Some things we need to know first:
1. Man is a inherently a sinner.
* Isaiah 53:6, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."
* John 3:3, "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
* Romans 3:10, "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."
* Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
2. There is a price on our sin - eternal death in Hell.
* Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
* Romans 5:12, "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death
by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."
* 2nd Thessalonians 1:8, "In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not
God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ."
* Revelation 20:15, "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire."
* Revelation 21:8, "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the
second death."
3. Jesus paid the price of sin and sickness by shedding His blood and dieing
on the cross.
* Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us."
* John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
* 1st Timothy 1:15, "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief."
* 1st Peter 1:18-19, "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ..."
4. By faith in Jesus Christ ALONE we can be saved.
* John 11:25, "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:"
* John 14:6, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no
man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
* John 6:40, "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise
him up at the last day."
* Acts 26:18, "To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."
* Romans 10:13, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved."
* 1st Corinthians 3:11, "For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
which is Jesus Christ."
* Galatians 3:26, "For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."