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Basic Study for New Believers

August 7, 2022

Theme: Salvation

Topic: All men need to be saved – Part 1

REMINDER: Spend time focusing in all the verses that are listed. Please read the verses many times to find your answer and know “What saith the Scripture?” - Romans 4:3.

Introduction

Read and study Luke 5:27-32

Identify who need a physician? ___________________________ , then identify who do not need a physician? _________________________ . Look at what Jesus said in Luke 5:32 "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Based on the words of Jesus, answer the question, do righteous men need to be saved? _________ , therefore, who needs a Saviour? ____________ .

Purpose of why Jesus came into the world:

Look at the following verses then write down the purpose of Jesus:

Paul said in 1 Timothy 1:15 "Christ Jesus came into the world ___________________________________.”

Jesus sad in Luke 19:10 "For the Son of man is come to _________________________ that which is _________.”

Angel of the Lord said in Matthew 1:21 "And thou shalt call his name __________; for He shall _______ His people from their _____."

Jesus said in John 3:17 "For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn (judge) the world, but that the world through _______might be _______."

Once again read Luke 5:32 ““I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” Then answer the following questions:

1. The purpose of Jesus why He came into the world is to save who? __________________________

2. If righteous do not need to be saved according to Jesus, but how many righteous people according to Paul in Romans 3:10? _______ . Romans 3:10 “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:” Now, if it is written that no one is righteous the question is how many people need to be saved? ___________ .

After reading Luke 5:30 “But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?” Please select and check the right answer below:

( ) Is it true? The Pharisees and Scribes were righteous men.
( ) Is it their thought? The Pharisees and Scribes thought they were righteous.

Look and study Luke 18:9-14 carefully to find the correct answers on the following questions:

Luke 18:9-14 “And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: ¹⁰Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. ¹²I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. ¹³And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. ¹⁴I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.”

In verse 9-12, find out who was the one trusted in himself as righteous? ________________

In verse 13, find out who was the one who realized that he was a sinner? _______________

In verse 14, which of the two according to Jesus was saved or justified? ________________

In verse 13, What is the first thing a person must realize before he/she can be saved? ______________

Men are sinful, so all men need to be saved

1. Psalm 14:1-3 (Psalm 53:1-3)

To identify who looked down upon the children of men, complete Psalm 14:2 “The _________ looked down from heaven upon the children of men,”

To know how many good and righteous men and women did God find, complete the verse Psalm 14:3, “They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is ________ that doeth good, _____, __________.

As People surrounds us watching our way of living, we may look outwardly as righteous, good and kind person.

Can you tell the difference how God see from how man sees, in I Samuel 16:7 "for man looks _________________ but the LORD looks _____________________."

Is there anything we can hide from God’s eyes? Know the answer by completing the space in Hebrews 4:13 “ “ That is why we must see ourselves the way God sees

2. Romans 3:10-18; Romans 3:23

The passage of Romans 3:10-18, gives us a record how sinful men really are in God’s eyes:

To know how many righteous men in the eyes of God, complete verse 10 “As it is written, There is ___________ righteous, no, ______ ________:”

To know if there are men who understand seek after God, complete verse 11 “There is ____________ that understandeth, there is ___________ that seeketh after God.

To know how many good men are there, complete the verse 12 “They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is ___________ that doeth good, no, _______ _______.”

To know how many men fear God, complete the verse 18 “There is _______ fear of God before their eyes.”

Explain the meaning of “to fear God” by answering the blank space of the verses given below:

Romans 8:13 “The fear of the Lord is _______ _______ ________:”

Proverbs 3:7 “fear the Lord, and _________ ________ ________ “

Can you give the number of people who have sinned by completing Romans 3:23 “For _______ have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” When the text says, “all”, are you included? _________

There was only One who was exempted to what Romans 3:23 told us “all have sinned.”

Refer to I Peter 2:21-22; II Corinthians 5:20-21, and find out who?

I Peter 2:21-22 “For even hereunto were ye called: because __________ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: ²²Who did ______ _______, _________ was ______ found in his mouth:”

II Corinthians 5:20-21 “Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. ²¹For he hath made ________ to be sin for us, who ______ ______ _____; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.”

Let us learn some truth about the virgin Mary in Luke 1:46-47 “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, ⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.”

In verse 47, Mary said that “God ________ ___________.” It is clear that Mary testifies she had a Saviour. What can you say of a person who needs a Saviour? _____________ . Whatever your right answer, it reveals what kind of a person was Mary? ___________ . Do you include the Virgin Mary in what Romans 3:23 said “all have sinned”? ______.

If we go back and review our previous passages Romans 3:10-18 and Romans 3:23, how many people in the world needs to be saved? _______________________ .

3. 1 Kings 8:46.

Read this verse and complete the blank space to know how many men there are who never sin.

I Kings 8:46 “If they sin against thee, (for there is _____ ________ that _________ ______,)”

Does include _______________________________ (write down your name)

4. 1 John 1:8-10.

I John 1:8-10 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

We noticed that John used the words “we”, “us”, “our”, which means John addressed his writing to believers (saved).

In verse 8, John said “if we say we have no sin, we deceive ________________ .”

In verse 10, John said “if we say that we have not sinned, we make God a _______”

I John 5:10 “He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.”

According to John in I John 5:10, the unbeliever (unsaved) “that believeth not God…believeth not the record that God gave (send) of his Son.”, made God a liar.

According to John in 1 John 1:8 and 1 John 1:10, the believers who said they have not sinned, makes God a liar, Do you think these are also true to the unbelievers (unsaved people) in I John 5:10? ______________.

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