Luke’s Gospel ch8 vs40 – 48
Tonight again, The Lord Jesus Christ is passing by!
Many here trusted in Him.
Dear reader, have you yet to come to the only fountain of
Salvation, have you never yet put your faith and trust in the only Saviour of
sinners?
Already in this chapter, Jesus Christ had shown His great
power to be in complete control of all things.
He rebuked the wind and stilled the waves! He cast out
demons from a maniac and restored him to a right mind!
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God with
power over all!
“…what manner of man
is this…” (vs25)
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, yet always without
sin.
“I have betrayed the innocent blood” – Judas Iscariot
“I find no fault in this man” – Pontius Pilate
“This man hath done nothing amiss” – The repentant thief on
the cross
“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him”
- 2nd Corinthians ch5 vs21
“Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth”
- 1st Peter ch2 vs22
God came into this world, in the flesh, to save us from the
eternal penalty of our sins.
Jesus Christ voluntarily laid down His sinless life at The
Cross. He took the sins of the world upon Himself and gave His body as a
sacrifice for them.
“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the
Son to be the Saviour of the world”
- 1st Epistle of John ch4 vs14
Dear friend, this is our trouble. Our situation is that we
are all sinners, guilty before Holy God, every single one of us! No matter how
good we may think our morals may be, we all fall horribly short of God’s
standards, and sin must be punished.
You and I need a Saviour, and God in His great love and
mercy provided such at great cost, His well beloved Son.
Jesus Christ was nailed to The Cross as a sin – offering and
paid the full price of all our many sins.
Many people do not like to hear about blood and death, but
God’s Word tells us of just how important it is –
“In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be
cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness”
- Hebrews ch9 vs22
“For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given
it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the
blood that maketh an atonement for the soul”
- Leviticus ch17 vs11
On the third day, Jesus Christ arose justified and
triumphant from the dead – just as He had said (Matthew’s Gospel ch17 vs 22 –
23)
This is MY glorious Saviour! – is He yours?
In tonight’s chapter, there were some who did not want Jesus
Christ, having a fear of Him, and wanting Him to depart.
However there was one
who absolutely did… friend, will you be that one tonight who will approach The
Lord Jesus Christ in real repentance and faith?
Would you like to see this most wonderful Man face to face
in eternity? To see the nail – prints in his hands and feet that were for you,
and to thank Him?
He can give you a joy and a peace that the world does not
know and cannot give.
The woman in tonight’s message had suffered much.
She had tried
everything, but only got worse. Very likely leading a miserable, lonely life,
classed as being “unclean” and slowly bleeding to death.
This can be a picture of our own sinful life’s before Jesus
Christ saved us and cleansed us through His own shed blood.
“And it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this
the judgment”
- Hebrews ch9 vs27
It is made crystal clear for us - anyone that has heard the Gospel and rejected
Jesus Christ’s offer of full and free Salvation, will be choosing to go to a
lost eternity in that most awful place called Hell…
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God”
- John’s Gospel ch3 vs16 – 17.
The woman knew the power of Jesus Christ, trusting if she
was able but to touch the hem of His garment she would be healed…faith indeed!
Immediately, she was healed, but then sought to drift away
quietly.
However, The Lord knew and asked who had touched Him. She
confessed, and The Lord blessed her for her faith in Him.
Salvation is instant too!
Your lifetime’s sin can be forgiven and gone forever in a
breath!
A simple act of confessing your sins and asking His
forgiveness.
What an opportunity not to be rejected!
The woman left having peace – will you have peace with God
tonight?
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved”
- Romans ch10 13
There are no exceptions!
64 years ago, the speaker called upon His name and was
saved.
Will this be your night dear reader, maybe your last ever opportunity,
when your own name is indelibly written in The Lamb’s Book of Life?
There is a real Heaven to be gained and a real Hell to be
shunned.
I do most earnestly pray so.
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