Ready For Some Good News?
Ezekiel 33:11 Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, ‘I have no
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his
way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die?
Psalm 145:8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
9 The LORD is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.
17 The LORD is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
18 The LORD is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him;
He also will hear their cry and save them.
20 The LORD preserves all who love Him,
But all the wicked He will destroy.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance.
Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man (Jesus Christ) has come to seek and to
save that which was lost.”
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but
that the world through Him might be saved. 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; 21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been
done in God.”
Romans 5:6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ
died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet
perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God
demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord
John 17:2 as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. 3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Who is this Jesus?
Matthew 3:16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’” 16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
Matthew 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Matthew 20:18 “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death, 19 and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.”
(Read Psalm 22 & Isaiah 53 for more prophecies about Jesus' crucifixion and the eye witness account in John 18-20 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=jn%2018-20&version=NKJV)
Watch the Passion of the Christ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Due3iUlaoX4
Galatians 1:4 who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us
from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgive
ness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
Colossians 1:20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself,
by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace
through the blood of His cross.
Philippians 2:6 NLT Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God
as something to cling to. 7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges;
he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being.
When he appeared in human form, 8 he humbled himself in obedience to God
and died a criminal’s death on a cross.
Jesus was and is God’s own Son and Sacrificial Lamb who was sent down from heaven to live and die as a sinless Man on a cross for all of humanity to be saved. He was punished and died in our place for our sins.
God needed a way to free mankind from the bondage of sin, Satan and sins penalty which is eternal separation from God and an eternity in Hell. He needed a pure and holy sacrifice, a sinless sacrifice, a Lamb without spot or blemish which is according to the Old Testament pattern. He had a plan all along even before the foundation of the earth because He is all knowing, Omniscient and knows the beginning from the end.
1 Peter 1:18 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 20 He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a High Priest (Jesus Christ) who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Jesus was tempted by Satan himself and in every way imaginable but didn't sin and completely obeyed God and His Law. All Jesus did fulfilled the requirements of the law on our behalf.
Romans 5:17 CEV Death ruled like a king because Adam had sinned. But that cannot compare with what Jesus Christ has done. God has been so kind to us, and he has accepted us because of Jesus. And so we will live and rule like kings.18Everyone was going to be punished because Adam sinned. But because of the good thing that Christ has done, God accepts us and gives us the gift of life. 19Adam disobeyed God and caused many others to be sinners. But Jesus obeyed him and will make many people acceptable to God.
It's because of Jesus' obedience He was the acceptable sacrifice of all of our sins who would receive Him.
Hebrews 9:22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission. 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
Jesus died on the cross, shedding His blood, rose from the dead then went into heaven and presented to God His Father, Himself as a blood sacrifice for all of mankind’s sins.
Mankind’s only way back to God the Father is through Jesus Christ because of His sacrificial death.
John 6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”
John 10:9 I (Jesus Christ) am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will
be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one
comes to the Father except through Me.
How Do You Receive This Salvation?
First, “Count the Cost!”
Luke 14:25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and
said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and
mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also,
he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and
come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to
build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has
enough to finish it— 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be
My disciple.
Luke 9:23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,[a] and follow Me. 24 For
whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for
My sake will save it. 25 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole
world, and is himself destroyed or lost? 26 For whoever is ashamed of Me
and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in
His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels.
You don’t make a decision that will effect you the rest of your life hear on earth and for eternity, flippantly. You need to know what God will ask of you. Salvation is a free gift received by faith (Ephesians 2:8) but you have to give up all of your life to receive all of His life. With God there are no gray areas and no half ways. It’s either His way all the way or no way for our own good. Many people want a Savior to deliver them from Hell but few really want a Lord and Master who will rule the rest of their life here on earth even though it’s done all out of love and for our own good. He’s the Creator, Master, Father and God and we are not. Our will has no place in His kingdom accept to do His will. (Matthew 7:21) “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
I've heard that the name Savior is used under 40 times and the name Lord is used over four hundred times in the New Testament. Do you think God is trying to get a point across to us? He’s Lord of all or not at all. It’s just the way it is. He’s God and we’re not.
Remember again what Lord means.
Lord - Greek Lexicon Results for kyrios (Strong's G2962) Putting this in my own very simple words is this is what the Greek meaning of the name Lord means when it is spoken of for those of you who might not know yet what a Lexicon is. That’s fine because you know now.
1) he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord
a) the possessor and disposer of a thing
1) the owner; one who has control of the person, the master
2) in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor
b) is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master
c) this title is given to: God, the Messiah
Another words you must be willing to make Jesus your Lord, Master and the posers and controller of all your life for the rest for your life. If not you will not be saved. He wants and needs total surrender of all your life and will over to Him for your own good so He can do the work in you needed to make you the man or woman of God He desires you to be. He loves us more than we can ever imagine and wants the very best for us and this can only happen with complete and total surrender of all our life and will for the remainder of our life.
Second, You Must Repent and Follow Jesus!
Matthew 4:17 AMP From that time Jesus began to preach, crying out, Repent
(change your mind for the better, heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence
of your past sins), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
19 And He said to them, Come after Me [as disciples--letting Me be your
Guide], follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men!
Hebrews 6:1 AMP...the foundation of repentance and abandonment
of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which
you turned] to God,
By faith which is believing what God has said in His Word you have to turn from your old life and sinful ways to Jesus Christ for the Divine exchange to take place; His life for your life. You give up your life and receive His life. You make a commitment to Him to follow Him and His Word all the days of your life left on earth at any cost and to never look back.
Matthew 10:39 CEV If you try to save your life, you will lose it. But if you give it up for me, you will surely find it.
Luke 9:57 Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that someone said to Him, “Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.” 58 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” 59 Then He said to another, “Follow Me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach the kingdom of God.” 61 And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid them farewell who are at my house.” 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Let me speak for a moment to both the Believer and nonbeliever.
Here Jesus promises the possibility of homelessness, broken relationships, separation and loneliness to follow Him. In the Western World most of us have no clue about such things let alone the persecution, torture and martyrdom happening in other countries to the Church. You couldn't preach a lot of the messages to those people we preach here in the US. They suffer for their faith, go hungry, get kicked out of their homes, are hunted, they run and hid, meet in secret with the looming possibility it might be their last time to gather together and worship God. Go to this web site and see the truth of what happens around the world to Christians; The Voice of the Martyrs http://www.persecution.com/ and order the DVD “Underground Reality, Vietnam” and some of the other DVD's and books and see and read about the truth that few of us know about.
The conclusion and Part 4
http://ewpministry.blogspot.com/2010/12/anatomy-of-salvation-message-part-4-by.html
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