One of Satan's greatest lies today is the widespread idea that one can just get away with his sins or spiritual crimes by compensating it with good works. It has made many wallow in so much sin, confident that they can just offset their debts with it.
They would not dare this on a human judge but they brazenly do it in the face of the Most Holy Judge of the universe. God is not that holy and just in their concept. They have a lesser view. To them, God is lenient. Just an old grandfatherly and soft figure who will just sweep their crimes under the rug. Partly, it is the result of centuries of indoctrination by a false religious establishment that dominates the land.
And so, you have people committing premarital sex, getting drunk, breathing out cuss words and other spiritual crimes, believing that they can just pay it up with their good deeds. Their ignorance of God is setting them up for a big surprise in the day of reckoning.
On that day, they will realize, eternally too late, that every single sin is a heinous spiritual crime in the eyes of God that deserves condemnation in the lake of fire. That it is through what the Lord Jesus did on the cross, not their good works, that can meet the demands of God's justice and holiness.
My friend, come and settle your crimes at the cross. On God's terms, not yours. Repent now, abhor sin, and run to the Savior, trusting in Him and what He did on the cross for salvation.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Friday, June 24, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #470
The Obedience Of One The Blessing Of Many
Ge 26:3 "Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 "And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
5 "because Abraham obeyed My voice...
We have before us a story of the obedience of one which resulted in the blessing of many. It was Abraham's obedience and yet the blessing was shared by many. Applying this to the Lord Jesus and His salvation, it was the Lord Jesus who obeyed God to the point of death, yes, even the death of the cross. And yet, it resulted in the salvation of many sinners.
Phil 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
RO 5:19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
My friend, don't rely in what you do for salvation. Rather, rely on the saving obedience that the Lord Jesus did for you at the cross. His obedience was for your blessing, and you can have it if you put your trust in Him and what He did on the cross alone for your salvation.
Ge 26:3 "Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
4 "And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;
5 "because Abraham obeyed My voice...
We have before us a story of the obedience of one which resulted in the blessing of many. It was Abraham's obedience and yet the blessing was shared by many. Applying this to the Lord Jesus and His salvation, it was the Lord Jesus who obeyed God to the point of death, yes, even the death of the cross. And yet, it resulted in the salvation of many sinners.
Phil 2:8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
RO 5:19 For as through the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous.
My friend, don't rely in what you do for salvation. Rather, rely on the saving obedience that the Lord Jesus did for you at the cross. His obedience was for your blessing, and you can have it if you put your trust in Him and what He did on the cross alone for your salvation.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #469
The Cavaliers' Winning The Championship And Salvation
2016 is a historic year for the Cleveland Cavaliers. For the first time since they joined the league since 1970, after so many years of being on the losing end, they finally laid their eyes and hold for themselves the coveted Larry O'Brien trophy as champions.
The Cavs fans are ecstatic. The atmosphere in Cleveland is electric. High fives and hugs are given. "We finally won it!" jubilantly they congratulate each other. It was the team who played hard on the court, gave their all and earned it. The fans merely watched on the sidelines but the victory was shared by all.
My friend, this is a picture of the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Spiritually, we are on a losing team. As sinners, we are all spiritual losers. But the Lord Jesus came, went to Calvary, gave everything He had and there obtained salvation for us all.
We did nothing but sin. But we can enjoy the salvation He wrought on Calvary if we come to Him by faith. Come to Christ my friend and claim your salvation and then give me a high five. Team Jesus did it for us!
Monday, June 13, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #468
Roman Catholics, by the millions, wear a brown scapular with a promise from the so-called Madonna of Mt. Carmel that "anyone who dies clothed in this [scapular] shall not suffer eternal fire; and...they shall be saved."
They hang all their eternal destiny upon this one object. They have made it their savior. They have been led away from the grace and salvation of Christ. God's Word says: .
Ga 1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Ac 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Joh 3:36 "He who believes (trusts) in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe (trust) the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
Salvation is not found in the scapular of the Mary of the Roman Catholic Church but in what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross 2000 years ago. The salvation that was accomplished there was already finished, complete, sufficient and all-availing for all of time that the only thing one has to do is to trust, rely and place one's confidence in it for salvation.
They hang all their eternal destiny upon this one object. They have made it their savior. They have been led away from the grace and salvation of Christ. God's Word says: .
Ga 1:9 As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
Ac 4:12 "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."
Joh 3:36 "He who believes (trusts) in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe (trust) the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
Salvation is not found in the scapular of the Mary of the Roman Catholic Church but in what the Lord Jesus Christ did on the cross 2000 years ago. The salvation that was accomplished there was already finished, complete, sufficient and all-availing for all of time that the only thing one has to do is to trust, rely and place one's confidence in it for salvation.
Friday, June 3, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #467
Premarital Sex Is Harlotry To God
De 22:20 "But if the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman,
21 "then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
The essence of harlotry is sex without the commitment of marriage. Some prostitutes engage in sex for money, others may do it because of sinful lust. The bottom line: It is sex without the commitment of marriage.
