But God intervened. We have a lifesaver. We have a substitute. In unimaginable love, God the Father sent his Son, Jesus, to save us from death and hell.
As true God and true man, Jesus lived a holy and sinless life in our place. Jesus substituted his holiness for our lack of holiness, so that because of Jesus God counts us completely holy! Then in remarkable humble love for all of us, Jesus suffered and died. We deserved that eternal punishment for our sin, but God put Jesus under the sentence of death as our substitute. Then victoriously Jesus rose from the dead to prove that he fully accomplished our salvation.
He is the Savior who rescued the world from the guilt of sin, the hold of death, and the power of hell by his perfect life and his death for us. Many people have questions about Christianity; they wonder about what God says and does. Some of these questions you might have asked yourself. Contact us. By accepting this message, you consent to our cookies on this device in accordance with our cookie policy found in the WELS Privacy Policy , unless you have disabled them.
We may request cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. And since He is the Saviour of the world, we must not keep Him all to ourselves, or just within the four walls of our church.
Now that we know Jesus in all of His many glorious aspects through these messages, it would not be right for us to keep this knowledge all to ourselves.
The world needs Him as much as we do, and we must do our part in bringing Jesus to the world. So let us now be outward-looking, applying the words of our theme, 'Do you know my Jesus?
The knowledge of Jesus is not only meant for us, it is also meant for everyone. Let us look at some verses of Scripture - Colossians tells us, 'Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. There are some who teach that God has no concern or interest at all in anyone but the elect.
But the Scriptures show us that this is not true. While it is true that none but those whom God has elected to salvation are saved, God does not take delight in seeing any sinner die, and in fact, He desires the salvation of all men Ezekiel This can be seen in Acts ,31 'And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised him from the dead.
The Lord Jesus Christ must be freely offered to all men. As far as we are concerned, God wants us to do everything we can to sow the seed of the gospel lovingly, widely and indiscriminately. We are not to worry ourselves about whether the people we reach are elected by God or not. That is entirely God's realm alone, and really none of our concern.
Our responsibility is to bring Christ to the whole world, that is, to every tribe, tongue and nation, and to every man. It is for this reason that the Lord gave His disciples the great commission, and the one in the Gospel according to Mark reads, 'Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. There is no doubt that we must obey this great commission and get the gospel of Jesus Christ out to every man, woman and child.
We are to lift Christ up for the whole world to see, so that all the ends of the earth may look to Him and be saved Isaiah What are the ways in which we can bring the Gospel of Christ to every man? Through Prayer In vv. It is interesting to observe that this is the only prayer request that Paul made in the whole epistle of Colossians, and we must remember that he was in prison at that time.
And yet he did not ask for things we would have expected him to ask, like 'Pray that I will be released from this prison, or Pray that the Lord will send people to visit me so that I will not feel so lonely. The cause of Christ was much more important to him than even his own difficult circumstances!
In the same way, our prayers should also put the cause of Christ first before anything else. And like Paul, we should also pray for the gospel to go forth to everyone.
This is the way to begin to look outward - we should pray that the Lord would open opportunities for us to share the gospel with someone in our place of work or study or in our neighbourhood. Once we pray that prayer, we should then be sensitive to God's leading to see the answer to our prayer. We should also pray that God would give us the ability to make the gospel clear.
Now besides prayer, another thing we need to do to bring The Gospel of Jesus Christ to everyone is: B. Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. All our attempts to share the gospel of Christ with others would be useless if we are not careful in our conduct before them.
People would say, 'What you do speaks more loudly than what you say. We should rather 'Let [our] light so shine before men, that they may see [our] good works, and glorify [our] Father which is in heaven. The phrase 'redeeming the time' in v. And this must be especially so for us now, as we see more signs heralding our Lord's soon return telling us that there is not much time left to bring the lost to Christ. The use of the term salt refers to the fact that it was once used to purify and preserve food.
