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.
Friday, June 3, 2016
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.
Friday, May 20, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #463
Saved By The Death Penalty Of Another
The principle of the death penalty, that is, life for life, is manifestly at work in the salvation of a sinner. We are all sinners, spiritual criminals, with the death penalty of God's justice hanging over us. The penalty for sin, any kind of sin, is death. Yes, we are all on death row, spiritually speaking. We await our execution.
But the Lord Jesus took our place. He went to the cross and was executed there for us. On the cross, He made available a provisionary payment for our crimes.
Now, God comes to us and offers the pardon procured at the cross. The question is---Will you be saved by the death penalty of Another? Will you be vicariously executed in Christ or will you be personally executed in hell? Will you trust in Him and what He did on the cross for your salvation? Will you accept the pardon?
The principle of the death penalty, that is, life for life, is manifestly at work in the salvation of a sinner. We are all sinners, spiritual criminals, with the death penalty of God's justice hanging over us. The penalty for sin, any kind of sin, is death. Yes, we are all on death row, spiritually speaking. We await our execution.
But the Lord Jesus took our place. He went to the cross and was executed there for us. On the cross, He made available a provisionary payment for our crimes.
Now, God comes to us and offers the pardon procured at the cross. The question is---Will you be saved by the death penalty of Another? Will you be vicariously executed in Christ or will you be personally executed in hell? Will you trust in Him and what He did on the cross for your salvation? Will you accept the pardon?
Thursday, May 19, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #462
Job 16:21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
This was Job yearning for a mediator, a go-between between God and man. Job's longing is answered in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. He came and became the middle person for man to be reconciled to God.
The Lord Jesus became our neighbor when He became Man 2000 years ago. He is our fellow, our kin, one like us, in a sense, our neighbor, who lives at Humanity Street like we do. And there on the cross He died for our sins and rose from the dead.
We can commit our case, our soul's salvation to Him, and be assured that God will hear Him. For our neighbor is also God's neighbor, in fact, God's own unique Son.
This was Job yearning for a mediator, a go-between between God and man. Job's longing is answered in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. He came and became the middle person for man to be reconciled to God.
The Lord Jesus became our neighbor when He became Man 2000 years ago. He is our fellow, our kin, one like us, in a sense, our neighbor, who lives at Humanity Street like we do. And there on the cross He died for our sins and rose from the dead.
We can commit our case, our soul's salvation to Him, and be assured that God will hear Him. For our neighbor is also God's neighbor, in fact, God's own unique Son.
Sunday, May 15, 2016
GOSPEL NUGGET #461
Change Is Coming
The Philippine presidential elections of 2016 went to Rodrigo Duterte as the landslide winner after the smoke cleared. People bought into the promise of a coming change if Duterte should be installed into office. "Change is coming" is the banner slogan of the Duterte campaign.
Whatever change people are expecting would only be skin deep. A makeover at best. Real and genuine change comes from within. Moving to a different house with a new administrator may reform but it surely will not and cannot transform.
It may treat the symptoms but it can never address the cause. The fundamental problem does not lie primarily without. No, it lies deep within out of reach for any of us to deal with. What we see through our windows is a reflection of who we see on our mirrors. Before we seek to solve our country we must first find a solution to ourselves.
Change can only come through Christ and in Christ. He alone is able to reach down to the bottomless depths of the human heart and effect change from there---where it matters and solves the problem.
You want change? You want transformation? Come to Christ!
The Philippine presidential elections of 2016 went to Rodrigo Duterte as the landslide winner after the smoke cleared. People bought into the promise of a coming change if Duterte should be installed into office. "Change is coming" is the banner slogan of the Duterte campaign.
Whatever change people are expecting would only be skin deep. A makeover at best. Real and genuine change comes from within. Moving to a different house with a new administrator may reform but it surely will not and cannot transform.
It may treat the symptoms but it can never address the cause. The fundamental problem does not lie primarily without. No, it lies deep within out of reach for any of us to deal with. What we see through our windows is a reflection of who we see on our mirrors. Before we seek to solve our country we must first find a solution to ourselves.
Change can only come through Christ and in Christ. He alone is able to reach down to the bottomless depths of the human heart and effect change from there---where it matters and solves the problem.
You want change? You want transformation? Come to Christ!
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