In the Bible Study on the Messiah, you looked at Jesus' earthly life and what He taught for you to have eternal life. Now review His teachings on salvation. Know what He taught about it from the beginning of His preaching ministry, during it, and especially at the end it, after He rose from the dead.

(A) AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS MINISTRY

• Soon after John baptized Him, “Jesus began to preach and say, ‘Repent...’” (Mt 4:17).



• Mark records that Jesus also began to preach that people were to believe in the Gospel (Mk 1:15).

(B) DURING HIS MINISTRY

• The only way for you to have life is through Him (Jn 14:6).



• The way to life is a narrow way, and few find it (Mt 7:13, 14).



• It is impossible for man to save himself without God. Therefore, He taught that you can only have life by the grace of God (Mt 19:25, 26).



• All people are sinners and must repent. Just because some sinners suffer in this life because of their sin, it does not mean that you are any better than they, you still need to repent (Lk 13:1-3).



• You must confess His name before men to have life (Mt 10:32).



• You must be born again to have life (Jn 3:3, 5, 7).



• There is a day of judgment coming, where only the righteous go to life, not the unrighteous (Jn 5:29, Mt 25). So you must be righteous to be saved.

(C) AT THE END OF HIS MINISTRY

It is very important to consider what Jesus taught after He rose from the dead; in other words, after He completed the gospel, which is the death, burial, and resurrection (the gospel is a D.B.R. 1 Cor 15:1, 3, 4).

• “And Jesus came up and spoke to them [apostles], saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’” (Mt 28:18, 19)



• “And He said to them [apostles], ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.’” (Mk 16:15, 16) According to Jesus, who shall be saved? He who has believed the preaching of the gospel and has been baptized. But why do so many teachers get this mixed up?

.... more about this in the Bible Study on Salvation, Part 1