Jesus was born of a virgin, and came to save His people
And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His peoplefrom their sins.”
Matthew 1:21
Jesus is God, the son of the Father, the 2nd person of the triune godhead; He is eternal
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.”…”And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth”
John 1:1-2, 14
Jesus died on a cross for sinners, though He had comitted no sin
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
Christ’s perfect life and death pays the price to reconcile those who would believe in Him to God
For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God,”
1 Peter 3:18
Christ’s purpose in coming into the world was to save sinners
“It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners,”
1 Timothy 1:15
We did not earn what Christ did – it was done out of mercy and grace
“But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that being justified by His grace we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ”
Titus 3:4-7
Though He never sinned, He was treated as if He had sinned; though we are not righteous, God treats believers as if they were as righteous as Christ
“He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
After He died and was buried, God raised Him from the dead on the 3rd day
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,”
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
We should repent – change our mind about our sin and turn from it and turn to Him
“I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”
Luke 13:3
You should believe in Christ
“I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins.”
John 8:24
God has been patient, but calls all people to repent
“Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent,”
Acts 17:30
Only people who believe in Christ and rightly profess Him as Lord are those that are to be saved
“that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved;”
Romans 10:9
The forgiveness of sins only comes from Christ’s work
“and that repentance for forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all the nations,”
Luke 24:47
True belief in Christ comes from being born-again – where God changes the sinner into a new creation
“Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.’”
John 3:3
Those who do not believe and obey Him still have God’s wrath on them
“He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”
John 3:36
Repentance and faith in Christ mark the true believer
“testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Acts 20:21
