In the past couple of weeks we have
heard about consecutive chapters in Acts so I thought I would continue with
this theme.
In Acts 16 we heard “what must I do
to be saved.” In Acts 17 we heard about the “Unknown God.” So in Acts 18 vs.5 that Jesus was Christ. Vs.28 publickly,
shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
ACTS 8
VS.35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and
began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Luke 9
vs.35 And there came a voice out of the
cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
And I would like to bring out the
truth that Jesus is the Saviour the promised one from God, “His name shall be
called Jesus for He shall save His people from their sins. He is real and He
will make a real difference in our lives whatever has gone before in our lives
whether Jews or whether Gentiles, The person of
Christ has changed everything. We can hold on to our past and leave God
out of our lives, or we can embrace the future with Him.
1/Through Him we can be right with
God now.
2/Through Him we can have new life
here and now.
3/Through Him we can have Eternal
Life.
1/Through Him we can be right with
God now.
In our society today we have become
very accustomed to sin to the point when sometimes it is regarded as being
amusing to do something wrong and standards have dropped so far that we don’t
even know what is wrong and what is right a lot of the time.
It is a sad
day when even our children are not safe from evil people.
God’s
standard is Holiness and anything that falls short of that is sin. We are all
sinners some worse than others but we have all sinned we all have a sinful
nature. It is impossible for God to overlook sin. The wages of sin is death,
that’s eternal death in Hell, forever separated from God.
Ephesians 2 vs.4 ¶ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great
love wherewith he loved us,
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Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,
(by grace ye are saved;)
God sent His Son the Lord Jesus to
take our place and die for us. The crucifixion of the Lord Jesus is unique in
that because He had no sin so He could die in my place and God would accept His
death in place of mine. So then God did not overlook my sin but punished His
own Son in my place.
Hebrews 10 vs.12 But this man, after he had offered one
sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his
blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
He lived,
died, rose again, ascended back to Heaven and is coming back to receive all who
have repented and put their faith and trust in Him. God must accept all who are
in Jesus Christ, because of the work of Calvary.
2/Through
Him we can have new life here and now.
It’s not
just pie in the sky when you die, it’s cake on your plate while you wait. Like
Pilgrim in Pilgrims Progress his burden fell off, the weight was lifted. To
know that your sins are forgiven gives you freedom and liberty from your guilt.
We have God’s joy and peace, and we have a purpose for life, living your life
for God.
Philippians
1vs.21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians3
vs.7 But what things were gain to me,
those I counted loss for Christ.
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Corinthians 2 vs.9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Prayer and
reading the Bible and meeting with God’s people are things that are essential
for a happy and fulfilled Christian life. You will still have problems and
difficulties in your life and you will still sin, the difference is that you
can trust God to get you through and you can confess your sin to Him and He
will forgive you. It is amazing when you realize that whatever happens you are
going to Heaven and nothing can change that because Jesus has born the
judgement for you.
3/Through Him we can have Eternal
Life.
We will spend Eternity in Heaven with
Him we shall be changed , we shall be with Him and like Him.
Re 21:4 And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor
crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed
away.
Ephesians 1 vs.3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
places in Christ:
We are not told an awful amount about
Heaven but what we are told is enough to want to be there rather than Eternal
torment
Ephesians3 vs.17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by
faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
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May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
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And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might
be filled with all the fulness of God.
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Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
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Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages,
world without end. Amen.
So in this day and age people think
that they can do as they please and not be held responsible we have lost the
sense of being accountable to our fellow man and even more so being accountable
to God who created us and upon whom we rely for our very breath.
There is a real choice to make now.
John 3 vs.35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all
things into his hand.
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He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
God has reached out to you in love
you need to accept His Son as your Saviour, or take your chance without Him.
Once you have trusted Christ the Holy
Spirit will indwell you and He will lead you into all truth you won’t be on
your own.