Premarital sex is a serious, serious sin. It incurred the death penalty in Israel. It is disgraceful, evil and a scandal that the men in the city are to rise against it. Judgment awaits you if you are guilty of this, reader. To God, you may not be selling your body for money, but the fact remains that to God, you are a prostitute.
Turn to Him in repentance and trust in the Savior that He sent to die for your prostitution against Him. He died for your crimes and rose again from the dead.
De 22:20 "But if the thing is true, and evidences of virginity are not found for the young woman,
21 "then they shall bring out the young woman to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
The essence of harlotry is sex without the commitment of marriage. Some prostitutes engage in sex for money, others may do it because of sinful lust. The bottom line: It is sex without the commitment of marriage.
Premarital sex is a serious, serious sin. It incurred the death penalty in Israel. It is disgraceful, evil and a scandal that the men in the city are to rise against it. Judgment awaits you if you are guilty of this, reader. To God, you may not be selling your body for money, but the fact remains that to God, you are a prostitute.
Turn to Him in repentance and trust in the Savior that He sent to die for your prostitution against Him. He died for your crimes and rose again from the dead.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #466
Mt 15:30 Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus' feet, and He healed them.
We have here a lookalike of spiritual salvation. What happened here in the physical realm is comparable to the spiritual realm. You see, we are all sinners. We all have a spiritual defect. We all have a spiritual handicap.
We are spiritually lame---we don't walk right.
We are spiritually blind---we don't see right.
We are spiritually mute---we don't talk right.
We are spiritually maimed---we don't do things right.
We are wrong. We are not right.
Just as the lame, the maimed, the mute and the blind were laid down at Jesus' feet, we also need to be humble, acknowledge our handicap and helplessness, and allow and not resist the ministry of the Holy Spirit to lay us down at Jesus' feet, in a condition of dependence upon Him for deliverance.
Come to Christ. Lie at His feet, trusting in Him and what He did on the cross and be spiritually healed.
We have here a lookalike of spiritual salvation. What happened here in the physical realm is comparable to the spiritual realm. You see, we are all sinners. We all have a spiritual defect. We all have a spiritual handicap.
We are spiritually lame---we don't walk right.
We are spiritually blind---we don't see right.
We are spiritually mute---we don't talk right.
We are spiritually maimed---we don't do things right.
We are wrong. We are not right.
Just as the lame, the maimed, the mute and the blind were laid down at Jesus' feet, we also need to be humble, acknowledge our handicap and helplessness, and allow and not resist the ministry of the Holy Spirit to lay us down at Jesus' feet, in a condition of dependence upon Him for deliverance.
Come to Christ. Lie at His feet, trusting in Him and what He did on the cross and be spiritually healed.
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #465
One hot summer, Jhanna, a skinny, little nine-year old girl, tagged along with her older friends for a summer getaway in a plush beach resort.
Far out into the deepest part of the waters, Jhanna and her friends delighted themselves with the ocean. They dove and plunged and splashed into the water below from a wooden raft which they used as a base.
Jhanna, the tiniest of the group, fearlessly ventured into the deep with reckless abandon again and again even though she did not know how to swim. She was confident that she had her older friend, Clair, an expert swimmer, to come and extricate and recover her back on top.
The whole thing is a picture of saving faith. Faith in the Savior for salvation is throwing our helpless selves into the saving work of the Savior on the cross of Calvary, fully confident that He is able to rescue us from sinking into condemnation.
My friend, you are a sinner and you can't save yourself. Come to Christ. Take the plunge of faith into Him. Commit your soul's salvation to Him and His work on the cross and you will be saved.
GOSPEL NUGGET #464
Job 33:24 Then He is gracious to him, and says, 'Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom'
Applying this verse to salvation, these are fitting words in the redemption of a sinner who trust in Christ. God in heaven because of His grace declares: 'Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom.'
We, as sinners, are sliding down the pit of hell. But because of God's undeserved favor and on the basis of the ransom the Lord Jesus provided on the cross, a sinner trusting in the Savior can be rescued out of it. His salvation is not based on anything the sinner has done but on the ransom that was found.
Mr 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."
1Ti 2:6 who gave Himself a ransom for all...
Come to the Savior in faith. Place your confidence in Him as the ransom that could deliver your soul.
Applying this verse to salvation, these are fitting words in the redemption of a sinner who trust in Christ. God in heaven because of His grace declares: 'Deliver him from going down to the Pit; I have found a ransom.'
We, as sinners, are sliding down the pit of hell. But because of God's undeserved favor and on the basis of the ransom the Lord Jesus provided on the cross, a sinner trusting in the Savior can be rescued out of it. His salvation is not based on anything the sinner has done but on the ransom that was found.
Mr 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."
1Ti 2:6 who gave Himself a ransom for all...
Come to the Savior in faith. Place your confidence in Him as the ransom that could deliver your soul.
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