Growing in Truth Discipleship: Week 2: What Salvation Is Not

By Danielia Williams-Bostedo

This is the second week of a discipleship course that is intended to build an unbreakable foundation of faith and confidence in the Word of God. Every day a key topic of what salvation is not will be explored simply and then reinforced with the Word of God and review questions. Also, there is a weekly memory verse that you can work on each day a

• Language: English
• Publisher: Danielia Williams
• Release date: Mar 8, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869224422

Danielia Williams-Bostedo

Danielia is married with seven children and after spending the first twenty years of her Christian life away from God, she is passionate about sharing the Word of God and how it can effectively change your life. Currently the Women and Family Director at a local mission, she uses her time, passion for the Lord and His Word, and writing talent to help homeless women realize a new way of thinking and a new path of life as they exit the mission through a dynamic relationship with Jesus and His Word.

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Growing in Truth Discipleship

Growing in Truth Discipleship

Growing in Truth Discipleship

Week 2: What Salvation Is Not

Danielia Williams-Bostedo

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Contents

Discipleship Day 1: Not something you can earn

Discipleship Day 2: Not about your feelings

Discipleship Day 3: Not something you can lose

Discipleship Day 4: Not for a Select Few

Discipleship Day 5: Not Worldly Prosperity (Part I)

Discipleship Day 6: Not worldly prosperity (Part II)

Discipleship Day 7: Not to be kept to yourself

Discipleship Day 1: Not something you can earn

Salvation is NOT something you earn.

Last week we took a peek at some of the benefits of salvation. This week we will take a look at what salvation is not. This might surprise you, but there are a lot of misconceptions of what salvation is. Many people add to the simplicity of the gospel. In our humanity, we feel like salvation is something that we must earn. In fact, every other religion puts some of the work on the believer.

Our memory verse of the week is where we will start. The Word of God makes it very clear that salvation is all about faith in the grace of God. It is a gift. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:" (Ephesians 2:8)

Remember that saved means delivered from the penalty of sin. What is the penalty of sin? Death. Jesus paid that death penalty that would take eternity for any of us to pay. "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:" (1 Peter 3:18)

Salvation is not about anything that we have done besides have faith in what Jesus has done. "Not