IT WAS THE LANGUAGE OF A SAVIOR

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There was never a day like it in all the history of the world!  Complete darkness covered the land at noon, and continued for three hours!  It was not an eclipse, nor was the darkness the result of heavy cloud formations.  The darkness was accompanied by the movements of Romans soldiers, the jeering of Israel's leaders, the groaning of two crucified malefactors, and the suffering of a unique Man nailed to a tree.  The location was Jerusalem;  the event was the crucifixion of an innocent Man - Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

Thirty-three years prior to this event, He had left Heaven and entered into this world by way of a virgin named Mary.  The Holy Scriptures speaks of it as a mystery;  "Great is the mystery of godliness:


God was manifest in the flesh" (1 Timothy 3:16). Thus the prophecy of Isaiah, written 740 years before, came to pass.  "Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given"  (Isaiah 9:6).

After living in obscurity for thirty years in Nazareth, He began His unique ministry before God and man.


The Spirit of the Lord came upon Him, anointing Him to preach the gospel to the poor, too heal the broken-


hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, to recover sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that were bruised, and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18,19).  His gracious ministry brought comfort, cleansing and joy to many. In spite of it all, He was despised and rejected of men (Isaiah 53:3).  Finally, He was given an unjust trial, flogged, spit upon, buffeted, reproached, crowned with thorns and led outside Jerusalem's walls.  Between 9am and noon, He was nailed upon the cross of wood at the place called Calvary.  Scripture says, "There they crucified Him" (Luke 23:33).

IT WAS THE CRY OF A SUFFERER

When one thinks of Calvary, what tongue or pen can fully describe the sufferings of Christ?  His anguish-


physical, mental and spiritual - was indescribable! as the "Man of Sorrows" (Isaiah 53:3),  He was designated for infinite suffering.  Prophecy reveals the thoughts of His heart in (Psalm 88:15),


"I am afflicted and ready to die from My youth up."  On the cross, His sufferings were expiatory and vicarious.  He became the sinner's Substitute and suffered for the sinner's sins.


The Bible says; "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities." "Who His own self bore our sins in His own body on the tree." "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just (One)


for (us) the unjust (ones), that He might bring us to God"  (Isiah 53:5; 1 Peter 2:24; 3:18).


Then came the cry, "It is finished"!  His sufferings were now over forever!

 IT WAS THE LANGUAGE OF A SAVIOR

Our Lord's ministry to the world was simply to save.  "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1Timothy 1:15) and "to give His life a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45).  Man was born a sinner; his sins were taking him to hell, but "Christ died for our sins" (1 Corinthians 15:3).  The sinner, by trusting only in the sacrifice and death of Christ for his sins, might go free.  When the tremendous debt of sin was paid in full, the Savior cried out, "It is finished!"  Do you really believe it? or are you vainly trying to add something of your own to His Finished Work to merit favor with God?  If God is completely satisfied with the work and payment of Christ, why aren't you?  No amount of doing can cancel your debt of sin.





"Jesus paid it all,


All to Him I owe,


Sin had left a crimson stain,


He washed it white as snow."





IT WAS THE CRY OF A CONQUEROR

Christ came to battle with Satan, sin and hell.  It was a terrible conflict, but He met His foes and confronted all His enemies.  On the cross, He divested death of its sting and triumphed over Satan, the grave and hell.  The proof of His victory lies in the fact that God raised Him from the dead (Acts 13:30) and exalted Him to His Own right hand, proclaiming to His Son, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever" (Hebrews 1:3,8).


What comfort that Christ conquered as He expired could exclaim, "It is finished,"  "Accomplished,"  "Performed"!   Isn't such a Person worthy of your trust?

I hope so!

The Lord Jesus Christ

"He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself


....This Man, after He offered one sacrifice for sins forever,


sat down on the right hand of God The Father...  There


remains no more sacrifice for sins."  (Hebrews 9:26; 10:12,26)


"Whosoever confesses (TO GOD) and forsakes his sins shall


have mercy."  (Proverbs 28:13)  "The blood of Jesus Christ His


Son cleanseth us from all sin,"  (1 John 1:7).





ITS TIME THAT YOU GAVE YOUR HEART TO THE SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST


BY ASKING FIRST TO FORGIVE YOUR OFFENCES OF SIN AGAINST A HOLY CREATOR


THIS IS CALLED REPENTANCE WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR FORGIVENESS OF SIN.

