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Text: I Peter 1:18-25
Title: Welcome to the Family!
Speaker: Pastor Paul Chappell
1 Peter 1:18-25 KJV
Introduction
Romans 3:23 KJV
I. We Enter by The Sacrifice of Jesus
A. Our Payment Is Insufficient
1. Works Do Not Purchase Salvation
Titus 3:5 KJV
- Our good deeds cannot pay for our sin
Mark 7:9 KJV
2. Tradition Does Not Purchase Salvation
- Religious traditions that contradict the Word of God are sinful
Mark 7:13 KJV
Colossians 2:8 KJV
Hebrews 10:11-12 KJV
B. Christ's Payment Is All Sufficient
1. His Sacrifice Covers Sin
Romans 5:9 KJV
1 Peter 1:18-19 KJV
2. His Sacrifice Gives Peace
Romans 5:1 KJV
Colossians 1:20-22 KJV
II. We Enter By The Word of God
Psalm 12:6 KJV
A. The Perfection Of His Word
1. The Bible Is Incorruptible
2. The Bible Is Alive
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
B. The Pathway Of His Word
Romans 10:17 KJV
Luke 11:28 KJV
2. Salvation
John 3:5-6 KJV
John 6:66-69 KJV
III. We Enter For All Eternity
A. Earthly Life Is Temporal
B. The Word of God Is Eternal
Matthew 5:18 KJV
Psalm 119:160 KJV
C. Life In Heaven Is Eternal
John 3:16 KJV
Conclusion
1. When We Hear the Word - The Bible is the Seed
2. When We Trust in His Sacrifice
Acts 4:12 KJV
3. We Enter His Family
John 1:12 KJV
4. We Receive Eternal Life
John 14:1-3 KJV