God's Justice, Mercy And Grace In Salvation
* God's justice is God giving us what we deserve.
* God's mercy is God NOT giving us what we deserve.
* God's grace is God giving us what we do not deserve.
Sinners, who deserve to be in hell, but trust in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation are, by God's mercy, not given the punishment they deserve. They are, by God's grace, freely given the salvation that they do not deserve.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #220
Joh 4:14 "...whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
1Ti 1:15 "...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners..."
True Story
A haughty lady came up to a preacher after hearing him preach and asked: "I have never experienced that which you call, 'drinking the water of life.' How is it got?"
Eyeing intently his proud inquirer, the preacher replied: "By stooping down. Stoop down and drink, and live."
The reply did not please her and so she turned away. She was too proud to stoop down.
That which should have been the easiest thing for us to do has become the most difficult. To stoop down and take the sinner's place, to realize and admit that we are sinners helpless and powerless to save ourselves, to humble ourselves should be easy for people who are already down there.
But because of pride, people who are already down there find it hard to realize and acknowledge that they are indeed already down there.
The offer of free salvation is offered DOWN by God for us sinners. If we take the high place, we would miss it.
Christ Jesus came to save sinners DOWN there. Not for good people UP there. In the eyes of God, there are no good people, all are sinners in need of salvation.
1Ti 1:15 "...Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners..."
True Story
A haughty lady came up to a preacher after hearing him preach and asked: "I have never experienced that which you call, 'drinking the water of life.' How is it got?"
Eyeing intently his proud inquirer, the preacher replied: "By stooping down. Stoop down and drink, and live."
The reply did not please her and so she turned away. She was too proud to stoop down.
That which should have been the easiest thing for us to do has become the most difficult. To stoop down and take the sinner's place, to realize and admit that we are sinners helpless and powerless to save ourselves, to humble ourselves should be easy for people who are already down there.
But because of pride, people who are already down there find it hard to realize and acknowledge that they are indeed already down there.
The offer of free salvation is offered DOWN by God for us sinners. If we take the high place, we would miss it.
Christ Jesus came to save sinners DOWN there. Not for good people UP there. In the eyes of God, there are no good people, all are sinners in need of salvation.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #219
GOSPEL NUGGETS
True Story
A man who had spent some years in prison was brought to hear the preaching of the Gospel after he was set free. At the close of the service, Christians sang a famous hymn by William Cowper.
As the lines were sung: "The dying thief rejoiced to see, That fountain in his day; And there may I though vile as he, Wash all my sins away," he was brought to conviction and said to himself: "That admits me, a sinner."
He trusted in the work of Christ on the cross and he was marvelously saved.
You might want to hear the hymn here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUWYy9HwU6g
True Story
A man who had spent some years in prison was brought to hear the preaching of the Gospel after he was set free. At the close of the service, Christians sang a famous hymn by William Cowper.
As the lines were sung: "The dying thief rejoiced to see, That fountain in his day; And there may I though vile as he, Wash all my sins away," he was brought to conviction and said to himself: "That admits me, a sinner."
He trusted in the work of Christ on the cross and he was marvelously saved.
You might want to hear the hymn here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUWYy9HwU6g
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #218
A Bidding For Your Soul
Welcome to your own soul's auction. Your soul is up for sale here whether you like it or not. Let's start the auction.
"I have something to sell today! It is the soul of the person reading this article. Is there anyone here who will bid for his or her soul?"
Sin says: "I will give this person pleasure and everything he or she desires."
Satan says: "I will give him or her riches, fame and the whole world for his or her soul."
"Do I hear another bidder? Yes, I hear someone. Yes, Savior, Savior what will you give for this soul?"
The Savior said: "I have given My life so that I can freely offer him or her salvation, transformation, a heart that loves God, eternal life, forgiveness of sins, peace with God, a righteous standing with God, a glorious eternal future and more."
My friend, you have heard the three bidders for your soul. Which or who will you accept? Which or who will you have? This is a true story. Everyone of us has sold our soul to Sin and Satan as it were. But another bidder came and is now offering you things that have real and eternal value.
Why don't you accept the Savior's offer for your soul? You can receive all of it by putting your trust in the Savior alone and what He did on the cross.
Welcome to your own soul's auction. Your soul is up for sale here whether you like it or not. Let's start the auction.
"I have something to sell today! It is the soul of the person reading this article. Is there anyone here who will bid for his or her soul?"
Sin says: "I will give this person pleasure and everything he or she desires."
Satan says: "I will give him or her riches, fame and the whole world for his or her soul."
"Do I hear another bidder? Yes, I hear someone. Yes, Savior, Savior what will you give for this soul?"
The Savior said: "I have given My life so that I can freely offer him or her salvation, transformation, a heart that loves God, eternal life, forgiveness of sins, peace with God, a righteous standing with God, a glorious eternal future and more."
My friend, you have heard the three bidders for your soul. Which or who will you accept? Which or who will you have? This is a true story. Everyone of us has sold our soul to Sin and Satan as it were. But another bidder came and is now offering you things that have real and eternal value.
Why don't you accept the Savior's offer for your soul? You can receive all of it by putting your trust in the Savior alone and what He did on the cross.
GOSPEL NUGGET #217
When Can A Sinner Experience Salvation? Now Or After He Dies?
Read it for yourself:
2Co 6:2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you." Behold, *NOW* IS THE ACCEPTED TIME; behold, *NOW* IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.
