Salvation is through faith (Part 1)

<p><strong>SERMON OUTLINE (18/10/20)</strong></p> <p><strong>Salvation is through faith P1: Acts 16: 11-15</strong></p> <p>1. <strong>The Introduction:</strong> Do we believe that salvation is through faith?</p> <p>1.1 <strong>Big Idea:</strong> Look at two truths in Acts ch16 vv11-15 that brought about Lydia’s salvation through faith in Jesus Christ – to help us believe that salvation is through faith (11-15)</p> <p>2. &nbsp;The first truth is speaking: man’s responsibility is to speak a message (11-14)</p> <p>3. The second truth is opening: God’s responsibility is to open the heart (14-15)</p> <p>4. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> the exhortation: These two truths in Acts ch16 vv11-15 that brought about Lydia’s salvation through faith in Jesus Christ: will we be challenged to believe that salvation is through faith (11-15)</p> <p><strong>Reflection:</strong> Do you believe that salvation is through faith in Jesus Christ? Do you believe that speaking the Gospel of God brings about salvation in Christ Jesus? Do you believe that God takes our message that we speak to the lost and opens their heart to believe? Do you believe that everyone who hears our message is saved? (Lk. 24: 45-48; Jn. 1: 12-13; 3: 6, 8; 6: 44; 8: 32; 17: 20; Acts 10: 44; 16: 11-15; Rom. 3: 11; 9: 11-18; 10: 9-13, 14-17; 12: 10-13; 1 Cor. 3: 6-7; Gal. 5: 1; Eph. 2: 8-9; Col. 4: 5-6; 2 Tim. 2: 10; Titus 2: 14; Heb. 11: 6; 12: 2)</p>