Nick has been doing some very good, basic lessons on Wednesdays the past few months. Tonight he talked about locks, combination locks to be exact. He noted that to get whatever is guarded by a lock, we have to know the combination, otherwise we loose out.
Nick went on to talk about how the lock manufacturer knows the key to unlock a lock, but for us to know, we have to have the key. For some locks that may indeed be a real key. Other times that is simply knowing the combination of the lock.
As he made spiritual application of the lock scenario, he finished his talk with the steps of salvation. Without these steps, Jesus has told us that not only will we not be able to get into heaven, but we’ll be condemned.
What are these important steps?
- Hearing the Word of God – so we can know what He expects from us
- Acts 2:22
- Believing that God is indeed God, ruler of all nature and Creator of all!
- Acts 8:37
- Repenting of the sins we have committed in our lives and from disobedience
- Acts 2:37-38
- Confessing Christ as our Lord and Savior – He is the only one!
- Romans 10:9
- Last of all, baptism, the washing away of sins in obedience to Christ’s commands
- Acts 2:40-42
- 1 Peter 3:21 – “There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