Salvation
Isaiah 25 v 1 – 9
This talks of Salvation from God’ hands
Salvation is not as easy as it first seems, there are many aspects to salvation, here are a few
A) Salvation
1) of God
2) only through Jesus Christ.
3) the conditions that apply to salvation
4) possible for all men.
5) free gift
6) seeking and finding Salvation
7) The promise of salvation
8) the gift of salvation from God
B) alongside of these is there is no condemnation for the righteous.
C) Divine Pardon 1) PROMISE 2) the seeking for
D) the remission of sins
E) Propitiation
F) Condemnation 1) in general 2) under men
G) Divine vengeance
H) God’s wrath.
17 different subjects under the heading of Salvation, it is obvious that we cannot deal with them all of them but we will go through some.
Why should I trust God, I have neither met Him nor seen Him?
Isaiah 25 v 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
None have seen Him but I have met Him. God is Spirit therefore He can be everywhere at once.
Although we cannot see Him, we can feel His presence with us…. I don’t expect everyone to feel Him immediately, it is a partnership between man and God, and we sometimes need time to fully trust God.
When you have to try something new, you are cautious as what to expect.
Psalm 34 v 8 says “O Taste and see that the Lord is good”
You cannot make a judgement until you have tried it out,…. what have you got to lose.
God has tried many times to help us come back to worship Him, and trust Him.
1st it was innocence; they knew not what they were doing.
2nd it was man’s own conscience, although had an effect, we still let Him down
and we cannot reach the standard for entry into heaven. This ended in Noah’s flood.
3rd then it was the fear of God, and they rage of the flood which set the next period ONLY 8 WERE SAVED. This soon fell apart as people forgot about God, they had all they needed so why bother with Him.
4th the promise of God. God called out Abraham to start a new way of life, offering him something that was hard to resist. For believing in God, and having faith in Him that he would honour His word, God offered a land made by the hands of God. This worked for a while, but it never reached the point of sins forgiven. What God offered Abraham was a home there in heaven with Him for eternity.
This dispensation ended as they came out of Egypt led by Moses.
5th Man under the 10 commandments. I have been told the law is there to be broken, this is a wrong attitude, the Law is there to give guidelines as to what to do and what not to do. This is the setting for our reading. Living under the rule of the law of God.
So now why not trust Him, He has done everything in His power under mankind’s realm.
The only option left for God was to send His Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sin.
Look what David said Ps. 34 v 9 David even repeats what he has said.
YOU MUST PUT YOUR FULL TRUST IN GOD
This Great big God who created us wants us to be with Him in heaven. He offers you peace and assurance for the future. When you have a problem turn to Him….. In any kind to testing, God always makes a way of escape, therefore He is the best one to ask for help
When He has helped us then we can rejoice and praise Him for keeping us safe.
Psalm 37 v 39 But the salvation of the righteous is in the Lord; He is their strength in times of trouble.
Isaiah 25 6-8
The kind of reception for repentant sinners, is often in the New Testament described as a feast. The guests invited are all people, Gentiles as well as Jews. There is in the gospel that which strengthens and makes the heart glad, and is fit for those who are under convictions of sin, and mourning because of sin.
There is a veil spread over all nations, for all sit in darkness. But this veil the Lord will destroy, by the light of his gospel shining in the world, and the power of his Spirit opening men's eyes to receive it.
He will raise those to spiritual life who were long dead in trespasses and sins.
Christ has himself, in his resurrection, the triumph over death.
Grief shall be banished; there shall be perfect and endless joy. Those that mourn for sin shall be comforted.
Those who suffer for Christ shall have consolations.
But in the joys of heaven, will fully be brought to pass in this saying, God shall wipe away all tears.
The hope of this should now do away over-sorrow, all weeping that hinders sowing.
Sometimes, in this world God takes away the reproach of His people from among men; however, it will be done fully at the great day. And it is not in vain to wait for him; for the mercy comes at last,
The hands once stretched out upon the cross, to make way for our salvation, will at length be stretched forth to destroy all unrepentantsinners.
News from the Church New dates
4th March..…..Friendship Group, (this covers all ages and the lonely people)
18th February…. Knit and natter is a time to finish old projects or learn new skills
if you just want to talk well that’s OK too
ANSWERS TO 15th February QUESTIONS
1) Rock 2) Sand 3) Birds ate it 4) The Word of God 5) Those who receive the word and bring forth fruit 6) Pull down his barns and build bigger ones 7) In the fold 8) She lit a candle and swept the floor
9) He fed the swine (pigs) 10) Pharisee 11) Said he would go, but did not go
12) So that people can see God in us 13) No 14) A wedding garment15) Quickly grew but died in the heat of the sun 16) he was welcomed home by his father who made a great feast
Bible Quiz this week’s Quiz is Miracles of Jesus
1 How did the 4 men get the sick of the palsy to Jesus?
2 In the case of the man with the withered hand, what did Jesus ask him to do?
3 What did Jesus do for the son of the widow of Nain?
4 When Jesus cast the demons out of the man which animals did he send them into?
5 The woman with the issue of blood touch which part of Jesus garment.?
6 When Jesus healed Jairus daughter , how old was she?
7 What did the people do. When Jesus said she was only sleeping
8 How many loaves and fishes were there when Jesus fed the 5000?
9 10 lepers were healed , one returned to say thank you. What was his nationality?
10 What did the blind Begger cry out to get Jesus attention ?
11 When the boat was in the storm, what was Jesus doing?
12 Jesus came to the boat walking on the water, what did Peter want to do?
13 How many loaves were there in the feeding of the 4000.?
14 At the wedding in Cana, what did Jesus ask the servants to do?
15 What pool was the blind man to go and wash his eyes in the water?
16 How long had Lazarus been dead before Jesus came?
God Bless