The two testaments (Part 2)

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Live4Him2

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Friend, Jesus Christ died that you might be a beneficiary “of the new testament” (Heb. 9:15) even as he foretold at the last supper:

“For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matt. 26:28)

Yes, as we read earlier, "without shedding of blood is no remission" (Heb. 9:22) of sins.

Friend, have you yet repented of your sins and trusted in the sacrificial atonement of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins?

If you haven’t, then the wrath of God presently abides upon you (John 3:36), and your eternal lot will be to burn in the lake of fire which, according to Jesus Christ, was created for Satan and his angels (Matt. 25:41) because that is who you are truly following (Eph. 2:1-3) if you refuse to repent and to be born again (John 3:3-7).

Hebrews chapter 2

[3] How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
[4] God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

The correct answer to this question is that we won’t escape if we neglect so great a salvation that God graciously offers us through Jesus Christ.

Friend, like the rest of the world, you’ve sinned against God, and “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23).

Your violation of God’s law has literally placed you under a Divine death sentence, and physical death is not the end.

Instead, the Bible warns of a “second death” (Rev. 2:11, 20:6, 14, 21:8) in which those whose names are not found written in the Lamb’s book of life are cast into a lake of fire and brimstone.

Friend, there is only one man, Jesus Christ, who ever walked the face of this earth while never sinning, and, therefore, he is the only man over whom death had no legal claim because, again, “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23).

The good news or the gospel message is that Jesus Christ willfully laid down his own life for you on the cross of Calvary while becoming your “scapegoat” (Lev. 16:10) or the one upon whom your sins were laid.

If you’re willing to repent of your sins and to trust in his sacrificial atonement on your behalf in order that you might truly be born again, then you shall be saved.

Do it TODAY!

II Corinthians chapter 6

[1] We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain.
[2] (For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

Romans chapter 10

[6] But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (That is, to bring Christ down from above)
[7] Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead)
[8] But what says it? The word is nigh you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
[9] That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
[10] For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
[11] For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed.
 

JeffA

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Mar 31, 2022
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Again, to the point with no side-tracking.
I particularly like the "legalistic" approach. It's cut and dried.
The issue itself is "fact-based" rather than emotional.
God's law is eternal. I was guilty. Jesus paid my debt.
This doesn't get simpler. Now I should mind myself that I will do His will while I live.
God Bless you.