- Even the most beautiful things, after seen and spoken of much, they don't lose their beauty but we lose our interest. "Praise the Lord, WWJD" Cliches. Seems mundane.
- What does it mean that Jesus died? Lot of men tell of the horrid nature of the cross. Horrid. That is what most people think of the pain of the Cross. NO...
- We've missed the point. Was it horrid, yes. Was that beyond description, yes. But thats not the pain of the cross. That's not what set Christ's heart to tremble in the garden.
- The pain of the cross is that when Christ was on that tree, his own FATHER crushed him, slaughtered him. NOT the romans. God is just, he cannot pass over sin. It must be punished. The response of a holy God to sin is wrath.
- The perfect, just, fierce, anger and hatred against evil and evil men.
- For God to forgive and take these evil men, something must be done before that. They must be pardon. God cannot just pardon them. The only thing a just God can do is to kill you in hell. God however is not only just, but loving. But he cannot pass up his justice. God has to be BOTH loving and just. He makes a way to satisfy his own justice. How? The death of the wicked or a substitution for the wicked. God becomes a man and walks on this earth and lives a perfect life. He goes to a tree and on that tree he carries the sins of his people. All the anger and hatred of God and evil that should be poured out on wicked men was poured out on the son of God. Isaiah 53:10 It pleased the Lord to crush Him.
- Jesus sweat blood in the garden was because he would bear sin and then have his father turn away from him and crush him.
- On the third day Jesus rises again as a public declaration that Jesus is the son of God. Evidence? The resurrection from the dead.
- God commands you to repent and believe. Command. Repentance is a change of mind. Salvation is only by faith. We have turned this beautiful doctrine into a religious creed. Repentance is where God opens your eyes to holiness, so that the least sin in your life becomes a vulgar thing that you know should condemn you to hell.
- Has God ever pressed upon you how vile your sin is?
- Martin Luther's heart was touched by God and began to understand that ONE sin not one hundred sins would condemn him to hell. And we aren't scared. How many sins did Adam and Eve commit before being kicked out of eden? One.
- People have no knowledge of their sin and there has been no true working of God on their heart. They have never feared judgement. They never have seen Christ as precious.
- Invite Bill Gates to your house and give him a piece of ham. He wouldn't do anything. However, there are people in other places where if you gave a person a piece of ham, he would drop down and kiss your feet. Why? Because they were starving, needy, and they were dying.
- Salvation is a supernatural work of God whereby when the Gospel is preached to you, you are struck by the greatness, majesty, and holiness of God. And you are struck by your sinfulness and wickedness. And you are silenced because you realize that there is not one thing you can offer God to put peace between the both of you. And then you look up to Christ and realize that everything else is DUMB and realize that Jesus Christ died for me.
- Your confession of faith is ZERO. Demons believe but they are not saved. Where's your evidence? I can say that I know George Bush, but that doesn't mean anything, but if George Bush says that he knows me, I'll be accepted to him.
- Galatians 6:15
- Evidence? Are you a new creature. Salvation is God literally does a supernatural work in the Christian taking out the God hating heart (doesn't care about any Christianity) and puts a new heart that desires, knows, and seeks him. Not someone trying to do their best. Salvation is a work of God.
-1 John 5:15
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