Thus whatever we speak should be clean and wholesome, leaving a good taste, so to speak in the mouth of the hearer. The verse also tells us to 'know how we ought to answer every man. Every Christian ought to know the Bible well enough to give a clear, comprehensive answer concerning what they believe.
Thus far we have seen two steps we must take to bring Christ to every man: Firstly, to Pray for opportunities to reach out to others, and secondly, to be careful to live a life that attracts people to Christ and does not drive them away from Him. For examples lets take your 1John 5;19 comment where john stated that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
Yet you have no problem stating that Satan is in total power of the world. How can Satan be in charge with that same free choice? For there is only 1 true power. Romans 13;1. Well lets see.. When Jesus came on the scene.. Twas on the day of pentecost.. So thats 3, So even as John is saying that the world is in the control of that evil one 2, years ago you would have to agree that the God seed is gaing ground. The bible said that the Lord was adding to the church on a daily basis Acts But millions have been saved in that 2, years since John wrote that…so how still can Satan have as much rule with hundreds of millions saved now compared to thousands then?
I view the good and bad ,sheep and goats, wheat and tares because that what Jesus said. You probably have to edit this but it was fun talking to you.. Take it up with him. I will say that John was speaking of the world, not the church.
Those that refuse to believe in God, who refuse to come to the light, are walking under the power of darkness. Paul said the same thing in Eph These philosophical excursions are fun, but I would prefer to talk about the post. Well written Paul.
Whilst we love our brothers and sisters who are teaching ultimate reconciliation, the true nature of the gospel is at stake if we say nothing. Have bookmarked this page. Yes Jesus Christ took away the sins of the whole world, but salvation comes by faith in Him. By faith in Him, He is revealed the second time in the person without sin unto salvation Hebrews As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the Sons of God.
The primary work of the Holy Spirit in the unbeliever is to point Him to Christ. Believing in Christ Jesus is adhering to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice for sin sin of the whole world.
Believe in Him and salvation is yours. That means the saviorhood of Jesus was restricted to the jews from the technical point of view.
Also in DEU. Also Gal. Also mentioned in Hosea To also prove to you that only God is the savior from literal point of view, Jesus cry and pray to God to save him in john , mark , john , matt. That is his title, one that he deserves! You are trying to strip away his title to fit him into your flawed creed! You also failed to mention option 3. Option 3 — All will be saved in the end! Hi PG everyone will get what they believe or have created, at the end the heavens and earth will be shaken , we should take note the heavens also included and what is not eternal will end.
The ultimate truth everything exposed for what it is, nothing unfair, nothing lost, only awareness of what was already lost. I am glad I have been found. Ask and you shall receive. I asked for clarity and answers in my search, and found answers not only on your site but other sites by googling questions to help me find some answers, as I do not grasp quickly the understanding of my salvation and what it means to me. My questions were; why me, how come I am this way, why is my life is so challenging, what does it mean to be saved, Old Testament vs.
New Testament? What does it mean to be saved though my flesh is weak and I am sin in nature? And what that means to me. What I had a hard time understanding is salvation, grace given by Jesus Christ, correlating that with my sinful nature.
First there will be judgment for the church and then believers and judgment for the unbelievers, this is what is written. I will study as much as I can as I am still learning and finding more information to help understand better the order of things to come, thank you Paul Ellis and your help in Jesus name. I wait your response,. I am sorry to tell you friends, you have been deceived by the prince of this world.
The world, including christians have been deceived by this false doctrine of demons. Both death and hades will be abolished. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Revelation So this is not eternal because it will be abolished and is used by God to destroy the sin nature of humanity so saving humanity. So this is how to a saved by fire.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Saved by Grace. Nothing to do with works or beliefs. I was recently taken aback by a group of Jewish people who denied Christ as savior. The obvious questions then become: if Jesus is the son of God, then would he not know the answer to this question? Why ask it if he truly is the Messiah? Did God really abandon Jesus because he really was not the Messiah as some people claim?
