Saturday, January 5, 2019

Amazing Grace – Part 2


Michael continues with the example that if a criminal is caught on camera committing a capital offense, there is no defense for the evidence of the camera’s eye-witness that convicts them. According to the Word of God, the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Though we were born guilty of death and our sins have convicted us, the good news is that “though your sins be as scarlet, ye shall be as white as snow” by the blood of Jesus.
2 Corinthians 7:10 “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.”

The requirement for salvation starts with repentance. Repentance is real penitence; sorrow or deep contrition for sin, as an offense and dishonor to God, a violation of His holy law, and the basest ingratitude towards a Being of infinite benevolence. This is called evangelical repentance, and is accompanied and followed by amendment of life. Repentance is a change of mind, or a conversion from sin to God. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice, from conviction that it has offended God. It means to change direction from serving myself to serving the Lord. Repentance is to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God. When we understand that “in my flesh dwells no good thing, a broken and a contrite heart God will not forsake.

Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved; Christ died for the ungodly.

When someone hears the gospel of salvation, there are four responses. The first is outright rejection. The second response is attempting to live according to the law. These are the people who go to church and walk the aisle at the altar call. These are those who think that they will enter heaven because of their good works. They are trying to earn their way into heaven. The third response is those who Jesus addressed when he said, “They call me Lord, Lord. But I shall say unto them, “I never knew thee.” However, they never really accept Jesus as Lord of their lives. The fourth category are those who “know whom they have believed and are persuaded that He is able to keep that (Holy Spirit) which He has committed unto them against that day of (righteous) judgment.” They are assured of their conviction that Jesus is Lord and Savior. These are those who are “born again”, not of corruptible seed (inherited from Adam) but of incorruptible seed (of the holy spirit of Christ in you, the hope of glory) by the word of God which lives and abides forever.”
Jesus said, “come to me all you who are weak and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” According to John 10:10 Jesus said, “I am come that they might have life (of the Holy Spirit) and that they might have it more abundantly.” For He who was without sin became the perfect sacrifice for sin on our behalf that we may be made the righteousness of God in Him.”
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Adam and Eve sinned and they died spiritually the day that they disobeyed the Word of God. However, the good news is that we who have confessed that Jesus is Lord, and have believed that God has raised Him from the dead, have been saved. Salvation is to be made whole. We were made whole … born again of the spirit of life in Christ when we confessed Jesus is Lord. For by grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. This is the gospel message. This is the good news of salvation. This is amazing Grace!
May we ever live to the praise of the glory of His grace!
Your brother in Christ, Michael

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