Men could have been saved without Christ’s coming into the world but He came to save (John 3:17).
One could be set apart from Christ’s stripes but we are healed by His stripes (1 Peter 2:24).
A person could be saved without the death of Christ but He died for our sins (1 Cor. 15:3).
Man could have been justified without the resurrection but He was raised for our justification (Rom. 4:25).
We could be redeemed apart from the blood but we have redemption through His blood (Eph. 1:7).
Man could please God without faith but without faith it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6).
One could be saved without repentance but those who repent not shall perish (Luke 13:3).
A person could be saved without being baptized but baptism saves (1 Peter 3:20-21).
Man could be saved without being born again but man must be born again to see the kingdom of heaven (John 3:5).
We could be saved without obeying the gospel but Christ will render vengeance on them that obey not the gospel (2 Thess. 1:8).
A person could be saved out of the body but Christ is the Savior of the body (Eph. 5:23).
Cornelius would have been already saved but he was not saved until he obeyed (Acts 11:14).
the late Wayne Holland
from a sermon preached at:
Hiawassee, GA (06/30/1985)
