BUILDING SPIRITUAL

STRENGTH
From the Material Provided
By
Brother BRIAN GARNETT

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION:
ARE THERE REALLY ONLY FIVE
STEPS LEADING TO ETERNAL
SALVATION?
Hearing
Believing
Repenting
Confessing
Being Baptized

WHAT IS LACKING (KULANG) IN

THIS ILLUSTRATION?
HEAVEN
IMMERSION
CONFESSING
REPENTING
BELIEVING
HEARING

WHAT IS LACKING?
1. There is NO EXAMINATION OF
DISCIPLESHIP
.For a whole year they met with
the church, and taught a large
company of people; and in Antioch
the disciples were for the first
time called Christians.
(Acts 11:26)

FOR EXAMPLE:
"If any one comes to me and does
not hate his own father and
mother and wife and children and
brothers and sisters, yes, and
even his own life, he cannot be

my disciple.
(Luke 14:26)

FOR EXAMPLE:
.Behold, the devil is about to
throw some of you into prison,
that you may be tested, and for ten
days you will have tribulation. Be
faithful unto death, and I will
give you the crown of life.
(Revelation 2:10)

THOSE BECOMING
DISCIPLES
OF JESUS
MUST REALLY
COUNT THE COST
(Luke 14:25-33)

2. LEAVING ONE STEP TO GO

TO ANOTHER STEP

ALL OUR LIFE, WE MUST:

HEAR CHRIST!
BELIEVE CHRIST!
REPENT IN HIS NAME!
CONFESS CHRIST!

SALVATION!
WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN?
______________
PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

SALVATION FROM PAST SINS

WHEN WE ARE BAPTIZED
And he said to them, "Go into all
the world and preach the gospel to
the whole creation.
He who believes and is baptized
will be saved; but he who does
not believe will be condemned.
(Mark 16:15, 16)

SALVATION CONTINUES NOW

AS WE WALK IN THE LIGHT
but if we walk in the light, as
he is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and
the blood of Jesus his Son
cleanses us from all sin.
(I John 1:7)

FINAL SALVATION IS STILL

FUTURE IN HEAVEN
Besides this you know what hour
it is, how it is full time now for you
to wake from sleep. For

salvation is nearer to us

now than when we first

believed;
(Romans 13:11)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES TO

HEAR
But grow

in the grace and

knowledge of our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the

glory both now and to the day of
eternity. Amen.
(II Peter 3:18)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES A LIFE

OF OBEDIENT BELIEVING
But we are not of those who
shrink back and are destroyed, but
of those who have faith and

preserve their souls.

(Hebrews 10:39)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES A

LIFE OF REPENTANCE
Put

to death therefore what

is earthly in you: sexual

immorality, impurity, passion, evil

desire, and covetousness, which
is idolatry.
(Colossians 3:5)

THE DISCIPLE CONTINUES

A LIFE OF CONFESSION
Let us hold fast the confession

(homologian) of our hope

without wavering, for he who
promised is faithful;
(Hebrews 10:23)

By their approval of this service,

they will glorify God because of
your submission flowing from

your confession
(homologias) of the
gospel of Christ, and the
generosity of your contribution
for them and for all others,
(II Corinthians 9:13)

IS THE FOLLOWING
A MORE COMPLETE
ILLUSTRATION OF
SALVATION, AND
DISCIPLESHIP?

A Closer Look At The

FIVE!
SALVATION IN CHRIST
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
IMMERSION
INTO CHRIST
REPENTING IN
HIS NAME
HEARING
CHRIST

HEAVEN!
LIFE OF THE
DISCIPLE
BEARING FRUIT
CONFESSING
CHRIST
BELIEVING
CHRIST

JESUS CHRIST THE FOUNDATION

PLEASE NOTICE THE

ADDING
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN

LIVING
AS A DISCIPLE
OF JESUS!

A Closer Look At the EIGHT!

This instruction refers to ENDURING
UNTIL THE END
LOVE
2 Peter 1:311
If these are in
you and
increasing
they will
never let you
be unfruitful!

GODLINESS

BROTHERLY
KINDNESS
ENDURANCE

SELF-CONTROL
VIRTUE

KNOWLEDGE

Be quick to add to your FAITH

THE SAME APPROACH

SHOULD BE FOLLOWED
IN BECOMING
A DISCIPLE
OF JESUS!!!

A Closer Look At The SIX!

SALVATION IN CHRIST
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
IMMERSION
INTO CHRIST
REPENTING IN
HIS NAME
HEARING
CHRIST

HEAVEN!
LIFE OF THE
DISCIPLE
BEARING FRUIT
CONFESSING
CHRIST
BELIEVING
CHRIST

JESUS CHRIST THE FOUNDATION

IN ORDER TO LIVE AS A
DISCIPLE OF CHRIST,
WE MUST
BUILD SPIRITUAL
STRENGTH

GODS PURPOSE
IN OUR LIFE
IS TO PROMOTE
SPIRITUAL STRENGTH,
AND
SPIRITUAL DEPTH
(II Peter 1:4-11)

WE ARE TO BE A NEW
PERSON IN THE LORD
.and have put on the new
self, which is being renewed in
knowledge after the image of its
creator.
(Colossians 3:10)

Put on then, as God's chosen

ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts, kindness,
humility, meekness, and
patience,
bearing with one another and, if
one has a complaint against
another, forgiving each other; as
the Lord has forgiven you..
(Colossians 3:12, 13)

And above all these put on

love, which binds everything
together in perfect harmony.
And let the peace of Christ
rule in your hearts, to which
indeed you were called in one
body. And be thankful.
(Colossians 3:14, 15)

WE MUST BE STRONG IN THE

LORD
Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in the strength of his might.
Put on the whole armor of God,
that you may be able to stand
against the schemes of the devil.
(Ephesians 6:10, 11)

Whoever is slow to anger is

better than the mighty, and
he who rules his spirit than he
who takes a city.
(Proverbs 16:32)