STUDY QUESTIONS FOR “Salvaiton by faith alone”

1. According to material contained in this lesson, what did Martin Luther teach concerning salvation by faith alone?

2. According to material contained in this lesson, what does the Methodist Book of Discipline teach concerning salvation by faith alone?

3. What important question did King Zedekiah ask in Jeremiah 37:17 that should represent our attitude today?

4. What important question did the apostle Paul ask in Romans 4:3 that should represent our attitude today?

5. What does James 2:24 say about salvation by faith alone?

6. If the denominational doctrine of salvation by faith alone is correct, what, then, would the Bible be teaching in John 12:42 when it says, “Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue”?

7. According to John 12:42 (quoted above), at least one additional step is required for sal­vation. What is it?

8. If salvation by faith alone is correct, what, then, would John 8:30,44 teach us?

9. According to Acts 22:16, what did Saul of Tarsus have to do to be saved?

 10. How many times in the New Testament do we find “the sinner’s prayer”?

 11. If salvation by faith alone is correct, what, then, would James 2:19 teach us?

 12. Acts 2:21 teaches that “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Accord­ing to Acts 22:16, how does one “call on the name of the Lord”?

 13. The word “belief” in the New Testament never means just “mental acceptance”; rather, as Romans 1:5 and 16:16 point out, something else is involved. What is that “some­thing else”?

 14. According to Romans 10:9-10, at least one additional step is required for salvation. What is it?

 15. What did Jesus say in Mark 16:16?

 16. What did Jesus say in Matthew 7:21?

 17. What command did the apostle Peter issue in Acts 2:38 regarding salvation?

 18. What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean when it says, “Baptism does also now save us?”

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