Miss Salvation Beauty Pageant
The Miss Universe beauty pageant is a good illustration of salvation. Each participating country would send their own representative beauty queen to the contest. If she wins, they all win. They do not win because of their own beauty and brains, no, they win through her. It's her beauty and brains that won it for them. She alone did it all.
In the same way, a sinner is not saved because of what he or she did. No, a sinner is saved because of the Lord Jesus Christ. He became Man to be our representative and substitute. He alone did it all on the cross of Calvary.
None of us is beautiful enough in God's eyes to win the Miss Salvation beauty contest, so to speak. We are all sinners---spiritual hags. But we have Christ, and the moment we put our trust in Him, His victory is our victory, we are saved.
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Friday, December 23, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #492
Many are wondering if they have truly trusted in Christ for salvation. Inwardly, they are asking: "Have I really trusted in Christ? What is it really to trust in Jesus for salvation?"
I hope this helps. In Latin, faith or trust is fide, as in conFIDEnce. Confidence is actually made of two words: "con" which means with and "fide" which means faith.
To have faith, therefore, is to have confidence. Are you confident that what Christ did on the cross was enough and sufficient for your salvation?
That's what it is to trust in Christ for salvation.
I hope this helps. In Latin, faith or trust is fide, as in conFIDEnce. Confidence is actually made of two words: "con" which means with and "fide" which means faith.
To have faith, therefore, is to have confidence. Are you confident that what Christ did on the cross was enough and sufficient for your salvation?
That's what it is to trust in Christ for salvation.
GOSPEL NUGGET #491
A preacher was once preaching about sin and its burden when a young man interrupted him and mockingly said: "You keep on telling us about the burden of sin! Well, how much does it weigh exactly? 80 pounds? 10 pounds? I feel none. I feel no burden at all about my sins."
The preacher replied: "If I lay a 400-pound weight on a dead man's chest, will he feel it?"
"He won't feel a thing because he's dead!" the young man replied.
"Exactly!" the preacher quipped.
My friend, how about you? Are you burdened about the spiritual crimes you have committed? Are you weighed down by guilt? Do you sense the conviction of the Holy Spirit? Don't resist His conviction anymore.
Repent take God seriously and change your attitude about sin and yourself. Take sides with God against yourself---view yourself as sinner in need of salvation and come to Christ, in faith, for salvation.
The preacher replied: "If I lay a 400-pound weight on a dead man's chest, will he feel it?"
"He won't feel a thing because he's dead!" the young man replied.
"Exactly!" the preacher quipped.
My friend, how about you? Are you burdened about the spiritual crimes you have committed? Are you weighed down by guilt? Do you sense the conviction of the Holy Spirit? Don't resist His conviction anymore.
Repent take God seriously and change your attitude about sin and yourself. Take sides with God against yourself---view yourself as sinner in need of salvation and come to Christ, in faith, for salvation.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #490
A wanted ad for an engineer looked like this:
* Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree, Engineering (Civil) or equivalent
* At least 3 years of working experience
* Must have passed the FE Exam and currently hold EI or EIT
* Knowledge and use of Microsoft Office, CADD and GIS software a plus
Reading the qualifications, not many will surely qualify for the job. Certain standards must be reached and certain achievements must be accomplished in order to land the job.
A lot of people think like this about salvation. They think that in order to be saved they must, first of all, achieve and accomplish a lot of things in order for God to save them. Nothing could be further from the truth.
You see, based on the Bible, a wanted ad detailing the qualifications of a sinner in order to be saved looks like this:
* The applicant must be a sinner. Any kind of sinner---the moral sinner, the religious sinner and the immoral sinner.
* The applicant must realize that he or she is helpless and powerless in saving himself or herself.
* The applicant must be repentant and trusting or relying on the Savior and what He did on the cross alone for salvation.
If you possess the foregoing qualifications, then, praise God, welcome to the company...the company of saved sinners!
* Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree, Engineering (Civil) or equivalent
* At least 3 years of working experience
* Must have passed the FE Exam and currently hold EI or EIT
* Knowledge and use of Microsoft Office, CADD and GIS software a plus
Reading the qualifications, not many will surely qualify for the job. Certain standards must be reached and certain achievements must be accomplished in order to land the job.
A lot of people think like this about salvation. They think that in order to be saved they must, first of all, achieve and accomplish a lot of things in order for God to save them. Nothing could be further from the truth.
You see, based on the Bible, a wanted ad detailing the qualifications of a sinner in order to be saved looks like this:
* The applicant must be a sinner. Any kind of sinner---the moral sinner, the religious sinner and the immoral sinner.
* The applicant must realize that he or she is helpless and powerless in saving himself or herself.
* The applicant must be repentant and trusting or relying on the Savior and what He did on the cross alone for salvation.
If you possess the foregoing qualifications, then, praise God, welcome to the company...the company of saved sinners!
Sunday, December 4, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #489
Jesus Is The Light That Lights The Way To God
Ex 25:31 "You shall also make a lampstand of pure gold; the lampstand shall be of hammered work. Its shaft, its branches, its bowls, its ornamental knobs, and flowers shall be of one piece.
What's the purpose of the lampstand here?
The tabernacle was divided into two chambers. The first chamber was called the Holy Place. Here we find the table of showbread, the altar of incense, and the lampstand.
Then as we proceed further, we enter a second chamber, which was called the Most Holy Place. Here, we find the Ark of the Covenant. It is here that the Shekinah glory of God rests. One must pass through the Holy Place to get to the Most Holy Place, where God’s presence was.
Without the light of the lampstand in the Holy Place, the way to the Most Holy Place would be in total darkness.
Applying this to salvation---without the Lord Jesus Christ, man would be in total darkness as to the way to God.
Just as it is impossible for a man in total darkness to find his way so it is also impossible for a sinner to find his way to God on his own. He must find his way under the light of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the Light that lights the way to God.
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