The Salvation Experience
Pastor Erickson teaches from John 14:6 and Acts 2:38 that there is only one way to God, pictured in the blood, water and Spirit of the Old Testament and in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus. He calls people not only to know the plan of salvation but to experience it through repentance, baptism in Jesus' name and the infilling of the Holy Ghost.
The message in 6 points
Jesus is the way
Reading John 14:6, he carries on the Wednesday series on the work of the Spirit with a lesson he calls the salvation experience, the most important subject in the Word. Before believers were called Christians they were known as the way, because Jesus said He is the way.
27:59One gospel, not a buffet
From Galatians 1:8 he warns that mixing men's ideas with the gospel perverts it, and that much of religion now serves salvation like a breakfast buffet, any way you like it. The church goes straight to the Word, because salvation is a process and there is only one way.
36:27Blood, water and Spirit
From 1 John 5 he traces three elements through the Old Testament: the lamb's blood, the Red Sea and the pillar of fire, and the altar, the laver and the ark in the tabernacle, taken in order. Paul brings them into the New Testament as the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, applied through Acts 2:38.
41:34Repentance burns the bridges
Repentance is the first step and is often skipped because it cannot be seen. It is a change of attitude that leads to a change of action, and like the burned ships of Cortez, true repentance burns what you came out of so there is nothing to go back to.
48:40Baptized in Jesus' name
The command Christ left the church is to go and baptize for the remission of sins. Scripture shows baptism by immersion, and every believer in the Bible was baptized in the name of Jesus, because Father, Son and Holy Ghost are titles and not the name.
1:00:15Resurrection power and obedience
Romans 8:11 shows the Holy Ghost brings resurrection power that will quicken our bodies when the trumpet sounds; it does not make us live right but helps us, and it comes with the supernatural sign of tongues. A plan must be obeyed and experienced, and he invites people into a Bible study and a small group.
1:10:51
In his words
“We go straight to the Word of God because it matters not what man thinks about salvation.”
“True repentance means you burn everything that you came out of.”
“It's not just enough to have a plan of salvation, there's got to be obedience to follow that plan, and that's why I'm not preaching about the plan of salvation. I'm preaching about the salvation experience.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
John 14:6
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
King James Version.
Galatians 1:8
8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
King James Version.
1 John 5:6-8
6This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 7For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
King James Version.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4
1Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
King James Version.
Acts 2:38
38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
King James Version.
Luke 13:3
3I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
King James Version.
Matthew 3:8
8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
King James Version.
Romans 6:6
6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
King James Version.
Matthew 28:19
19Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
King James Version.
Mark 16:15
15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
King James Version.
Luke 24:47-49
47And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48And ye are witnesses of these things. 49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
King James Version.
John 20:23
23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
King James Version.
John 3:23
23And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
King James Version.
Acts 8:38-39
38And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. 39And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
King James Version.
Romans 6:4-5
4Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
King James Version.
Romans 8:11
11But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
King James Version.
John 7:38
38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
King James Version.
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