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What is Salvation?

Free Will – We choose Christ by Faith

Scriptures make it abundantly clear that a person will not receive salvation
apart from exercising believing faith. Every person definitely has a free choice
whether to believe or not to believe. Each of the following passages contains
the key terms (faith, believe) to explain what we must do to receive eternal
life: John 1:12; 3:16; 3:36; 5:24; 6:40; 6:47,48,51; 7:37,38; Acts 10:43;
16:30,31; Romans 1:16; 3:22; 3:27,28; 5:1; 6:23; 1 Corinthians 15:1-
4; Galatians 2:16; 3:22; Ephesians 1:13; 2:1-10 (esp. 8,9); 1 Thessalonians 5:9;
1 Timothy 1:15,16; 2 Timothy 3:15; Titus 3:4-7; 1 John 5:11-13.

Romans 10:13 – “Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”
John 3:16 – “…that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life”

Scripture clearly states that God has sovereignly chosen us, yet we have a free will in salvation.

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