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--The ABC
Salvation Plan For The Whole World--
1. Rom.3:23
- Who have sinned?
Rom.3:23. For
all
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
---Here is your "A" (ALL). It tells
of the world's need!
2. Ps.53:2-3
- By Nature who turns away from God?
Ps.53:2. God looked down
from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did
understand, that did seek God.
3.
Everyone of
them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth
good, no, not one.
---- "A" = All
have sinned! That is the problem. OUR NEED.
3. Jn.1:29
- What is the world's remedy?
Jn.1:29. The next day
John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.
--- Here is OUR REMEDY, the
"B"
in the ABC of Salvation. Circle
"Behold"
and underline the "B".
4. Mat.11:28
- What invitation and promise did Jesus give?
Mat.11:28.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and
I will give you
rest.
--- Here is GOD'S CALL to the world, and it is the "C"
in the ABC of salvation. Circle the
word "Come" and underline the letter
"C".
---Another
"C" text invitation reads: "Come now, let us reason
together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as
white as snow…" Isa.1:18.
---Here you see that salvation is open to
everybody in the world. Everyone! The death of the "Lamb", the sinless Christ
is great enough payment for all sins
of all mankind in all ages.
5. 1 Tim.2:3-4
- What is God's wish for ALL men?
1 Tim.2:3. For this is
good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4. Who will
have all
men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
--The A B C Salvation
Plan For You and Me Personally: ------
6. Ps.32:5
- What is MY NEED, or the "A" step
in my salvation?
Ps.32:5. I
acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid....
Ps.32:5 LB
... I finally
admitted all my
sins to you and stopped trying to hide them. I said to myself, ``I will
confess them to the Lord.'' And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone.
--- "A" =
Admit your sin! Ask for forgiveness.
7. Ps.51:1-3,10
- For what is the Psalmist asking?
Ps.51:1. Have
mercy
upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2. Wash me throughly
from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sins. 3. For I
acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 10. Create in
me a clean heart,
O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
--- Thought questions: Is the humiliating experiences of
admitting our sin necessary? -- Is self-abasement important?
-- Why does God appreciate a broken spirit and a contrite heart? (v.17)
8. Mat.5:4
- Will we be comforted in heaven for mourning over our sins today?
Mat.5:4. Blessed are
they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
---Yes, Jesus compared
mourning over sins with mourning over the death of a loved one. Sin separates
us from God and our greatest comfort will come when we are reunited in heaven.
But there is a blessing or comfort today for those who admit and mourn over
their sins. To be sorry and repent is a gift from God.
--- Make it personal. My sins nailed
Jesus to the cross. Every time I sin, I hurt my Savior. When I disobey his
ten commandments I tear his wounds open and crucify him again! (see Heb.6:6) That's why I should mourn,
but I shouldn't give
in to discouragement because God has the remedy. It is the
"B"
in the ABC for our personal salvation. It is
"Believing"
that Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God.
This pleases Jesus and He knows that his death for me was not in vain.
9. Mat.27:41-44
- Why did Jesus die?
Mat.27:41-44
LB --- And the chief priests and Jewish leaders also mocked him. "He
saved others," they scoffed, "but he can't save himself! So you are the
King of Israel, are you? Come down from the cross and we'll believe you! He
trusted God---let God show his approval by delivering him! Didn't he say, 'I
am God's Son'?" 44. And the robbers also threw the same in his teeth.
---
"He saved
others" Jesus died to save others. He could have called ten
thousand angels to set him free, but instead He died for me. He died to set
me free! Jesus is the God of
our salvation!
Many
would have believed in a king who would display power to kill. But
King Jesus suffered as a lamb
sacrifice and died to display God's kingdom of
LOVE!
10.
Heb.11:28 LB- By what were God's people saved from the death angel?
A
Heb.11:28
LB -- And it was because he
believed
God would save his people that he commanded them to kill
a lamb as God had told them to
and sprinkle the blood on the
doorposts of their homes, so that God's terrible Angel of Death could not
touch the oldest child in those homes, as he did among the Egyptians.
11. Acts 16:25-34
What did Paul and Silas tell the frightened jailor when he asked what he
should do?
Acts 16: 30. And
(the jailor) brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? 31. And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved, and thy house… 32. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord,
and to all that were in his house. 33. And he took them the same hour of the
night, and washed their stripes; and was
baptized, he and all his,
straightway. 34. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat
before them, and rejoiced,
believing in God with all his house.
- - Note Jn.1: 12. But
as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even
to them that
believe on his name.
.Now
we come to the "C" part of the ABC's of personal salvation. It
is "Commit Claiming" and means that we may
commit
our lives to Jesus, and we can claim all his promises to make us
righteous and to work a miracle of creation in us.
12. Ps.37:5-6
- (Read)
Commit
thy way unto the Lord; trust
also in him; and he shall bring it to
pass. 6. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy
judgment as the noonday.
13. 1 Pet.4:19
- (Read)
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the
will of God
commit
the keeping
of their souls
to
him in well doing, as unto
a faithful
Creator.
--The A B
C Salvation For The New You, The Converted Christian--
14. Job 42:5-6
- When righteous Job caught a true vision of God how did he view himself?
Job 42:5. I have heard
of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. .6. Wherefore I
abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
---A continual need of every Christian is to see the Holy
character of God and by contrast they will
Abhor sin and their
own weak sinful nature! The A
of a Christian is to always
ABHOR or hate sin and his own sinful nature.
15. Hosea 2:19-20,23
- Find the key word that gives God's remedy for our sinful nature. It starts
with "B" and it is repeated three times in these verses?
Hosea 2: 19. And I will
betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will
betroth thee unto me
in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
.20. I will even
betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt
know the Lord. .23. And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have
mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were
not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.
---Here is a marriage contract. The Lamb, Jesus,
is our remedy. He is our Bridegroom, Champion, Lover and Defender!
Through the Holy Spirit He is still God on earth and will always walk with us
as much as we allow.
16. Joshua 22:5
-What are children of God invited to do?
Joshua 22:5 LB = ...Love
the Lord and follow his plan for your lives.
Cling
to him and serve him enthusiastically.''
Joshua 22:5 KJ =. But take
diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of
the Lord charged you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his
ways, and to keep his commandments, and to
cleave unto him, and to
serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
CLING
or CLEAVE
-- means to hold onto and not let go. This is God's invitation and
promise of love. This is the "C" in the ABC of Salvation for the
new you.
17. Deut.30:20
- Why should we CLING
to the Lord?
Deut.30:20. LB -- Choose to love the Lord your God and
to obey him and to
cling
to him, for he is your life and the
length of your days. You will then be able to live safely in the land
the Lord promised
Behold the King of Love! Behold Jesus,
the Lamb, the faithful Keeper-Creator, and the Eternal Lover!
He will save
you from past, present and future sin if you Come, Commit
yourself, and Cling to Him!
We may eulogize love
with our choicest rhyme
We might study this
love through all of time,
But never can fathom
God's love sublime!
He gave us His Son
to die on a tree,
He gave us a Saviour
to set man free;
That love was so
great it included me.
- - - A. A. Esteb.
May God bless you,
Edward Graves
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