In this two-part instruction we first talked about Salvation in terms of
what God has done, but now we must address what man must do. As
it is with any relationship it is a two way street. Certainly God is in
charge, yet he has given man free will. Man has the freedom to
choose the freedom to say yes or no. There of course are benefits and
also consequences depending on what we choose. Man’s part of
salvation is much easier than God’s part. God gave his only begotten
son to die for our salvation. Man’s part is that he must repent of all sin
and return to God in faith. Man must not be ashamed of the Gospel of
Christ for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that
believes. In this part of the chapter we will address what man must do
in order to be saved. God has done his part, now man must likewise
do his part. This lesson will instruct how important it is to hear God’s
word and believe and put this into action.
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Read Luke 19:1-10
Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’ House
1 Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector,
and he was rich.
3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he
was of short stature.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was
going to pass that way.
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“But I have trusted in thy
mercy; my heart shall rejoice in
thy salvation. (Psalms 13:5)”
5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him,
“Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”
6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully.
7 But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest
with a man who is a sinner.”
8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods
to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore
fourfold.”
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also
is a son of Abraham;
10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
The first part that man must do to receive salvation is repent. What
must he repent of?
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Why do you think Zacchaeus desired to see Jesus?
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SEEK TO
To what length was he willing to go?
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Did Zacchaeus repent of his abuses?
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What fruit of repentance does he show us?
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So in order to see Jesus and be saved must we repent?
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Read Jonah 3:1-10
Jonah Preaches at Nineveh
1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying,
2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell
you.”
3 So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now
Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.
4 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then he cried out and
said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth,
from the greatest to the least of them.
6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid
aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the
decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor
flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.
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8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let
everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so
that we may not perish?
10 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God
relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did
not do it.
What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
What is the key ingredient to repentance?
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Nineveh repented and what did God do?
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What important role did Jonah play in the salvation of Nineveh?
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Read John 5:1-13
A Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew,
Bethesda, having five porches.
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3 In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for
the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water;
then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of
whatever disease he had.
5 Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that
condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when
the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.”
9 And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that
day was the Sabbath.
10 The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful
for you to carry your bed.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and
walk.’”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and
walk’?”
13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn,
a multitude being in that place.
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WHO JESUS IS!
What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
What did this man do to receive his healing?
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For 38 years he waited and what did Jesus ask him?
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After this man obeyed what he received his healing?
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Who were the witnesses and what did they do?
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Read John 1:11,12
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of
God, to those who believe in His name:
What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
When Jesus came, did his own people believe?
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What happened to those who did believe?
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Why is it important to repent and believe?
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The second part of salvation is what man must do, what must he
believe? ____________________________________________________
Read Romans 10:8-17
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your
heart”(that is, the word of faith which we preach):
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that
God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is
rich to all who call upon Him.
13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
Israel Rejects the Gospel
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall
they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear
without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:
“ How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!”
16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “LORD, who has
believed our report?”
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
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What questions do you have after reading this?
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Answer the following questions:
The third part of what man must do for salvation is confession, what
must he confess?
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Is the word to salvation near to us?
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How can we get faith to believe?
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In order to be saved a man must:
1. Repent of his sins
2. Believe in the power of Jesus
3. Confess Jesus to be his Lord and Savior
"For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon him." Romans 10:11,12
Jesus is just as able to save the Gentile that calls upon him as he is the Jew even
though by documented history the Gospel came to the Jews first. No one is sent
to one particular group of people or place before they are sent to the other. In
other words there is no order based upon preferential treatment. God prefers us
all! God so loved the world! Again, that's all of the world! There is no command
that says, go to the far distances of the world before you can go to those nearest
to you.
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The point is, we must start right where we are at! Reach all that we can right
where we are, and if there is an outreach that extends beyond where you are and
God calls you to it, he will put you there so that it becomes, right where you are!
Your own people, your own family, and your own friends are the best place to
start influencing others with the Gospel message of salvation. The questions of
"where should I go?" and "who should I tell?" are readily answered when we look
only a few feet away. Are you on a bus? Are you in a grocery store? or Are you in
a local library? Wherever you are, be it work, or the beach, that is the perfect
place for you to share Jesus with another. We should not be ashamed ever of the
Gospel of salvation through Jesus Christ and there is no one person that so
different that they are excluded from hearing and receiving this gift from God. Tell
them all what Jesus has done right where you are at! This is what Jesus told the
man that desired to follow him after being healed in Luke chapter 8:38,39
"Return to thine own house, and show how great things God hath done unto
thee. And he went his way and published throughout the whole city how great
things Jesus had done unto him." Luke 8:39

 

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