Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Grace-Faith-Blood

God's grace caused Him to humble Himself and become a sinless Jewish man named Jesus of Nazareth.  *Philippians 2:8* The good grace of God led Jesus to offer Himself up as a sinless Sacrifice for human sin. God saves guilty sinners for Jesus' sake; God saves the ungodly because of what Jesus endured on the Cross of Calvary to pay the infinite penalty due to human sin. *Titus 2:11*  Bible Salvation is by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Jesus' Blood alone. *Romans 5:9*

Every sinner is condemned and cursed before God, that means he is guilty before God and under an eternal death sentence. All men are sinners by birth and by choice, and a sinner cannot help save himself from his sins.  We all have an evil sin nature within, and we have committed sins against our good and loving Creator God.  No man is a Christian until he is born again from above by the power of the Holy Ghost.  There is no such thing as a perfect sinner.  *Titus 3:5*

A man cannot be saved, because of what he has done. *Romans 3:23* Your very best works are filthy rags in the sight of God.  The only way any man can ever be righteous before God is to have the Righteousness of Jesus Christ imputed to his soul by a miracle called Salvation.  You can do many wonderful works and still go to Hell like a bullet. *Matthew 7:22-23*  Your only hope of Heaven must be Jesus' Precious Blood which was shed by God manifest in the flesh to satisfy the divine justice of God that your sins deserve.

If Salvation is Jesus plus anything, then the *plus* becomes more important than what Jesus has done, because the man who has only Jesus will die and go to Hell for not having the *plus*, whatever it may be.  You can't trust Jesus 98% and then something else 2%.  That 2% will damn you.  You must trust to Jesus 100%.  Receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior is trusting to His Blood alone. Remember that you don't get better and live right to get saved from sin; you get saved from sin and then you get better and the Grace of God helps you live right for the glory of God. You can't get any better at all until you are first saved by the Grace of God alone, through Faith alone in Jesus' Atoning Blood alone.

A sinner is not saved by what he does, or how he feels, or what he knows.  You might as well trust your sins to get to Heaven as to trust your own righteousness. You go to Heaven heart-first not headfirst.  Believe on the Son of God with all your heart.  *Romans 10:9* Either Jesus saves sinners completely, or a sinner must save himself completely.  Salvation is either a Free Gift, or Salvation must be earned in some way.  *Romans 6:23* Jesus died in our place on the Cross to pay our deadly sin debt. Man's only part in Salvation is for him to Believe (trust, rely, depend) on the Lord Jesus Christ's Precious Blood.

The sinner who is depending on Jesus' Blood alone and nothing else has Everlasting Life.  The hardest thing for self-righteous human nature to do is for a man to reject himself completely and to simply believe on Jesus Christ to save his sinful soul from the love of sin and the Lake of Fire.  Place the matter of your Salvation fully into the hands of Jesus Christ and depend totally on His perfect atoning finished work to take away your sins.

Bible Salvation is by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Jesus' Blood alone.  Every sinner must be saved by grace, faith, and blood. Salvation is not what you've done; Salvation is what Jesus has done.  Grace teaches a man he is a sinner, and then the Grace of God points the man to the Savior who can take away his sins.  Grace gives a man the Faith he needs to Believe on Jesus Christ.  Bible Faith always looks to God's Blood for the free forgiveness of all sins.  Childlike trust in Jesus' Blood is what saves the guilty soul instantly.  Faith in Christ's Precious Atoning Blood is key to you obtaining Eternal Life. *Romans 3:25*