Jesus Christ - The All Sufficient Savior

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Satan's greatest and most damning lie that seduces and ensnares people of all religions is that man must do good works to appease their god. Every religion in the world deceives its people by teaching a works-righteousness salvation. Biblical Christianity stands alone because it offers an all-sufficient Savior who saves by grace apart from works. The Lord Jesus did everything necessary to save sinners completely and forever! Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in the person and all-sufficient work of the Lord Jesus Christ. In fact, anyone who attempts to merit their way to heaven by good works has nullified saving grace (Rom. 11:6).


How Is Saving Faith Different from All Other Faiths?

Since everyone has faith in something, the object of one's faith is of utmost importance. Saving faith is trusting both the person and the work of Jesus Christ. It is trusting who He is as well as all that He accomplished to save sinners completely (John 20:31; Rom. 5:15-21). Saving faith is the complete transfer of trust from what man must DO to what Christ has DONE (John 19:30). This is the only faith that offers the assurance of eternal life with the Savior (Heb. 11:1). When man is trusting in what he must do, there can never be assurance because man can never cancel his eternal sin debt or become right with God.



We Must Believe the Person of Jesus

  • He is the only Savior for sinners (Acts 4:12)
  • He is the blessed hope...our great God and Savior (Titus 2:13) 
  • He is the image of the invisible God...in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form (John 8:24; Col. 1:15; 2:9)
  • He is the only mediator between God and man because He alone is God's perfect man and man's perfect God (1 Tim. 2:5)
  • He is the way for those who are lost, He is the truth for those who are deceived and He is the life for those who are spiritually dead (John 14:6)


We Must Believe the Work of Jesus

  • He lived a perfect and sinless life so that God could justify condemned sinners with His righteousness (Rom. 3:21-26; 2 Cor. 5:21)
  • He makes believers perfect forever (Heb. 10:14)
  • He testified to the truth so that truth seekers will listen to Him (John 18:37)
  • He bore His people's sin in His body on the cross (1 Peter 2:24)
  • He has forgiven the sins of all believers and canceled their eternal sin debt (Col. 2:13-14)
  • He reconciles believers to God (2 Cor. 5:18-20)
  • He redeems believers from the curse of the law (Gal. 3:13)
  • He saves forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them (Heb. 7:25)
  • He gave His life as a ransom for many (Mat. 20:28) 
  • He satisfied divine justice as the perfect sacrifice for sin (1 John 2:2)
  • He shed His blood to purify His people from all sin (1 John 1:7)
  • He died once for all sins to bring believers to God (1 Peter 3:18)
  • He offered Himself as the one sacrifice for all sins for all time (Heb. 10:10,12,18)
  • He saves believers from divine condemnation (Rom. 8:1)
  • He delivers His people from the dominion of Satan (Acts 26:18)
  • He rescues believers from the domain of darkness and transfers them into His kingdom (Col. 1:13)
  • He was resurrected from the dead, giving every believer a living hope and an inheritance in heaven protected by God's power (1 Peter 1:3-5)


Man's Only Passport into Heaven

It has been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. That is because man thinks his good works will qualify him for heaven. Paul prayed for such people who do not know that God's standard and requirement is perfect righteousness. "For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God" (Rom. 10:2-3). Because of God's perfect standard, man's only passport into heaven is the perfect righteousness of Christ. It is given as a gift to all who believe in the person and work of Christ (Rom. 5:17). All the glory, honor and praise will be for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. No man will ever be able to boast before God (1 Cor. 1:29)


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