Salvation / Saved
What Is Saving Faith? (April 21, 1990) – MP3 / YouTube
In this message given at Jansen Bible Church shortly after the publication Absolutely Free! (1989), Zane Hodges answers the following questions: What is Lordship Salvation? Is there any substantive difference between Lordship Salvation and the Free Grace position? Is the difference between Lordship Salvation and Free Grace, just a difference in semantics? What is saving faith? Why does Lordship Salvation need to redefine saving faith? Why is assurance part and parcel with saving faith? After his message, Zane answers various questions on salvation, including: What is the content of saving faith? Passages mentioned include: Revelation 22:17; 1 John 5:9-13; John 3:16; John 5:24; John 6:47; Acts 16:31; John 11:25-27; John 20:30-31; James 2:19; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 11:29; John 15; 1 John 1:5-6; 1 John 3:11-15; 2 Peter 1:3, 5-Revelation 22:17; 1 John 5:9-13; John 3:16; John 5:24; John 6:47; Acts 16:31; John 11:25-27; John 20:30-31; James 2:19; 1 Corinthians 6:19-20; Romans 11:29; John 15; 1 John 1:5-6; 1 John 3:11-15; 2 Peter 1:3, 5-7.
What Is Discipleship? (April 22, 1990) – MP3 / YouTube
In this message given at Jansen Bible Church shortly after the publication Absolutely Free! (1989), Zane Hodges answers the following questions: What is faith? What is saving faith? What is the message that must be believed in order to be saved? What is a disciple? How is being a Christian different from being a disciple? What is repentance? What are the basic views of repentance and its connection with salvation? What is the only book in the New Testament that professes to bring men to salvation? How many times does the Gospel of John mention repentance? What is lost when a Christian sins? Is repentance a requirement for salvation? What happens in the life of a Christian who refuses to repent? Is a awareness of sin necessary for a person to be saved? How is a call to repentance broader than the call to salvation? Where was the Apostle Paul converted? What is the relationship between divine sovereignty and human responsibility? Passages mentioned include: Luke 14; John 4; John 20:30-31; John 1:15-36; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 3:19-20; Revelation 2:5; 1 John 1:9; Luke 17:3-4; Luke 15:11-32; Acts 10; John 9; Matthew 3:10-11; Acts 19:4; Luke 13:1-5; John 5:24; Acts 3:19-20; Luke 15:11-32; Acts 2-3; Acts 20.
Mark 16:16 – He Who Believes and Is Baptized Will Be Saved (2006) – MP3 / YouTube
Zane discusses with Bob Wilkin of the Grace Evangelical Society, the passage found in Mark 16:16. “He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.” (NKJV)
Baptism and Salvation, Part 1 – Conversion of a Religious Man (1975) – MP3 / YouTube
In this first of four messages on Baptism and Salvation in the Book of Acts, Zane examines the experience of a Gentile, Cornelius, a Roman centurion in Caesarea. Passages discussed include: Acts 10:1-6, 30-48 and 11:1-18; 1 Corinthians 12:13; John 5:24 and 7:39.
Baptism and Salvation, Part 2 – The Conversion of Saul (1975) – MP3 / YouTube
In this second of four messages on Baptism and Salvation in the Book of Acts, Zane examines the experience of Saul on the road to Damascus. Passages discussed include: Acts 9:1-18, 22:6-16, 26: 12-18; John 20:31; Revelation 20:5-7, 11-15; 1 John 1:7; and Acts 10:47.
Baptism and Salvation, Part 3 – Jews in the Land of Israel at the Times of Acts (1975) – MP3 / YouTube
In this third of four messages on Baptism and Salvation in the Book of Acts, Zane looks at the experience of Jews in the land of Israel at the time of Jesus Christ on the day of Pentecost. Passages discussed include: Acts 2:32-47 and Romans 7:4.
