A Catechism for Girls and Boys

Part III: Questions about Salvation

77. Q. Who will be saved?

       A. Only those who repent of sin and believe in Christ will be saved.

(Click through to read scriptural proof.)

• Mark 1:15

  …and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

• Luke 13:3, 5
  

  No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

  No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.

• Acts 2:37-41

  Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. 

• Acts 16:30-31

  Then he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

• Acts 20:21

  …testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

• Acts 26:20

  …but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.

Scripture quoted from the English Standard Version.

Taken from A Catechism for Girls and Boys found here.

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