“The Man in the Water”On January 13, 1982, in Washington, D.C.,Air Florida Flight 90 clipped a bridge and crashed.Six people clung for life to the floating tail section in the icy Potomac River.Rescuers handed the lifeline ring to a passenger in the water named Arland D. Williams, Jr.What did he do with it? Why?

To the Rescue!To the Rescue 01 – Make it Personal!

To the Rescue 02 – Answer His Call!

To the Rescue 03 – Fire it Up!

To the Rescue 04 – Pop the Question!

“Would you like to see what the Bible says?”

Then we began to move through ten questions, securing a solid “Yes!” before going forward.

The Ten QuestionsDoes God Exist?

Is the Bible God’s Word?

Is Jesus God’s Son?

Will We Be Judged?

Could I Be Lost?

Would God Save Me?

Have I Been Saved?

Is His Church Still Here?

Am I Following Him?

Can I Reach Others?

Where Were We … Could I Be Lost?If your answer is “yes,” then ask …“If God has done what it takes to save me, and if He requires me to respond in some way to receive salvation, what will I do?”

God Wants to Save You and Me!Some think: “I’m so good that I don’t need saving.” Others: “I’m so bad that I’m past saving.” Judas.Both are wrong! All need saving. God wants all.Jn 3:16-17Mt 1:211 Ti 2:4Ti 2:112 Pe 3:9

Jesus Demonstrated That!Mk 2:1-12 The paralytic carried by four friends.Lk 7:36-50 The immoral woman in Simon’s house.Jn 4:10 The Samaritan woman at the well.Jn 8:1-11 The woman caught in adultery.Lk 23:39-43 The penitent thief.

Barabbas: Mark 15:6-15Jesus on trial before Roman governor Pilate.What was the governor’s custom?What kind of man was Barabbas? Why was he in prison? What fate did he deserve?Could Jesus and Barabbas both go free? Whom did Pilate offer to release? Why?If Jesus had not died on the cross, what would have happened to Barabbas?

Barabbas: Mark 15:6-15If you were Barabbas, on death row, and you were offered freedom because Jesus took your place, would you believe it? How would you respond? Now … if Jesus’ death could set that wicked man free, can His death do the same for you?You’ve already admitted you could be lost.Now will you admit that you could be saved?Do you see that God wants to save you and can?

God’s “Dilemma”Because God is holy, sin requires the death penalty.Even He can’t just look the other way and let it go.Every sinner deserves to die eternally. Ro 6:23Yet God is love! He yearns to spare sinners!How could God be just, and punish all sin, yet also be the justifier of guilty sinners like us?

Solution: Jesus as SubstituteRom 3:21-31

Ro 3:21 righteousness of God manifested22 through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe; 23 for all have sinned and fall short …24 being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; 25 propitiation in His blood through faith. 26 so that He would be just and justifier …

Just the Right Time, in the Only WayRom 5:1-11

Ro 5:1 justified by faith, we have peace with God 6 For while we were still helpless … ungodly. 8 while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 justified by His blood, saved … the wrath of God 10 enemies reconciled to God through the death of His Son, we shall be saved by His life.11 we have now received the reconciliation.

Just as the Law ForeshadowedLev 16 – The Day of Atonement

Le 16:6 “Then Aaron shall 7 take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 9 Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the LORD fell, and make it a sin offering. 10 But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.”

Just as the Prophets SaidIsa 53

Is 53:4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried. Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities. The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. 6 … the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.

Just as Jesus SaidMk 10:45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Just as Paul Experienced1 Ti 1:15 It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all. 16 Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

What’s Next?How would you feel if you knew, beyond a doubt, that you were forgiven and that you would live forever with God because of Jesus Christ?What if God said that you must take certain steps to put your faith in Jesus and receive His forgiveness? How eagerly would you respond? How badly do you want that peace and security of being right with God?