Section A Totally by Grace
Since man is helplessly bound by the chains of sin, his only hope is that God will rescue him from his impossible condition. The good news is that God has done so! Grace is the display of God’s love to those who do not in any way deserve it. God sent His son to die on the cross for every one of us. On the Cross He took our place, bore our condemnation, and forever took away our sins. What He did is received just like a gift. It is given to all who receive it by faith (Eph. 2:8-9; 1 Pet. 2:24; Jn. 1:12).
Section B Results of Salvation
The one who trusts Jesus Christ receives a new life and this is termed the new birth. He is pronounced to have been justified. This means that his sins have been totally forgiven and forgotten through the blood of Christ, and that he now stands righteous and pure in the eyes of God (1 Pet. 1:23; Rom. 5:1; 8:1; 2 Cor. 5:21; Col. 1:22).
Section C Permanence of Salvation
Those who are truly believers are saved with an eternal salvation and therefore can never be lost. One of the marks of a true believer is his hunger for holiness of life. Those who live in a continual lifestyle characterized by wanton sin obviously are not true believers and have never really received the grace of God (Jn. 3:16, 10:28-29; 1 Jn. 3:8-10; Rom 8:38-39).
Section D Assurance of Salvation
All believers can have that joyous knowledge that they are God’s children here and now. This is not an arrogant presumption but rather it is simply knowing and believing what God declares in His Word. Assurance comes by claiming god’s promises of salvation from the Bible. Those who do so soon note that an inner conviction that this is true comes from the Spirit of God who lives within them (1 Jn. 5:12-13; Rom. 8:16)