Lu 19:9 And Jesus said to him, "*TODAY* SALVATION HAS COME TO THIS HOUSE...
You can be saved NOW. You can be saved TODAY. If you just put your trust in Christ for salvation.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #216
Zec 13:1 In that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for uncleanness.
A day will come when Israel as a nation will finally turn to the Lord Jesus whom they rejected when He first came. And on that day, He will be a fountain that brings cleansing for sin and uncleanness.
He is beautifully symbolized here as a "fountain."
* It speaks of source. He will be the source of cleansing for sin and uncleanness.
"...and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." 1Jo 1:7
* It speaks of an inexhaustible source.
Fountains are not reservoirs that need to be replenished every now and then. No, they remain as full as ever all the time. It may flow for years and years but its fullness is never diminished. It's a fountain!
* It speaks of an available and accessible source.
Notice, it is described as a fountain "opened." It is not hidden and closed. In other words, it is accessible and available.
The idea of a sin-cleansing fountain has been made famous by one of our most well-known hymns of all time by William Cowper:
“There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emanuel’s veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.”
Come to the Fountain of cleansing! Come to Christ in faith!
A day will come when Israel as a nation will finally turn to the Lord Jesus whom they rejected when He first came. And on that day, He will be a fountain that brings cleansing for sin and uncleanness.
He is beautifully symbolized here as a "fountain."
* It speaks of source. He will be the source of cleansing for sin and uncleanness.
"...and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin." 1Jo 1:7
* It speaks of an inexhaustible source.
Fountains are not reservoirs that need to be replenished every now and then. No, they remain as full as ever all the time. It may flow for years and years but its fullness is never diminished. It's a fountain!
* It speaks of an available and accessible source.
Notice, it is described as a fountain "opened." It is not hidden and closed. In other words, it is accessible and available.
The idea of a sin-cleansing fountain has been made famous by one of our most well-known hymns of all time by William Cowper:
“There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Emanuel’s veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.”
Come to the Fountain of cleansing! Come to Christ in faith!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
GOSPEL NUGGET #215
The True Value Of The Sacrifice Of The Savior
Eph 5:2 ...Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Notice, that Christ's sacrifice on the cross was a "sweet-smelling aroma" to God. This is a beautiful and a figurative way of saying that God was pleased with the sacrifice the Lord Jesus made for man's sins on the cross.
The true value of what He did on the cross for us is not determined by what you and I think about it, feel about it, view it, do about it etc.
Its value is seen in what God thinks about it, how He feels about it, how He views it and the esteem He has on it. Even if all the world convene to reject it and put it off as nothing, it matters not.
It does not lessen its value, if we reject it. It does not add to its value, if we receive it by faith.
What matters, is that, to God, it was "a sweet-smelling aroma." He was pleased with it, He was satisfied with it for the wretched sinner's complete and eternal salvation.
God was completely and totally satisfied with the Savior's death on the cross for your salvation. Are you? Have you placed your entire confidence in it for your salvation?
Eph 5:2 ...Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
Notice, that Christ's sacrifice on the cross was a "sweet-smelling aroma" to God. This is a beautiful and a figurative way of saying that God was pleased with the sacrifice the Lord Jesus made for man's sins on the cross.
The true value of what He did on the cross for us is not determined by what you and I think about it, feel about it, view it, do about it etc.
Its value is seen in what God thinks about it, how He feels about it, how He views it and the esteem He has on it. Even if all the world convene to reject it and put it off as nothing, it matters not.
It does not lessen its value, if we reject it. It does not add to its value, if we receive it by faith.
What matters, is that, to God, it was "a sweet-smelling aroma." He was pleased with it, He was satisfied with it for the wretched sinner's complete and eternal salvation.
God was completely and totally satisfied with the Savior's death on the cross for your salvation. Are you? Have you placed your entire confidence in it for your salvation?
GOSPEL NUGGET #214
The Once For All Sacrifice Of The Savior
Heb 7:27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did ONCE FOR ALL when He offered up Himself.
Unlike the Old Testament priests who offered animal sacrifices daily in the tabernacle and eventually in the temple, the Lord Jesus' sacrifice, being the fulfillment of those sacrifices (which only served as a picture and a symbol of His sacrifice on the cross), was offered ONCE FOR ALL.
His sacrifice on the cross will never be repeated again. It was a sacrifice that was eternally offered.
As such, it was a sacrifice that could remove away ALL sins in the past, present and the future.
And in that once for all sacrifice, I have entrusted the salvation of my soul. Come and entrust your soul's salvation to His eternally sufficient sacrifice. There is no other work and sacrifice that could eternally take away all your sins.
Heb 7:27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did ONCE FOR ALL when He offered up Himself.
Unlike the Old Testament priests who offered animal sacrifices daily in the tabernacle and eventually in the temple, the Lord Jesus' sacrifice, being the fulfillment of those sacrifices (which only served as a picture and a symbol of His sacrifice on the cross), was offered ONCE FOR ALL.
His sacrifice on the cross will never be repeated again. It was a sacrifice that was eternally offered.
As such, it was a sacrifice that could remove away ALL sins in the past, present and the future.
And in that once for all sacrifice, I have entrusted the salvation of my soul. Come and entrust your soul's salvation to His eternally sufficient sacrifice. There is no other work and sacrifice that could eternally take away all your sins.
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