Luke implies they had confessed their faith in Jesus. In vv38, 41, they were baptized for the remission of their sins. In vv38, 47, these things are said to have resulted in their being saved.

If you will take the time to read through all the cases of conversion in the book of Acts, you will see that this is exactly what everyone did when they were converted or saved. (Visit our website and click on What Must I Do To Be Saved for more information, including a chart of all the cases of conversion that are recorded in Acts.) Thats right, every case of conversion in the New Testament involved the people hearing the gospel, believing the gospel, repenting of their sins, confessing their faith in Jesus (as commanded in Rom. 10.9, 10), and being baptized into Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins. Wow! This sounds a lot different than what you hear in most churches today, but this is exactly what they did in the first century to be saved and this is exactly what all people in the twenty-first century must do to be saved! What about you? Have you been truly converted, or did you think you were saved by listening to the teachings of men as discussed in the previous articles on common misconceptions regarding salvation (see website for archives)? Our goal at the church of Christ in Galena is to preach and practice only what we can read in the New Testament despite what the religious world around us sayswere going to take our stand on the Word of God. We invite you to join with us and to take your stand on the Word of God and the Word of God alone. Let us know how we can help in your study of Gods Word. JRG Service Times: Sun. @ 9.00am & 6.00pm | Wed. @ 7.30pm

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