1. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Acts 2:37-38
By David Dann

2. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.

3. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Romans 3:23
23 …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…

4. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Romans 3:23-26
23 …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

5. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.

6. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.
Salvation is conditional.

7. The Simple Truth About Salvation
John 3:16
16 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.

8. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Mark 16:15-16
15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned."

9. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.
Salvation is conditional.

11. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.
Salvation is conditional.
The simple truth about salvation is seen in Acts 2.

12. The Simple Truth About Salvation
1 Corinthians 14:33
33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.

13. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.
Salvation is conditional.
The simple truth about salvation is seen in Acts 2.

14. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.
Salvation is conditional.
The simple truth about salvation is seen in Acts 2.
Consider the simple truth.

15. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Acts 2:36-38
36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
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16. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Acts 2:39-41
39 "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."
40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation."
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
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17. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Sin has always been man’s problem.
Salvation is conditional.
The simple truth about salvation is seen in Acts 2.
Consider the simple truth.

18. The Simple Truth About Salvation

19. The Simple Truth About Salvation
The Hearers’ Question

20. The Simple Truth About Salvation
The Hearers’ Question
Acts 2:36
36 "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

21. The Simple Truth About Salvation
The Hearers’ Question
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

22. The Simple Truth About Salvation

23. The Simple Truth About Salvation
The Apostles’ Answer

24. The Simple Truth About Salvation
The Apostles’ Answer
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

25. The Simple Truth About Salvation
The Apostles’ Answer
Acts 2:41
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

26. The Simple Truth About Salvation

27. What Was NOT The Apostles’ Answer?
The Simple Truth About Salvation
What Was NOT The Apostles’ Answer?

28. “You don’t need to do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You don’t need to do anything.”

29. “You don’t need to do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You don’t need to do anything.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

30. “You don’t need to do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You don’t need to do anything.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

31. “You cannot do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You cannot do anything.”

32. “You cannot do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You cannot do anything.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

33. “You cannot do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You cannot do anything.”
Acts 2:41
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

34. “You cannot do anything.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You cannot do anything.”
Acts 2:41
41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.

35. “You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You’ve already done what you needed to do.”

36. “You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

37. “You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

38. “You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You’ve already done what you needed to do.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

39. “You just need to accept Jesus into your heart.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You just need to accept Jesus into your heart.”

40. “You just need to accept Jesus into your heart.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You just need to accept Jesus into your heart.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

41. “You just need to accept Jesus into your heart.”
The Simple Truth About Salvation
“You just need to accept Jesus into your heart.”
Acts 2:38
38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

42. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Acts 2:37
37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

43. The Simple Truth About Salvation
Galatians 1:6-9
6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel,
7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.

44. The Simple Truth About Salvation
2 Thessalonians 1:6-9
6 …since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you,
7 and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power...

45. We all need salvation!!!