Hello everybody, I'm back with another how to go soul winning video and today I want to talk about how to explain
How to be saved to believe in Jesus Christ, right?
So after you've established to them that we're all sinners that we all deserve to go to hell for our sins
God's just to be our Savior to save us from our sins to tell them that you know
Jesus is God in the flesh and Jesus died to pay for our sins
He was buried and then he rose again the third day after you go through those things. They understand it
You know you establish that they believe and agree with these things
Then you want to explain to them now how to be saved to believe in Jesus, right?
now the best way to start in my opinion the way that many people do this the way that I do it myself is to
Start in Acts chapter 16 verses 30 to 31 because the question is given in Acts chapter 16 verse 30
Sir, what must I do to be saved?
And the answer is they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house
So according to that scripture
It's very simple. It's just a question
How do I be saved and then the answer is given right there believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, right?
And so usually what I'll do is show them the verse on the page
I'd actually open the Bible and show to the max chapter 16. I believe I talked about that in the video of
Why it's important to actually show them the verse
You know and show it to them on the page now other verses about how salvation is only by faith
Would be John 3 16 a very common one a very famous one one that many people know right 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
And then John 3 18 you could use as well. It's in the same chapter
John 3 36 also in the same chapter also talks about how it's just by believing John 6 47 another very clear verse
That says verily verily I say unto you he that believeth on me hath everlasting life
So that establishes that when you believe you receive everlasting life
So another good thing when you're explaining that salvation is only just by faith just by believing in Jesus is to define
What believe in faith means right explain that it's not just believing in the existence of God or in the existence of a person named
Jesus but that they actually have to trust in Jesus Christ
They actually have to believe the gospel right and so examples that are pretty common
For someone to use would be things like parachutes
I've heard examples of you know if you had a backup parachute
Then you're thinking maybe the first parachutes gonna fail
So you're not really trusting in that parachute or leaning on a chair. You know if you put your whole weight on it
Then that means you trust that chair that it's gonna hold you, but if you're also leaning against the wall while you're sitting down
You're not really trusting the chair right and some other examples as well
These are all good examples you could use to explain that if you're trusting in your works
Then you're not really trusting in Jesus right going to the airport. This is an example
I used to use a lot don't really use it as much anymore
Just for sake of time I found that some people don't really need
To have you explain. You know what it means to trust in Christ right now some people you will need these examples
Maybe they're having a tough time understanding what it means to believe, but they're going to the airport example
I'll say something to the person like hey if I told you I
Trust you to take me to the airport tomorrow
I trust you to drive me there
But then I call an uber and I ask the uber to take me instead am I really trusting in you and they say
No, you're not right because if I trusted that person to take me there, then I wouldn't need a backup plan
I wouldn't need somebody else to take me right and so I explained that in the same way if I think I'm going to heaven
because of Jesus but also
Just in case because of my good works
I think I'm gonna do other good things just to get myself into heaven, and I'm not actually really trusting in Jesus
I'm not really believing in him. I'm believing in myself right another example. I'll give nowadays
I use this a lot more I say if I tell you I'm going to heaven because I'm a good person
Because I go to church because I repented of my sins because I got baptized does that sound like I'm trusting in Jesus or myself
And most of the time if they're paying attention
They'll say that sounds like you're trusting in yourself, and then I'll say can I save myself I'll say no
And then I'll say can you save yourself and they'll say no and I'll say who can save you Jesus can say right?
So these are some ways to explain to them that they need to only trust in Jesus to be their Savior, right?
That's what faith means
Now again, don't just explain that it's by faith
But it's by faith alone because if you tell them well you have to believe in Jesus oftentimes
They think well, I already believe in Jesus because they think you know I believe Jesus exists
I trust in him for X Y & Z you have to establish to them that
Faith again means to only trust in Jesus. You can't trust in other things
You can't rely on other things to get you to heaven
So Ephesians 2 verses 8 to 9 Romans 4 5 these are good for explaining that
Salvation is a gift and that salvation is not by works because both of these explicitly say it's not by works, right?
And if they still after you show them these verses think that salvation is more than just believing or that they have to
Do works or keep the law or whatever to be saved
These other verses are also good to show them Titus 3 5 not by works of righteousness
Which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us John 3 36
He that believeth on the Sun hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Sun shall not see life
But the wrath of God abideth on him again, very clear that it's just by believing
Galatians 2 16, I don't have it memorized but it says in three different ways that it's by faith
But not by the works of the law and then Galatians 2 21 where it says if righteousness come by the law
Then Christ is dead in vain, right?
Very clear verses explaining it's not by the law. It's not by works. It's not by works of righteousness, which we have done
It's by belief. It's by faith only, right?
So these are all good verses to share to them to establish that all they have to do to be saved is just to believe
Now many people might not understand right away you can show them Acts chapter 16 you show them John 3 16
You show them Ephesians 2 8 to 9
Those are usually my three go-to verses to establish that the fact that it's just by belief and not by works
But there's some other things that you could ask them or other examples you can give that will help them to understand
So it's important to ask questions like when you show them act 16 or John 3 16 or verse
That says something about believing to ask them something like does it say you have to do it anything else, right?
So here that here's how this will look if I'm preaching to
Somebody right? I show them Acts chapter 16. I say the Bible says
Sirs what must I do to be saved and they said believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and then I'll ask
them
According to that. What do you have to do to be saved? Oh, you just have to believe does it say you have to do anything?
No, it doesn't right so that already establishes in their mind that there's only one thing they have to do
Then usually when I go to John 3 16
I'll also read it whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life
I'll explain it a little bit and then I'll ask this question right here
how many things do you have to do to be saved according to Jesus and again if they
They're listening and they're reading the verse on the page. They'll say
According to that you only have to do one thing, right?
So again, it establishes that there's nothing else they have to do. It's just by believing, right?
Based on what I just showed you
Do you also have to repent of your sins be good keep the commandments go to church or is it just by faith?
Right, you could ask a question like that after showing them Ephesians 2, right?
Sometimes what I'll say is so the Bible says it's not of our works
Works is like our own efforts of the things that we do of trying to work for God trying to serve God and then I'll
Give them a list of things like this right repent of your sins be good go to church
Keep the commandments get baptized
I'll say those are all good things to do and the Bible says you should do that
But according to the Bible can any of those things save you from hell and if they're paying attention
They'll say no they can't and then I'll say so what saves you from hell believing in Jesus, right?
Again, very clear. So you want to ask them clear questions like this to make sure they're following along
Another would be like an example of saying something like well if one believes in Christ, but they never repent of their sin
They never go to church. They never get baptized ever read their Bible
Where will they go and they die and again if they're paying attention and they believe the words that you're preaching to them
They'll say well that person even though they don't do all these things. They're gonna go to heaven because they believe right?
So these are all good things that you can ask them in order to make sure that it makes sense, right? Don't just
Show it to them. Don't just preach to them, but you want to actually interact with them
Make sure it's it's sinking in their mind ask these questions to make sure they're they're actually with you
Right in in the presentation, right? So I'll go into eternal security in the following video