TODAY’S WORD FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 19, 2016.
SALVATION
Deliverance from the power and the penalty of sin; redemption deliverance from danger or a difficulty.
How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? Hebrews 2:3.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved. Acts 16:3.
Many non-believers in our Savior do not understand us when we ask them if they are saved. Their response will often be, “from what?” But we also understand that there are many that do understand what it means to be saved but they see no logical reason to “be saved.”
What non-believers evidently do not understand is that without “being saved” they face eternal separation from God because of their sin. But many non-believers will even tell you that they are not sinners. They obey the law and try to do what is right by the world’s standard. No matter how good we try to be the Bible tells us in Romans 3:23 “All have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God.” It also tells us in Romans 6:23 “the wages of sin is death.”
Salvation is a gift that only God can give. He has given this through His Son Jesus Christ. Salvation cannot be earned through good works as many think. Many people decide that they have no need for God because they are getting along fine on their own. But again we want to remind you that repenting of your sins and accepting Jesus as your Savior is the only way you will be able to spend an eternity with God.
In Matthew 4:17 when Jesus was beginning His ministry here on earth he said: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” He did not say to do good works or lead a clean life. Without repentance for our sin there is no salvation and we must pay the penalty. The writer of Hebrews asks the all important question, “How will you escape if you neglect so great a salvation.” Scripture tells us why it is so great a salvation.
It is from God and through His Son Jesus. Jesus paid the penalty of sin for us John 3:16.
It came at a great cost. Jesus gave His life for us.
It is complete and for all time. In I Peter 3:18 it reads “Jesus died for our sins once and for all.”
Salvation is the only way to God and eternity. John 14:6 reads “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father except through Me.”
Our memory verse for this week is found in Joshua 1:8.
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Thank You for the great gift of Salvation that You have given me and the price You paid by dying on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins.
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