Salvation: A Free Gift

By Gale Wilcox


KEY PASSAGE:           
 
Ephesians 2:8 - For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.
 
Revelation 22:17 - And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
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INTRODUCTION
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There are many kinds of gifts. But the divine gift of salvation is like no other gift. It is a gift that is indescribable. It is a gift that is given above and beyond what anyone expects or deserves. It is a gift that is free to all who will receive it. But is this gift really free?  If it is, how does a person receive this gift?
 
Discover for yourself what the bible says about “The Free Gift of Salvation.” While this may not be an exhaustive reference on the subject, it is intended to bring awareness of what God’s word says and teaches that you may know the truth, and to encourage you to study His word for yourself. 
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1.  Salvation Is Not By Works of The Law
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• Ephesians 2:9 - Not of works, lest any man should boast. 
• Acts 13:39 - And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 
  
• Romans 3:23-26 - For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God, 26 to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believes in Jesus.

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2.  God Gave the Life of His Son Jesus that Man May Have Eternal Life
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• John 3:16-17 – 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. 
• Romans 5:8-9 - But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 

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3.  Eternal Life Can Only Be Received by Faith Through Jesus the Son of God
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• John 10:9 - I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 
• Romans 5:14–21 - Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, has abounded unto many.16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound 21 That as sin has reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 
• Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
• Act 4:12 - Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. 

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4.  Access to the Father is Only by Faith through Jesus the Son of God
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• John 14:6 - Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes unto the Father, but by me. 
• I Timothy 2:5 - For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. 
• Ephesians 2:18 - For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

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5.  How to Receive the Free Gift
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• John 6:28-29 - Then said they unto him, what shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
  
• Acts 16:29-31 - Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house. 
  
• Romans 10:8-10 - But what say it? The word is nigh unto you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach, That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
  

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Unless otherwise indicated, all scripture passages quoted are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.