On May 15, 5:18=A0am, bob young <alaspect...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Carl wrote:
>
> > Evangelist John Rice's sermon below is on the topic of salvation and
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> > Biblical fact that salvation is by God's Grace through faith in Jesus
Ch=
rist
> > and NOT by works of man.
>
> > May God bless,
> > Carl
> > my website --http://www.nettally.com/saints/
> > my blog --http://www.anniemayhem.com/cgi-bin/wordpress/
>
> > ---
>
> > What Must I Do To Be Saved?
>
> Ask those trapped under rubble for three days now hoping to
> be rescued following Chinas worst earthquake for thirty years.
What has that to do with anything? I sure if one could ask them they
would love to be free of that rubble.
>
> Ask them why your god, who you claim created everything,
> created such an unstable planet as Planet Earth
Why ask them that are not following God and are in an Atheist nation
and do not accept Jesus, there is no promise between such people and
God. Where does God ever even once say the planet would be stable, if
you would read the Bible you would see that God has pointed out that
such things would happen and when they do, you act like God is
responsible. I suppose you think all the Billion plus are all
approved by God and all the killing and murders etc, and pollution
done by people is also been approved by God. The wages of sin is
death the bible does point that out, so when one sins and rejects God
they have the promise of death.
>
> Question the indiscriminate killings by cyclones, volcanoes
> and earthquakes and then ask *yourself* about the futility
> and childishness of hampering after imaginary loving =A0[!?] =A0gods.
Just is promised by God as normal life and people dying is not
killings, it is death by nature and is the way life is, with or
without God and the only thing we need to think about is how foolish
your statements are, and if your imagination is so wild you may need
to check in at PWH in Shatan soon, or the Shatan Hospital they do have
a mental ward that may help you. Christians do not have gods or
imaginary gods, or love such myths, your ignorance of the bible in a
Christian newsgroup is appalling.
>
> Bob
> Humanist
>
>
>
> > by John R. Rice
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 What must I do to be saved? Here in the simplest, shortest
f=
orm is put
> > the question to which every man must learn the answer, or spend
eternity=
> > lost, away from God, suffering the torments of the damned! Thank God,
th=
is
> > question is asked and answered in the Word of God so simply that every
s=
oul
> > can understand it. There are other questions in God's Word which
affect =
the
> > soul's welfare, and many places in the Bible is the plan of salvation
ma=
de
> > plain, but only one place is this question given word for word, and
ther=
e,
> > too, we find the answer.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Paul and Silas were in jail in the city of Philippi and at
m=
idnight
> > they sang and prayed until God broke down all the doors and broke the
st=
ocks
> > which held their feet, with a mighty earthquake. The poor jailer,
fright=
ened
> > and convicted of his sins, came to these two preachers and asked this
> > question. Read it in Acts 16:29-31:
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "Then he called for a light and sprang in, and came
tremblin=
g, and
> > fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs,
w=
hat
> > must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, =
and
> > thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "What must I do to be saved?" "Believe on the Lord Jesus
Chr=
ist, and
> > thou shalt be saved"! There is God's plan of salvation, the only plan
He=
has
> > for every man, woman and child who was ever born into the whole world.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 WHAT MUST I DO?
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Sinner, there is something you must do if you would be
saved=
.. There
> > was hope for this jailer because he saw himself a lost sinner and came
> > trembling to inquire, "What must I do?" Reader, you are a sinner. The
Wo=
rd
> > of God from beginning to end emphasizes that fact. In Isaiah 53:6 we
lea=
rn:
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "ALL we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned EVERY
ON=
E to his
> > own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us ALL."
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 We have all gone astray! The Lord is not content for
sinners=
to be
> > left believing themselves good. In Romans the third chapter, how
positiv=
e,
> > how certain is the Word of God that every man, woman and child is a
sinn=
er!
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for
we =
have
> > before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are ALL under sin; As
it=
is
> > written, There is NONE righteous, NO, NOT ONE: There is NONE that
> > understandeth, there is NONE that seeketh after God. They are ALL gone
o=
ut
> > of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is NONE that
do=
eth
> > good, NO, NOT ONE"!--Rom. 3:9-12.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 In verses 22 and 23 it is stated again that "there is no
dif=
ference:
> > for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." That is the
re=
ason
> > Jesus said to Nicodemus in the third chapter of John, "Marvel not that
I=
> > said unto thee, YE MUST BE BORN AGAIN." And a little later in the same
> > chapter, verse 18, He said that the man who has not believed in Jesus
is=
> > already condemned.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Certainly these Scriptures must make it clear to every man
w=
ho
> > believes the Word of God that he is a sinner, and until he has
believed =
in
> > Christ and has been saved, he is a lost sinner and needs saving. The
hea=
rt
> > is wrong, and only God can make that right. Then if you want to be
saved=
,
> > you must admit in your own heart, "I am a sinner. I am lost and need
to =
be
> > saved." No one ever was saved without coming for salvation as a
sinner.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 CHRIST DIED TO SAVE SINNERS, NOT GOOD MEN
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Oh, I beg you, see it today! You are a poor, lost sinner,
a =
Hell-bound
> > sinner! Your heart is black. You have hardened your heart, you have
resi=
sted
> > the call of God, you have rejected Christ. However good you are in
man's=
> > sight, you are a terrible sinner, and unless you turn to Christ you
must=
> > spend eternity in Hell. A SINNER! That is what you are. Admit it in
your=
own
> > heart, confess it to God. You are a sinner and you need saving worse
tha=
n
> > you need anything else in the world.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 If you have settled in your heart that matter, then you
are =
ready to
> > learn God's answer to your question, "What must I do to be saved?"
