Posts with the tag “salvation”

In the New Testament, we repeatedly see Christ’s compassion for people. Matthew 9: 35-36 tells us: “35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.” And Mark 9:3...  Read More

I have discovered that many people try to win God’s favor by what they do. They believe that if they’re a good enough person, then surely the scales will go in their favor and God will judge them worthy of life in His presence. The Scriptures tell us about a person who thought that way before he had a face-to-face conversation with Jesus recorded for us in John 3. His name was Nicodemus; and as a ...  Read More

Growing up I was taught that you must work hard for everything you get in life; and while that is often true, I have come to realize that it is not always so. The Bible clearly tells us that our own good works cannot get us to heaven, but that’s a hard concept for most people to understand.As far back as chapter 11 of Genesis, the first book of the Bible, people were trying to get to heaven by the...  Read More

It’s a common concern this time of year, isn’t it? How do we maintain our focus on the Lord and the true meaning of Christmas in all the hustle and the bustle of the season? But have you ever really thought about the night that Christ was born? It wasn’t a peaceful time in Judea at all. The Roman government had called for a census which forced everyone back to their ancestral towns. The entire pro...  Read More

John 18:39-40At Passover God’s judgement passed over every door that was covered by the blood of the sacrificial lamb. The Apostle Paul told us in 1 Corinthians 5:7 that Christ our Passover lamb has been sacrificed and in a similar way, every individual who has prayed for the blood of Jesus to cover them, will be spared God’s judgement also for Christ has become our substitute. In 2 Corinthians 5:...  Read More

When I became a follower of Christ, a very simple Scripture found in Romans 10:9-11 helped me to understand what must be done in order to be saved. It says, “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” That seems so simple doesn’t it? And there is a part of us that wonders if that’s really all there is to it...  Read More

Type your new text here. Shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem to consecrate Him to the Lord, as was the custom. There they encountered an old man by the name of Simeon in the Temple courts. As it turned out, he had been sent there to meet them, though they didn’t understand it at the time.Simeon was a righteous and devout man who knew the Scriptures that prophesi...  Read More

In Romans 5:1 Paul reveals that: “… since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ….”Since the fall of Adam, we have been separated from God. It is as if mankind has been at war with God and His wrath has been upon us because of our sin. Though I did not realize it at the time, the Holy Spirit began to draw me to the Word of God before I gave my li...  Read More