“So Great Salvation!” Series
Lesson Two: “What We, As Christians, Need to Understand About Our So Great Salvation”
Various Scripture Passages
Conquerors Bible Class – Sunday, May 17, 2020

Today’s Lesson Thought can be summed up in this simple statement…
“Lord, Open My Heart That I Might Better Understand Thy So Great Salvation!”
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Today’s Lesson Theme Verse is found in this passage of Scripture…
“Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures…”
Luke 24:45

Lesson: “What We, As Christians, Need To Understand About Our So Great Salvation”

I : We Need To Understand How God Saw Us Before We Were Saved

    A: He Saw Us Forever Lost And Separated From Him In Our Sin
        - Psalm 14:1-3
        - Psalm 53:3
        - Isaiah 53:6
        - Isaiah 64:6

    B: He Saw None of Us As being ‘Good Enough’ To Enter Heaven
        - Matthew 5:20
        - Romans 2:11
        - Romans 3:10

    C: He Saw The Problem That Separated Us From Him – Our Nature To Sin
        - Romans 3:23
        - James 4:17
        - James 2:10


II : We Need To Understand How God Knew We Owed A Debt For Sin We Could Not Pay

    A: When God Called Out Unto Adam in the Garden, God Knew…
        - Genesis 3:9

    B: When God Saw and Heard Adam’s Response To His Call, God Knew…
        - Genesis 3:8
        - Genesis 3:10-11

    C: When God Saw Adam and His Wife Hiding From His Presence, Naked and Afraid,
        Then, Standing Clothed Before Him In Their Own Self-Made Righteousness, God
        Knew…
        - Genesis 3:7-8
        - Genesis 3:10
        - Genesis 3:22-24


III : We Need to Understand That While God Saw Us Forever Lost In Our Sin…

    A: God Still Loved Us
        - Genesis 3:22-24
        - Romans 5:6-8a

    B: God Did Not Want Us To Die Without Hope In Our Sin
        - Genesis 3:15
        - Ezekiel 18:23
        - Ezekiel 18:31-32


IV : We Need To Understand That While God Hated The Sin That Separated Us From Him, God Still Loved Us

    A: God Loved Us When We Did Not Deserve His Love
        - Genesis 3:21

    B: God Loved Us When We Felt Our Problems Were All God’s Fault
        - When Adam Blamed God For His Problem
            o Genesis 3:12
        - When Adam Blamed God For Losing All that He Had Due To Sin
            o Genesis 3:22-24

V : We Need To Understand That God Spared No Expense In Paying The Debt That You
     And I Owed For Our Sin

    A: Through His Great Love For Us
        - Romans 5:6-8
        - John 15:13  

    B: Through His Willingness To Become Sin For Us
        - II Corinthians 5:21
        - I Peter 3:18
        - I John 3:16a

    C: Through His Desire To Do For Us What We Could Not Do For Ourselves
        - Ephesians 2:13-22
        - Philippians 2:5-8
        - Hebrews 1:3


VI : We Need To Understand That Without Christ Jesus, We Would Still Be Lost In Our Sin

    A: It’s Not A Matter Of Our Own Goodness
        - Romans 3:10
        - Matthew 5:20
        - Titus 3:3-7

    B: It’s Not A Matter Of Our Own Beliefs
        - James 2:19
        - Ephesians 2:8-9

    C: It’s A Matter Of Faith In What God’s Word Says
        - John 20:25-31        
        - I John 5:11-13
        - I John 3:1-3