1. Essential Steps to Salvation.

3. Matthew 24:21 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. 22 If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.

4. 18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 19 The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. 20 Your sun will never set again, and your moon will wane no more; the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of sorrow will end. Isaiah 60:18-22

5. Do you need to be saved?

6. Romans 3:22 …There is no difference, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God… Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned …

7. Psalm 51:1-6 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

8. 2 Corinthians 5:18-20 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting mens sins against them. We implore you on Christs behalf: Be reconciled to God.

9. How are we saved?

10. Acts 4:12 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.” Romans 1:16 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…

11. Why would God save us?

12. Acts 15:14-17 14 …God at first showed his concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for his name. 16 ”‘After this I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it, 17 that the remnant of men may seek the Lord... Habakkuk 2:14 14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

13. John 3:16 16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Luke 12:31-32 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

14. What are the Essential Steps to Salvation?

16. John 11:25, 26 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” Ephesians 1:18-19 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

17. Hebrews 11:6 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Gen 15:6 6 Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

19. Ezekiel 18:30 …declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. 31 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. … 32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live! Acts 17:30 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed.

20. Psalm 24:3-5 3 Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. 5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from God his Savior.

21. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret...

23. Romans 6:3-4 buried “Don’t you know that all of us who were baptized in Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”

24. and is baptized Mark 16:16 “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.” wash away your sins Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name.”

26. Numbers 30:1-2 This is what the LORD commands: 2 When a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said. 3 John 3-4 3 It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

27. Psalm 37:5,6 5 Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: 6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn… 1 Peter 4:19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

28. Philippians 3:13-14 13 Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

30. 1 Peter 1:8 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.