Personal Experiences in the New Testament

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The Great Commission mentions certain things that must be personally experienced by those who would be saved.

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Matthew 28:18-19And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."

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Matthew 28:18-19"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

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Mark 16:15-16And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned."

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Luke 24:44And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

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Luke 24:46-47Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

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John 20:21-23So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."

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Acts 2:36-38"Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ." Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?"

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Acts 2:36-38Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."

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Romans 10:8-9But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

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Romans 10:10For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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What You Must Do

1. Hear the Word of God.2. Believe that Jesus is the Christ.3. Repent of sin.4. Confess faith.5. Be baptized for the remission of

sins.

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What Is Done to You

When one has those five personal experiences in the physical realm, he has a personal experience in the spiritual realm.

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Romans 6:1-3What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?

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Romans 6:4Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

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Galatians 3:26-27For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

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Colossians 2:11-12In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

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Colossians 2:13And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,

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Colossians 2:14having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

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Man’s Part and God’s Part

When one does what God has commanded him to do, God does what He has promised to do.