Four Questions About Salvation

1. Will FEW be Saved? Luke 13:23
1. 2 Peter 3:9 it is not God's will for ANY to PERISH
2. 1 Timothy 2:4 - God wants ALL MEN to be SAVED
3. Lk 13:24-27 MANY will seek to enter in, but will not be ABLE
4. Romans 9:27 only a REMNANT of the multitude
5. Matthew 7:13-14 few will find the NARROW way
6. Who are the few?



2. WHO then can be saved? Matthew 19:25
1. Acts 2:21; Romans 10:13 those who CALL upon the Lord
2. 1 Peter 4:18 those who are called RIGHTEOUS
1. Righteous = APPROVED & ACCEPTED by God
2. Scarcely = with much DIFFICULTY, not BARELY
3. Note overall and immediate context:
1. overall context of epistle = faithfulness in suffering
2. some form of "suffer" appears 12 times in the epistle
3. 2 Thessalonians 2:10 Those who LOVE the TRUTH
4. Hebrews 5:8-9- Those who OBEY Jesus

1. WHAT must I DO to be Saved? Acts 16:31
1. HEAR and UNDERSTAND - Matthew 13:13-15; 15:10
2. BELIEVE the GOSPEL - Mark 16:15-16; Romans 10:13-17
3. REPENT of my sins - Acts 17:30
4. CONFESS my FAITH in JESUS - Romans 10:9-10
5. Be BAPTIZED for FORGIVENESS of sins - Acts 2:38; 22:16
6. Remain FAITHFUL to God - Matthew 10:22; 24:13; Rev 2:10



2. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? Hebrews 2:3
1. 2 Peter 2:4 - God spared not the ANGELS that sinned (Jude 6)
2. Jude 5 - Jews once saved but NOT always saved
3. 2 Peter 2:20-22 let us not TURN FROM God's word
4. Hebrews 10:35-39 let us not DRAW BACK unto perdition