The perfect person would have no need to do these things, I thought. I had always been taught he was quoting Psalm But then why did he only quote the first line? Being even more honest, once a little doubt creeps in, the notion has really begun to frighten me. Of course, doubt is a very strong feeling that tends to linger and always seems to have more power over people than simple truth.
If there were no scope for doubt there would be no room for faith. Perhaps Jesus said what he said because on the cross he who knew no sin became sin for us and in that moment the Son, who had walked in constant communion with the Father, suddenly discovered the isolation of sinful, alienated man. My grandfather have me a vey good answer to that. Basically, when Jesus came in the flesh, he may not have sinned, but he still felt pain and fear. He went through so much physical and me so anguish.
Jesus had to be completely broken down which means he had to lose faith in order for the sacrifice to be completed. Just want to throw out some questions and a few words to research that really helped me understand the full plan of God. I should share the I personally believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins; was buried and rose again.
Giving HIM all the glory! Questions: Can we truly say we believe Christ accomplished His goal on Calvary if we think His goal will never be completely accomplished? How about Abraham or the twelve disciples? Different things, right? During each dispensation, a minority believed. Still that way today. The preaching of the cross came with Paul. God let Himslef and His will be known over time,right? If we hold that God sovereign, did He not know what satan was going to do? I think He is still on plan A.
We see things from a sinful human perspective He has a bigger plan. Personally I believe eventually everyone will be saved. Otherwise, more appropriate titles for Jesus will be: The saviour of the elect or the saviour of only those who believe. Do we need to repent? Of course we do and we will, but right now God is only focused on the elect and then he will focus on saving everyone else. Will this the judgement against the unrighteous?
You have a very demeaning view of God, you imply that in someway he is in competition with man, and what you believe is worship is more of an insult. You read scripture with the view that the creator is in competition with the creation, no wonder you are so confused. Chris i think you misunderstood my point i t was trying to get people thinking intelligently that claim that they believe God is absolutely sovereign but turn around and imply mans so called free will is able to thwart the will of Almighty God to save his entire creation.
I have a quandary maybe someone can lead me to some good answer on this site… The Bible teaches that the wrath of God is coming on the world, not just because of its rejection of Jesus, but because of its many sins that are not forgiven. I thought Jesus died for the sins of the world, not imputing their sins to them 2 Cor.
If God does not impute the sins to people, then why does it say He will? I see two outpourings of wrath: 1 The cross, where God poured out his wrath on sin see Rom , and 2 the day of wrath a.
The power of sin was broken at the cross, but men still sin. Because of Jesus, we all get the choice Adam had ie: we are free ; but some make the bad choice Adam made ie: death.
They refuse to receive the life that God offers and so store up wrath for the day of wrath. I know in Col 3 it sounds like sin is the issue, but Paul is describing the fruit of a bad tree. I know this is brief. And, like Adam and Eve, it is up to us to make a choice, for or against a life of salvation. But only by our own personal choice can that full union with God, and the fullness of life eternal, be achieved.
He gives health. In the fullest and broadest sense, He saves His people. The original word means to preserve, to keep, to protect from danger and to secure. Glorious beyond measure is the name Jesus, as it is divinely expounded to us.
For by that very exposition, the eternal God guarantees the success of the Savior! By coming down from Heaven to this earth and taking upon Himself our nature, He bridged the otherwise bridgeless gulf between God and man! By suffering in that human nature and imparting through His divine nature an infinite efficacy to those sufferings, He removed that which would have destroyed us and instead brought us everlasting life and salvation!
O Jesus, dearest of all names in earth or in Heaven, I love Your music all the better because it is in such sweet harmony with another that rings in my ears, the name Emmanuel: God with us! Our Savior is God and therefore able! Adapted from The Metropolitan Pulpit , Vol. Work is in the public domain. Jesus, Savior of the World.
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