"The Results of Salvation"

A Lesson by
Rev. E. Ray Shutt, Minister of Evangelism/Bus Director
Berean Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

When we accept Jesus Christ as our own personal Saviour, things begin to change in our heart and our life. There are things that happen here on earth as well as all around us. And there are things that happen in Heaven as well!

Let’s look at a few of the results of our accepting Jesus Christ as Saviour . . .

I        : There Is Joy In Heaven when You Accept Jesus Christ as your Saviour

-         Luke 15:7 says, “I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.”

-         Luke 15:10 says, “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”

II       : Why Is There Joy In Heaven When We Get Saved??

           A: Because there is no other way to get there!

-         John 3:3 says, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,  Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

 B: Because God planned it that way!

- John 3:16 – 18  says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

 17 “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

 18 “He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”

III      : What Does All this Mean?

           A: No More Condemnation for Sin

-         John 3:36 says, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”

-         John 5:24 says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”

B: No More Separation from God

-         John 6:47says, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.”

C: No More Emptiness without God

-         Romans 8:16, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:”

 -         17 “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”

D: No More Doubt about God’s Love for Us

- Romans 8:35says, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

 36 “As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

 37 “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.”

 38 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”

 39 “Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

IV      : How Does All This Happen?

            A: God gives us a “new nature”

-         2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

B: God gives us a “new promise”

-         Ephesians 1:13 says, “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,”

14 “Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.”

C: God gives us a “new inheritance”

-         Philippians 4:3 says, “And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.”

D: God gives us a “new assurance”

- 1 John 5:13says, “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”

 14 “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:”

 Knowing Jesus Christ as our Saviour makes all the difference in the world! A wise man once said,

                   “ If we walk with Jesus, we will not run with the world!”

Oh, that today, we will each determine that we will be THANKFUL for the gift of Salvation and that we will determine to let Salvation make a difference in our lives that people around us can see and know that it is real!