GOSPEL NUGGET #393

Fifty Shapes Of Grace Part 1

Allow me to list the riches of God's grace towards a sinner who repents and trusts in Christ for salvation. For part 1, allow me to list only 10. The sinner who trusts in Christ and what He did on the cross is by God's grace:

1) Saved
2) Forgiven
3) Redeemed
4) Justified
5) Sanctified
6) Glorified (positionally)
7) United to Christ
8) A new creation
9) Born again
10) Made a child of God

GOSPEL NUGGET #392

1 Co 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

The writer of these words was the apostle Paul. It was written to Corinthians in Corinth where Greek philosophy was dominant and highly-esteemed.

Paul was a man of great learning, but when he came to Corinth, as in everywhere else, he resolutely and purposely decided not to talk about anything else except the person of the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross.

Why? He knew that philosophy or education cannot save and therefore transform a sinner. Salvation can only be possible through Christ and what He did on the cross. Education may reform a sinner but only the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ can transform a sinner.

Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ now and what He did on the cross for your salvation and you will be saved and transformed.

GOSPEL NUGGET #391

"Anyone Who Is A Friend Of My Daughter Is My Friend"

A loving mother uttered those words to the friends of her daughter who came over to visit her in the hospital. That gave me a Gospel Nugget to write about.

The way to her heart is through her daughter. "Anyone who is a friend of my daughter is my friend."

And it's just the same way with salvation. You see, the way to the Father is through the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He Himself said: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

If you want salvation, come to the Lord Jesus Christ, God's Son. Trust in Him and what He did on the cross for salvation. Be God's friend through faith in Christ Jesus. 

GOSPEL NUGGET #390

Zeal For God Does Not Save

Ro 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.
2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Zeal for God doesn't save a sinner. You can be hot, zealous and on fire in serving the Lord and still remain unsaved. Your service is just filthy rags if it isn't the fruit of salvation.

These Jews, Paul attests, have a zeal for God but they are not saved. Zeal saves no one. Zeal is not the Savior, you should know. Salvation is found in Christ and what He did on the cross.

Yup, you are not saved by YOUR zeal for Him, rather, you are saved by HIS zeal for you when He died on the cross for you. It doesn't mean that we are not to be zealous for God. No, we should. Zeal has its proper place. But we are not to trust in it for our salvation. Rather, we are to trust in the Savior and what He did on the cross in order to be saved.

GOSPEL NUGGET #389

The Gospel In The Maguindanao SAF-MILF Encounter

How did some of the SAF commandos manage to escape with their lives? One of the commandos decided to put his life on the line to distract the terrorists. He stood up, walked over towards the enemy's direction and plainly exposed himself to them.

They saw him fell down, hit by a bullet, but he rose again and still proceeded and carried on what he intended to do. Then they saw him fell for the second and last time. He never stood up again. He died. What he did gave others a window of opportunity to escape with their lives.

2000 years ago, Somebody did just that. He resolutely set out towards Jerusalem to give His life as a sacrifice for our sins. He diverted the just wrath and judgment of God on Himself.

Lu 9:22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day."

Lu 9:51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

Now, anyone who trusts in Him and what He did on the cross is promised eternal life and salvation.

GOSPEL NUGGET #388

The Gospel In The Maguindanao SAF-MILF Encounter

How did some of the SAF commandos manage to escape with their lives? One of the commandos decided to put his life on the line to distract the terrorists. He stood up, walked over towards the enemy's direction and plainly exposed himself to them.

They saw him fell down, hit by a bullet, but he rose again and still proceeded and carried on what he intended to do. Then they saw him fell for the second and last time. He never stood up again. He died. What he did gave others a window of opportunity to escape with their lives.

2000 years ago, Somebody did just that. He resolutely set out towards Jerusalem to give His life as a sacrifice for our sins. He diverted the just wrath and judgment of God on Himself.

Lu 9:22 saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day."

Lu 9:51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem,

Now, anyone who trusts in Him and what He did on the cross is promised eternal life and salvation.

GOSPEL NUGGET #387

2 Ch 20:17 'You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the LORD...

Can you imagine winning a battle without flexing a single muscle in your own body, triumphing over  your enemies without exerting any effort at all?

It could very well be said that in this instance king Jehoshapat and company were by grace made victorious through faith and not of themselves. It was the gift of God. Not of works lest they should boast.

If salvation were likened to winning over a battle, and if we apply this verse to it, then all one has to do with regards salvation is this---you will not need to exert effort to win it. All you have to do is position yourself, relying on the Savior, stand still and see salvation of the Lord which He accomplished for you on the cross of Calvary!