• “All of us have become guilty of sin.”
    • Acts 2:22-23, 36-37; 3:14-15; 4:11; 7:51-53; 26:18
    • Isaiah 59:2
    • II Thessalonians 1:8-9
    • It may help to use the word “us.”
      • Acts 22:4-5, 20; 26:9-11
      • I Timothy 1:15
      • Ephesians 2:1-3
    • “Jesus Christ died so we can be forgiven!”
      • Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:13-14

Problem: Sin

Solution: Jesus

Acts 2:22-23, 36-37

Acts 2:38-40

Acts 3:14-15

Acts 3:19-20

Acts 4:11

Acts 4:12

Acts 7:51-53

(Killed)

Acts 26:18

Acts 26:19-23

  • “We have to follow God’s instructions to receive this gift!”
    • II Thessalonians 1:8
    • “How can these both be true at the same time?
      • Ephesians 2:8; Matthew 7:21
      • Romans 4:5; James 2:24
      • Titus 3:5; II Corinthians 5:10
    • Paul to the Romans:
      • Romans 1:16 – Gospel!
      • Romans 3:24 – Grace!
      • Romans 5:1 – Faith!
      • Romans 5:9 – Blood!
      • Romans 6:3-4 – Baptism!
      • Romans 10:9-10 – Believe and confess!