Baptism and Salvation, Part 4 – All Butterflies Go To Heaven (1975) – Acts 13:14-39 – MP3 / YouTube
In this final of four messages on Baptism and Salvation in the Book of Acts, Zane examines the experience of Jews outside of the land of Israel. Passages discussed include: Acts 13:14-39; Psalm 23:4; and Romans 7:22–24.
Salvation in the Book of Acts (October 9, 1993) – MP3 / YouTube
In Zane’s last message to North Umpqua Bible Fellowship on the book of Acts, Zane examines salvation, the reception of eternal life, forgiveness, fellowship, justification, gift of the Holy Spirit and baptism. Passages discussed include: Acts 2:38, 10:43-48, 13:38, 48, and 22:16; John 20:30-31; 1 John 1:9 and 5:1; 1 Peter 3:21; and 1 Corinthians 12:13.
Romans – Living Free from Wrath (Overview and Questions & Answers) (2002) – MP3 / YouTube
Zane gives an overview of the book of Romans with a focus on Romans 10:9-10 regarding confession for salvation and answers questions from Victor Street Bible Chapel members.
Program:
0:00:00 Overview of Romans
24:55 Questions & Answers on Romans
41:30 Romans 10:9-10
51:50 More Questions & Answers on Romans
Questions:
24:57 What is God’s wrath? Is God’s wrath, hell? What does it mean to be delivered from wrath?
28:49 Does Romans 1:18-32 refer to unbelievers? How are we delivered from the wrath of God?
31:30 Is emptiness also part of God’s wrath?
31:58 Is the depravity that we see in our country a form of divine judgment? Is there a social or political solution for human depravity?
33:55 Does Romans 1:18 refer to unsaved people, and how can they be delivered from God’s wrath? Where was the book of Romans written?
38:39 Don’t some new believers change their behavior radically upon conversion?
52:30 Explain Romans 3:20, “Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified…” compared with Romans 2:13, “for not the hearers of the law just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified”.
1:01:19 Explain Romans 5:1.
1:03:41 Explain Romans 5:13. Where there is no law, there is no transgression, in what sense is that true?
1:05:30 In Romans 1:11, what is the spiritual gift that Paul is imparting?
1:07:28 Does Romans 7:9 refers to Paul’s days of innocence of the law and then later in Romans 7 does it refer to when Paul became aware of the law?
1:11:10 Is Romans 8:12-13 speaking of the same experience as Romans 7?
1:17:33 What baptism is referred to in Romans 6:3?
1:19:00 Does Romans 8:29-30 teach that God elects/selects those to be saved?
Romans Part 1 – The Theme of the Book of Romans (May 17, 1997) – MP3 / YouTube
In this first of a four-part series on the Book of Romans, Zane examines the theme of the book Romans. Zane explains the difference between justification and salvation when used in the book of Romans. Salvation in the book of Romans is not salvation from eternal judgment, but salvation from God’s temporal wrath and deliverance from the depraved and immoral lifestyle around us. The gospel in the book of Romans is God’s power of salvation from wrath, because God has imputed a believer’s faith in Jesus as righteousness.
Romans Part 4 (Romans 8:10-16:27) – God is to be Glorified in Us (May 20, 1997) – MP3 / YouTube
God has visited us with His wonderful mercy. We have been justified by faith. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are to experience resurrection life. In experiencing resurrection life, we are to work out the will of God. The bottom line of everything is that God is to be glorified in us. There is an extended discussion on Romans 8:22-23, Romans 8:16, and Romans 10:9. Zane answers the question of “What about those who have never heard the Gospel?” Other passages mentioned include: Genesis 27, Hebrews 12:16-17, Malachi 1:2,3, 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16; Joel 2; John 5:24; 1 Corinthians 4:5; Matthew 11:22-24; Genesis 18:25; Genesis 1:2-3; and 2 Corinthians 4:6.
Romans 10:9-10 – How to Approach Problem Passages in the New Testament – MP3 / YouTube
Professor Hodges explains his methodology for understanding problem passages in the New Testament, by demonstrating his method on Romans 10:9-10. Other passages: The Epistle of Romans.