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THE JOY OF SALVATION

“Through His blood, God made Him the Means of expiation for all who believe.” –Romans 3:25 “All men have sinned” (Rm 3:23), and “the wages of sin is death” (Rm 6:23). Therefore, we all are doomed to be “deprived of the glory of God” (Rm 3:23) and to suffer death forever. However, “all men are now undeservedly justified by the gift of God, through the redemption wrought in Christ Jesus” (Rm 3:24). Jesus, through His bloody death on the cross, has freed us from sin, death, damnation, hell, slavery, self-hatred, perversion, and Satan. Consequently, let us give our lives to...

HELL, NO

“Do you presume on His kindness and forbearance? Do you not know that God’s kindness is an invitation to you to repent?” –Romans 2:4 If we repent of our sins and give our lives to Jesus, we will receive glory, honor, peace (Rm 2:10), and eternal life (Rm 2:7). If, however, our hearts are hard and impenitent (Rm 2:5), if we “selfishly disobey the truth and obey wickedness” (Rm 2:8), we will receive “wrath and fury” (Rm 2:8), “affliction and anguish” (Rm 2:9). With flaming power, the Lord “will inflict punishment on those who do not acknowledge God nor heed...

SIN-CERELY

“All will be wiped clean for you.” –Luke 11:41 A Pharisee at whose home Jesus was dining was surprised Jesus didn’t wash His hands as part of His before-meal prayer. Jesus changed the subject from hand-washing to soul-washing, saying: “You Pharisees! You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but within you are filled with rapaciousness and evil” (Lk 11:39). Once some people talked to Jesus about the front-page news. Pilate had killed several Galileans and eighteen people were killed by a falling tower in Siloam (Lk 13:4). Jesus again changed the conversation to His favorite subject: repentance from sin....

THE CALLED

“Greetings from Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart to proclaim the gospel of God.” –Romans 1:1 Paul, “called to be an apostle,” wrote to those who had “been called to belong to Jesus Christ” (Rm 1:6) and who had been “called to holiness, grace and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rm 1:7). The New Testament Greek word for “church” is “ekklesia,” which literally means “called out.” Consequently, we, as members of Christ’s Church, must “live a life worthy” of our calling (Eph 4:1) in the “one hope...

THE LAST COMMANDMENT

“There is one thing more you must do.” –Mark 10:21 If we love Jesus, we will obey Him (Jn 15:10). Therefore, a life of love is “a life of obedience” (see 1 Pt 1:2). As our lives on earth come to their conclusion, we reach the point that there is one thing more we must do. This last command is: a “must” (Mk 10:21), hard (Mk 10:23, 24), humanly impossible (Mk 10:27), and often includes persecution (Mk 10:30). Because this is the devil’s last chance to rob and enslave us, he will do everything he can to make our obedience...