GOSPEL LIGHT #701

 Scripture Savvy - Salvation Smart

2Ti 3:15 and that from infancy you have known the sacred writings which are able to make you wise to obtain salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Knowledge can take you to the stars, but the true wisdom that the Bible gives takes you beyond. There are people who are smart enough to build a rocket but clueless about the way of salvation. Even the brightest minds can be fools if they miss the path to heaven. What does it matter if you are an expert when it comes to the ship's carpeting? What does it matter if you are a connoisseur about the ship's paintings? What does it matter if you are a specialist about the different metals of the ship? Yes, what does it all matter when the ship is sinking? When the world is a ship that is sinking fast, the only knowledge that truly matters is the one that shows you the way to the rescue boat.

The Bible savvies you for it and gives you the smarts - it is through faith in Christ Jesus.

GOSPEL LIGHT #700

Settle Matters With God Without Delay 

Mt 5:25 "Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

Let's apply this verse to our relationship with God: 

While it is true that God has become favorable and propitious toward us through the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, there is also a sense in which He is our adversary in that He has something against us, if, all the while, we remain unrepentant.

God, as it were, goes with us on the way of life and warns us that if we don't settle the matter with Him He will deliver us over to the Judge, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will have us thrown to prison for all eternity.

Don't put this off. This ought to be an urgent and pressing concern on your part. "Agree with your adversary quickly." Come to terms with Him without delay. Settle the score with Him at once. Don't go to court with Him. You will only lose your case.

Come aside with Him now in Calvary, when His Son died on the cross for all your sins against God. There, by faith in the Savior, avail of the payment He provided for your sins against God and have your case closed for all eternity. 





 

 

GOSPEL LIGHT #699

The Sorry Myth: Debunking The Belief That Being Sorry Is Enough 

One common misconception about salvation is the belief that merely expressing a sincere apology to God is enough to make everything okay. 

Yes, the sinner ought to be sorry. He should be sorry. It would be an act of brazenness if he or she is not.

An apology, however, no matter how heartfelt and sincere could never save us from the punishment we deserve. Not even if we do it a million times. Ask any just law court in the world. 

That's because only the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus on the cross could pay for the penalty of our sins. If expressing a sincere apology is all that it takes then why did the Lord Jesus Christ have to die on the cross?

Don't settle for sorry. You need the Savior! You need to repent and trust in what He did on the cross for you! 

GOSPEL LIGHT #698

The Gospel According To "Saint John" The Methodist Circuit Rider 

He is one of the unsung heroes of Church History. His name is not well-known. They just called him "Saint John." He would travel on a regular circuit, visiting multiple towns and settlements, preaching the Gospel to the people he would meet.

One of his methods in sharing the Gospel was this --- He would go out into the mines and inquire for the names of miners who went down sick the longest. And then he would volunteer to work for their shifts. Dark, dusty, and sooty, there he was working hard down in the mine. There, he would preach the gospel to other other miners and then he would emerge out from the mine after some days and then he would go to the sick miner's house and give the money to him. He would sit down with the sick miner by the fire and preach the gospel to him, using what he did as an illustration of what the Lord Jesus Christ did for sinners. Many people came to Christ because of what "Saint John" did. 

The world right now is upside down. People like "Saint John" should be the heroes of the world, acknowledged, celebrated and applauded. And yet "Saint John" rode into the sunset of his life largely unrecognized. In God's kingdom, God will turn it right side up. And nobodies like "Saint John" will forever be somebodies there. I am curious to know his real name.

Here's the gospel according to "Saint John" The Methodist Circuit Rider:

We are the  miners down in this dark, dusty and sooty cave called the world. Down and out, we could not do anything for ourselves. But the Lord Jesus came and took our shift. And there on the cross earned salvation for us. And He comes to us offering us salvation for free. All we have to do is to receive it freely from his hand by faith. 


    

GOSPEL LIGHT #697

 "You have to put yourself in a situation wherein all you have is God and His promises that if He does not deliver on what He said you are sunk." That's what one said when asked as to why he was leaving the United States for Africa. At least that was one of his reasons.

Let's apply what he said to saving faith --- You know, saving faith is like that. Saving faith is depositing and entrusting your self and your eternal welfare on what Christ did on the cross that if what Christ did on the cross was really worth nothing then you are sunk. But, the good thing is this --- you know that it was not worth nothing. You know that it was worth everything to God for the sinner's salvation.

GOSPEL LIGHT #696

The Day When God Lost His Breath

GE 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Mr 15:37 And Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and breathed His last.

Notice here that God breathed into man the breath of life. In order to bless man with life He breathed into Man. But Man fell into sin and God’s justice must be upheld. His justice demanded the breath or the life of Man. So what does God do? Mark 15:37: “Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last.”

On the cross, He "lost" His breath; He breathed out His own life so that Man might be blessed with the breath of eternal life. In Genesis, He breathed life into Man. In Mark, He breathed out His life for Man. If it is said in the creation of Man that God breathed into Man’s nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being, so in the new creation of man in salvation it can also be said that God, in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, breathed out His life for fallen Man so that Man can become eternally living.

If you are still unsaved, the Lord Jesus wants you to simply breathe in the eternal life He breathed out for you at Calvary. He wants you to trust in what He did on the cross for your salvation.

GOSPEL LIGHT #695

A View From The Top If you could only you see yourself as God sees you (a depraved and helpless sinner unable to save yourself) what despair would have swallowed your heart.

If you could only see how God sees Christ and His work for you on the cross of Calvary (that it eternally satisfied Him) what unspeakable joy and peace would have flooded your heart. The measure of our acceptance with God is directly proportional to the value in which He attaches to the blood shed on the cross for us. My friend, get a right view of yourself and the work of the Savior. View it from the the top through the lens of the Word of God, the Bible.