Palestinian Jews at the Time of Jesus - Why Did They Need to be Baptized to Receive Forgiveness? Salvation and Baptism Part 3 - Zane C. Hodges Part 3 of the Baptism and Salvation series on Acts 2:32–47, exploring how, in this third of four messages on Baptism and Salvation in the Book of Acts, Zane looks at the experience of Jews in the land of Israel on the day of Pentecost. Why did God require that this group of Jews who were directly responsible for the crucifixion for the Lord Jesus Christ, be baptized first before they received the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit? Why is the forgiveness of sins different than eternal life? www.ZaneHodges.org #baptism #baptize #churchofchrist #acts238
By looking at the conversion experience of Saul on the road to Damascus, Zane Hodges demonstrates that the Apostle Paul did not receive the three great blessings of salvation at the same time. Saul received the gift of everlasting life at his initial moment of belief in Jesus as the Christ, the guarantor of eternal life to all who believe in Him. Saul did not receive the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit until 3 days after water baptism. The experience of Saul illustrates how the blessings of everlasting life, the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit are distinct blessings. Baptism and Salvation, Part 2 (1975) Acts 9:1-18, 22:6-16, 26: 12-18 Conversion of Saul by Zane C. Hodges Other passages mentioned include: John 20:31 Revelation 20:5-7, 11-15 1 John 1:7 Acts 10:47 #saul #paul #baptism #eternallife #everlastinglife #giftoftheHolySpirit #baptize #forgivenessofsins www.ZaneHodges.org
Conversion of a Religious Man - Baptism and Salvation, Part 1 Zane C. Hodges (1975) #freegrace #baptize #cornelius #baptized Acts 10:1-6, 30-48; 11:1-18 By looking at the example of Cornelius in Acts 10, Zane Hodges explains the three distinct benefits that a person receives when they believe in Jesus for eternal life? How is everlasting life different from forgiveness and different from the baptism of the Holy Spirit? What does eternal life do for us? What does forgiveness do for us? What does baptism of the Holy Spirit do for us? Did Cornelius need to undergo water baptism in order to be saved? 1 Corinthians 12:13 John 5:24 John 7:39 www.ZaneHodges.org
Matthew 25:31-46 Judgment of the Sheep and the Goats (1975) Zane C. Hodges Are the sheep in this parable saved because of the works? Are the goats destined for hell, because of their lack of good works? Is "inheriting a kingdom" the same as "entering a kingdom"? What time period does this parable refer to, the rapture or the end of the tribulation? In this motivating message Zane Hodges answers these questions and how this parable can apply to our lives. Matthew 25:31-46 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Other passages discussed include: Revelation 14:9-11 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 Revelation 19:19 Psalm 2 1 Thessalonians 4 Revelation 20:12
Matthew 25:14-30 Parable of the Talents (1975) Zane C. Hodges Our Lord has committed to each Christian, responsibility in line with the capacity that He knows that each Christian's possesses and in accordance with His knowledge of what each Christian is able to do for Him by His grace. There is a day of reckoning for every Christian, not to determine our eternal destiny, but to evaluate the kind of life and service that each Christian has lived here on earth. Faithful Christians may be commended, promoted and invited to share in their Lord's joy in the kingdom to come. Unfaithful Christians are figuratively relegated to the outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. Other passage mentioned include 2 Corinthians 5:10. #outerdarkness #parableofthetalents