The answer to the most important question ever asked!

1. The Most Important Question Ever Asked...
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
“When they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and
said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Men and
brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37 NKJV)

2. BEFORE WE LOOK FOR THE ANSWER...
Is the Bible the source for the answer?
“His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and
godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory
and virtue.” (2 Peter 1:3 NKJV)
What part of the Bible will have the answer for me?
“But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to
what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of
the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.” (Romans 7:6 NKJV)
“For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has
broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in
His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained
in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the
two, thus making peace...” (Ephesians 2:14-15 NKJV)

3. PERSONAL EVALUATION
Write down the answers to these questions:
Are you lost or saved?
If saved... (If lost, then don’t worry about the rest of these questions.)
What did you do in order to be saved?
“Sinner’s Prayer”
Baptism (specify how you were baptized)
Were you saved before or after being baptized?
Something else (specify)
How old were you when this happened?
What church were you a member of after this happened?

4. PERSONAL EVALUATION
Are you willing to do anything in order to be
saved if God says that you are to do it?
Have you been worshiping anywhere lately?

5. Let’s Find the Answer to...
WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
“When they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and
said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Men and
brethren, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:37 NKJV)

6. The reality of sin...
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God...” (Romans 3:23 NKJV)
“Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is
lawlessness.” (1 John 3:4 NKJV)
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23 NKJV)

7. Salvation is found...
IN CHRIST
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to abound
toward us in all wisdom and prudence...” (Ephesians 1:7-8 NKJV)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has
blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in
Christ...” (Ephesians 1:3 NKJV)
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus...” (Romans 8:1 NKJV)

8. How does one get into Christ?
“It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’
Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father
comes to Me.” (John 6:45 NKJV)
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in
Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into
judgment, but has passed from death into life.” (John 5:24 NKJV)
“So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of
God.” (Romans 10:17 NKJV)
HEARING

9. How does one get into Christ?
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.” (John 3:16 NKJV)
“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes
to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV)
“Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do
not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” (John 8:24 NKJV)
BELIEVING

10. How does one get into Christ?
“But declared to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all
the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent,
turn to God, and do works befitting repentance.” (Acts 26:20 NKJV)
“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now
commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed
a day on which He will judge the world...” (Acts 17:30 NKJV)
“Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that the
times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19 NKJV)
REPENTANCE

11. How does one get into Christ?
“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess
before My Father who is in heaven.” (Matthew 10:32 NKJV)
“That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved.” (Romans 10:9 NKJV)
“And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.” (Philippians 2:11 NKJV)
CONFESSION

12. How does one get into Christ?
“For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as
many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on
Christ.” (Galatians 3:26-27 NKJV)
“Or do you not know that as many of us were baptized into Christ Jesus were
baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into
death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even
so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:3-4 NKJV)
“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...” (1 Peter 3:21 NKJV)
BAPTISM

13. “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness
of sins, according to the riches of His grace which He made to
abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence...” (Ephesians 1:7-8
NKJV)
Being in Christ means...
SALVATION

14. Being in Christ means...
THE CHURCH
“And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head
over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him
who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:22-23 NKJV)
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one
hope of your calling...” (Ephesians 4:4 NKJV)
“For the husband is the head of the wife, as also Christ is
the head of the church; and He is the Savior of the
body.” (Ephesians 5:23 NKJV)

15. Being in Christ means...
FAMILY
“Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but
fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in
whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy
temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for
a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Ephesians 2:19-22 NKJV)

16. “And now why are you waiting?
Arise and be baptized, and wash
away your sins, calling on the name
of the Lord.” (Acts 22:16 NKJV)

17. A PRODUCT OF...
The Preacher’s Favorite Passage
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Compiled by Lee Snow

18. WORKS USED...
Open Bible Study - Ivan Stewart
Someone Died and Left You A Fortune - Paul Sain
One Time Bible Study (NKJV) - Michael Hite
New King James Version of the Holy Bible