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Here is God's simple way to be saved. You are a sinner,
your=
heart is
> > wrong, you cannot save yourself, you are already condemned. The thing
yo=
u
> > are to do then, to be saved, is to simply trust the Lord Jesus with
that=
> > matter. When you do trust Him, then you have God's promise, "Thou
shalt =
be
> > saved."
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 I do not mean that you are simply to believe that there is
a=
God or
> > that there is a Saviour. Devils believe that and tremble (James 2:19).
Y=
ou
> > can believe that a certain physician is a good doctor without calling
hi=
m to
> > be your doctor when you are sick. You can believe that a certain man
is =
a
> > good lawyer without taking him as your lawyer to defend your case. You
a=
re
> > not just to believe the truth about Jesus; you are to believe on Him,
th=
at
> > is, depend upon Him, risk Him, trust Him; and when you do, you are
saved=
..
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 NOT SAVED BY GOOD WORKS
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Of course, you do not deserve salvation. There is nothing
yo=
u can do
> > that will make you worthy of it. You cannot be saved by keeping the
Ten
> > Commandments, for the Scripture clearly shows that you have not kept
the=
m.
> > Romans 3:20 says:
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
j=
ustified
> > in his own sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin."
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 The same thing is told in Galatians 3:11 which says:
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of
God=
, it is
> > evident: for, The just shall live by faith."
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Many, many Scriptures repeat again and again that there is
n=
o
> > salvation through human goodness.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
accor=
ding to
> > his mercy he saved us, by the wa****ng of regeneration, and renewing of
t=
he
> > Holy Ghost."--Titus 3:5.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "FOR BY GRACE ARE YE SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF
YO=
URSELVES;
> > IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD: NOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST."--Eph.
2=
:8,
> > 9.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 We had as well admit, then, that no man deserves saving
and =
no man can
> > save himself. Salvation must be free or the sinner could never get it.
I=
n
> > fact, it takes blood to pay for sin, for the Scripture says:
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "Without Shedding of Blood Is No Remission"--Hebrews 9:22
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ
d=
ied for
> > the ungodly."--Rom. 5:6.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every
on=
e to his
> > own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."--Isa.
53=
:6.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Peter tells us that all of us are bought by the blood of
Chr=
ist:
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corrupt=
ible
> > things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by
> > tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as
o=
f a
> > lamb without blemish and without spot."--1 Peter 1:18, 19.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Every lamb, bullock, heifer, goat, turtle dove and pigeon
of=
fered in
> > the Old Testament times on the altar pictured this: that man, a guilty
> > sinner, must have some innocent one to shed his blood to pay for one
man=
's
> > sins. Jesus died for our sins, and, thank God, salvation is bought for
e=
very
> > man in the world, if he will have it, as the free gift of God.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 "For the wages of sin is death; but the GIFT of God is
etern=
al life
> > through Jesus Christ our Lord."--Rom. 6:23.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Dear sinner, remember that church member****p will not save
y=
ou. If you
> > have been baptized that cannot save you. Baptism does not save, does
not=
> > keep anybody saved. It is only an act of duty for those who have
already=
> > found Christ as their Saviour. A moral life or lodge member****p or
good
> > citizen****p--these must all fail to bring salvation, for it is "not by
w=
orks
> > of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he
saved=
us"
> > (Titus 3:5). Don't depend, then, on what you do, but on what Jesus did
a=
nd
> > promises to do for you.
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 WHAT ABOUT REPENTANCE?
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Does not the Bible say that we must repent? Yes, the Bible
p=
lainly
> > says that "God ... commandeth all men every where to repent" (Acts
17:30=
),
> > and again, "Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish" (Luke
13:3, =
5).
> > This was the preaching of John the Baptist, of Jesus, of Peter and of
Pa=
ul,
> > that men should repent. And certainly repentance is God's plan of
salvat=
ion.
> > The trouble here, however, is that men misunderstand what repentance
mea=
ns,
> > and there has grown up an idea that repentance means a period of
weeping=
and
> > mourning over sin, or sorrow for sins. This idea comes from the Douay
> > Version of the Bible which instead of "repent" says "do penance." So
the=
> > place of inquiry, where people should be taught the plan of salvation
fr=
om
> > the Bible, in revival meetings, became "the mourner's bench" and
thousan=
ds
> > of people have been taught that God would not hear their prayer nor
forg=
ive
> > their sins until they went through a process of sorrow and mourning
over=
> > their sins!
>
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 Do not misunderstand me. God is anxious
>
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