Who can be saved?

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Who can be saved? We are going to answer that question. Jesus clearly taught in John 3 .16

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that He will save anyone who believes in Him. For God so loved the world that He gave

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His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

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This whoever includes you and every other person in the world. The Bible says that if salvation were based on our own efforts, no one could be saved.

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All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. No one living is righteous before you.

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There is no one righteous, not even one. We cannot save ourselves.

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Instead, we are saved when we believe in Jesus Christ. Ephesians teaches it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this is not from yourselves.

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It is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. We are saved by God's grace, and grace, by definition, cannot be earned.

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We do not deserve salvation. We simply receive it by faith. God's grace is enough to cover all sin.

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The Bible is filled with examples of people who were saved from sinful backgrounds. The Apostle Paul wrote to Christians who had formerly been living in a variety of sinful conditions including sexual immorality, idolatry, adultery, homosexuality, thievery, greed, and drunkenness.

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But Paul tells them that upon salvation you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the

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Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. The Apostle Paul himself had been a persecutor of Christians, approving of the death of Stephen and arresting

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Christians and throwing them into prison. He would later write, Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man,

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I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our

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Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom

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I am the worst. God often chooses to save unlikely candidates to serve

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His purposes. He saved a thief on a cross with only minutes to live, a persecutor of the church, a fisherman who had denied him, a

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Roman soldier and his family, a runaway slave, and many others. There is no one beyond God's ability to save.

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We must respond in faith and receive His free gift of eternal life. Who can be saved?

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One thing is for certain, you can. If you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior, if you are not certain you have accepted

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Jesus as your Savior, you can respond right now with a prayer similar to this.

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God, I realize I am a sinner and could never reach heaven by my own good deeds.

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Right now I place my faith in Jesus Christ as God's Son who died for my sins and rose from the dead to give me eternal life.

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Please forgive me of my sins and help me to live for you. Thank you for accepting me and giving me eternal life.

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