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Who Can Be Saved?
Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 30, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: The bible answers this basic question concerning salvation.
“WHO CAN BE SAVED?”
1. The SCOPE of the Good News. (v. 13a) For whosoever Joel 2:32; Acts 2:21; Exodus 32:33; Leviticus 24:15; Deuteronomy 18:19; Isaiah 55:1-3; Ezekiel 33:4; Matthew 7:24; 10:32-33; 11:6; 12:32, 50; 16:24-25; 18:4; 21:44; Mark 8:34-38; 10:15; Luke 6:47-49; 7:23; 9:24, 26; 12:8; 14:27, 33; 17:33; John 3:15-16; 5:24; 8:34; 11:26; 12:46; Acts 10:43; 13:26; Romans 9:33; 10:11; James 2:10; 4:4; 1 John 2:23; 3:4, 6, 9-10; 4:15; 5:1; Revelation 20:15; 22:17
2. The SIMPLICITY of the Good News. (v. 13b) shall call upon the name of the LORD Genesis 4:26; 21:17; 2 Samuel 22:4; 2 Chronicles 33:12-13; Job 22:27; Psalm 34:4; 50:15; 66:17-20; 86:5; 91:15; 105:1; 107:6, 13, 19, 28; Jeremiah 33:3; Zechariah 13:9; Acts 2:38-39
3. The SUBSTANCE of the Good News. (v. 13c) shall be saved Romans 3:30; Ephesians 2:8-9; Deuteronomy 33:29; Psalm 18:3; 34:6; 44:7; 80:3, 19; 106:8, 10; Proverbs 28:18; Isaiah 30:15; Isaiah 43:12; 45:22; 64:5; Jeremiah 17:14; Matthew 10:22; 24:13; Mark 13:13; 16:16; Luke 7:50; John 3:17; 10:9; Acts 2:47; 4:12; 15:11; 16:30-31
a. From the PENALTY of sin. Romans 5:9-10, 12; 6:23; 7:5; John 3:36; James 1:15; Jeremiah 31:30; Ezekiel 18:4, 20; Revelation 20:14-15
b. From the POWER of sin. John 8:32, 36; Romans 6:7, 12-14, 18, 21-22; 8:6, 13; James 5:20; 1 John 5:17
c. From the PRESENCE of sin. Revelation 20:14; 21:4; 22:3; Isaiah 25:8; Hosea 13:14; 1 Corinthians 15:26, 54-58; Hebrews 2:14-15
