GOSPEL NUGGET #453

Sin is man's greatest problem. Here's why. What are the problems that usually plague man today? Let's name a few:

* Financial problems
* Family problems
* Relationship problems
* Crimes
* Corruption
* Diseases

One hundred years from now, you won't be bothered by these problems anymore because you'll be dead. But there's one perennial problem that will haunt you for all eternity if you don't avail yourself of its solution today.

That problem is separation from God because of sin. Every single sin is a spiritual heinous crime against God with life sentence in the lake of fire as the penalty.

Settle this problem now by coming to Christ in repentance and faith, trusting in what He did on the cross for your salvation. He died for your crimes and rose again from the dead.

GOSPEL NUGGET #452

Ex 15:2 The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation... 

Notice the words: “...He has become my salvation.”

It is an acknowledgment that they cannot save themselves and so “He” (the Lord) must be the source their salvation.

Sadly, many people today are saying instead: “I, me and myself have become my own salvation. I can save myself by my good works, by my being religious and by my good character.”
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It is nothing but pride and a delusion. It’s like Israel saying: “I can defeat all of Pharaoh’s armies. I can divide the waters for me to safely pass through. I will wear my Nike shoes and just do it. I can save myself.”

No. No. No. Salvation is of the Lord. And He (through the person of the Lord Jesus Christ) must become your salvation in order for you to be saved.

Has He become your salvation by coming to Him in faith, trusting in Him and what He did on the cross alone for salvation?  

GOSPEL NUGGET #451

Ex 14:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and camp before Pi Hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal Zephon; you shall camp before it by the sea.
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Researchers who went and explored the actual site specified in this verse discovered that this land area is actually a cul-de-sac. It is a dead-end. God led them to a place where it was humanly impossible to escape.

From the human standpoint, Israel’s position was a hopeless case. They were actually cornered. In front of them was a sea, behind them were the Egyptians coming after them, flanking them on the sides were mountains. And it was all God’s plan.

God intentionally placed them there to make them realize how helpless and hopeless they were in themselves in saving themselves from the Egyptians. At this point, all they could do was look up, stand still and totally rely on His mighty saving arm to deliver them. Their only hope was Him.
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In the salvation of a sinner, God always works toward this end. He seeks to bring us to the end of ourselves and make us realize that we have always been like that ever since----helpless and hopeless in ourselves to save ourselves.

Spiritually speaking, we can’t escape God’s judgment. We are all cornered. We are all shut up in one corner awaiting destruction. Our only hope is the grace and mercy of God in Christ Jesus manifested when He died on the cross for our sins.

Spiritually speaking, have you been at your Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea?

Come to Christ. He's your only hope.

GOSPEL NUGGET #450

Can A Homosexual Be Saved?

First of all, let's define what a homosexual is. A homosexual is someone who is sexually attracted and has sexual desires towards the same sex.

Just as it is wrong and sinful to have sexual desires towards someone else's spouse (it's adultery), so it is wrong to have sexual desires toward members of the same sex. God designed man for the woman and vice-versa.

Just as an adulterer must repent of his or her adultery, so a homosexual must repent of his or her homosexuality.

A man who is resisting his adulterous desires and not practicing it is not an adulterer even though he has a weakness in this area. A person who is resisting his homosexual desires and not practicing it is not a homosexual even though he has a weakness in this area.

When a homosexual comes to Christ for salvation, Christ will give him a new nature that will counter his old sinful nature. He will be transformed into a new man.

If you are struggling with this sin, come to Christ in repentance and faith and He will give you new and holy desires to live the life that God intended you to live.

1Co 6:9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor HOMOSEXUALS, nor SODOMITES,

10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.

11 And such WERE (past tense) some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.

You see, being a homosexual must be a thing of the past if you want to inherit the kingdom of God. You must be washed, sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God.

GOSPEL NUGGET #449

Exodus 12---The Redemption Chapter

Learn something about redemption in this chapter. Redemption is deliverance by payment of a price.

And that’s exactly what we see here in this chapter. Before Israel could be set free, a price has to be paid. What was the price of Israel's redemption? The life of the Passover Lamb that served as a substitute for Israel’s firstborn sons who would have died without it.

In the same way, we are all in bondage to sin. We are in bondage to its power, its penalty and its very presence. No amount of self-effort on our part could free us from sin’s bondage.

The price must be paid. We could not pay the price ourselves but God has provided it in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ when He died on the cross for our sins.

If we avail ourselves of the provision, by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross, we will be redeemed.

GOSPEL NUGGET #448

The God Of Design

Everywhere we look, if we have eyes to see, design leaps out and stares at us in the face. Consider the following:

* The staggering design found in snowflakes
* The snazzy arrangements and patterns in flowers and leaves
* The stupendous systems operating in the human body
* The spectacular symmetry found in the insect world
* The superb biological machinery of a cell
* The stunning razor-sharp precision of the mathematics behind the universe
* The skillful programming in the DNA

If your life has been a mess and screwed up by sin, if it has been nothing but a moral mayhem and a spiritual shamble (it's always like that without God in your life) come to Christ.

He can make you whole again. God is a God of order and design. He can give your life meaning, purpose and design. Come to Him through Christ, repenting and trusting in Him and what He did on the cross for your salvation.