Robert E Surgenor

With the heart believe in Christ for salvation

Romans 3:22 (watch this new music video here about the Lord.)
Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ,.... A further account is given of this righteousness: why it is called "the righteousness of God", and in what sense revealed and manifested; see Gill on Rom_1:17; 

Here it is said to be "by faith of Jesus Christ"; not by that faith which Christ himself had as man, but by that faith, of which He the author and object: the Alexandrian copy reads, "by faith in Jesus Christ"; and not by that as the cause of justification; for faith is neither the efficient, nor the moving, nor meritorious cause of it; no, nor the instrumental cause of it on the part of God or Christ: nor is faith the matter of a justifying righteousness; for faith is a part of sanctification, is itself imperfect, is a man's own, as it is implanted in him, and exercised by him; is here and elsewhere distinguished from righteousness; something else, and not that, as the obedience and blood of Christ, are said to be what men are made righteous and justified by: but faith is a means of apprehending and receiving righteousness; it views the excellency of Christ's righteousness; it owns the sufficiency of it; the soul by it renounces its own righteousness, submits to Christ's, rejoices in it, and gives him the glory of it: now this is by, or through faith, 

unto all, and upon all: not all men, for all have not faith, nor are all justified and saved: but 

all that believe; which must be understood, not of believing any thing, nor of any sort of believing; but of such, who truly and with the heart believe in Christ for salvation; and who are here opposed to the wise philosophers among the Gentiles, had to all self-righteous persons among the Jews. Though this character does not design any cause or condition of justification, but is only descriptive of the persons, who are declaratively interested in a justifying righteousness, which is said to be "unto", and "upon them"; that is, it is appointed, provided, and wrought out for them, and directed and applied unto them, and put upon them as a garment, and that upon all of them: 

for there is no difference; of nation, age, or sex, or of state and condition; no respect is had to persons or works; nor is there any difference with respect to weak or strong believers; the righteousness is equally applied to one as to another, and one is as much justified by it in the sight of God as another.

Believing and Hearing the Law:

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“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ...”
2 Corinthians 2:14

In the day of trouble, know that God is with you and for you. He’s not the one who is against you. Keep your eyes on Him. Trust that He has a plan. Trust that He will make your crooked places straight and your rough places smooth. He has a plan to lift you up out of despair and set you in a place of stability. 

He has a plan to restore, renew and revive your soul. No matter where you are in life, no matter what’s happening around you. Don’t settle for where you are. Believe that God is good, and He wants to do more in and through you...He’ll fight your battles - always remember that with God on your side, nothing can hold you back! He will lead you into the life of blessing.

Hearing the Law:

Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law?  (Gal_4:21)

When people do not really hear what the law of God is saying, they may still desire to be under the law. Those who are lost and dying in the world often underestimate the message of the law. They may imagine that it is only calling them to attend religious services or to join a religious organization. Thus, in missing the message of the law, they choose to remain under it, trusting in their own best behavior to somehow enable them to pass any final judgment concerning heaven or hell. This is a matter of "not hearing the law."

Many who are redeemed, having found new life through faith in Christ, also want to remain under the law concerning spiritual growth and service. This is another case of "not hearing the law." Any believer who expects to make progress in a life pleasing to the Lord on the basis of one's own best efforts does not really hear what the law reveals as God's will for lives. 

 The law of God is not suggesting that we "be better;" it is demanding that we "be holy," as holy as God.  The law is not implying that we "be nicer;" it is requiring that we "be loving," as loving as Christ. The law is not proposing that we "try harder;" it is insisting that we "be perfect," as perfect as our Father in heaven. 

The law of God is not asking us to improve ourselves or to be better than the next person. Many times this inaccurate statement is heard: "Just do the best that you can; what more could God require?" Well, God is demanding far beyond our human best. His law is demanding that lives "be holy," "be loving," and "be perfect." Moreover, He Himself is the standard of this holiness, love, and perfection.

Dear Lord God, You are holy and loving and perfect. In and of myself, I am none of these. I stand before You without any human assets that could measure up to these heavenly realities that You alone possess. I thank You for Your mercy. I praise You for Your grace. I humbly bow beforeYou, asking that You work more and more of Your holiness in and through my life.With no other hope than You, I ask that more and more of Your love might fill my life. Admitting my complete inadequacy, I look to You to be transforming me more and more into Your perfect image, through Christ I pray, Amen.

I WILL FOLLOW I WILL TRUST IN HIM - HOW ABOUT YOU?

LEAVE THE PAST IN 2013, SUCCESS IS IN YOUR FUTURE!
"Remember not the former things, neither consider the old things of old" (ISAIAH 43:18)
Create in me a clean heart, O God;  and renew a right spirit within me!(Psalm 51:10)
'He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him'(John1:10)  Jesus said to Martha,"I am the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.  Do you believe this?" (John 11:25)
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father in Heaven except through me only.(John 14:6)
'The next day John(the baptist) saw Jesus coming towards him and said out loud, "look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29)
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word today and believes in his heart in HIM who has sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life". (John 5:24)
"I am the gate;  whoever enters the Kingdom of God's family through me will be saved.  He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief (the devil) comes only to steal and kill and destroy;  I have come that
they may have life, and have it to the full. "I am the good shepherd.  The good shepherd lays down His life, for the sheep. (John 10:9,10,11.)
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here.  I have not come on my own, but He sent me.  Why is my language not clear to you?  Because you are unable to hear what I say.  You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire.  He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.  When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.  Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!  Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?  If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?  He who belongs to God hears what God says.  The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."
(John ) Jesus declared, I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is "born again".further explained that no one can enter the Kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, You must be born again.(John chapter 3)

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world
but to save the world through Him.  Whoever believes in Him is not condemned but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
 2Co 5:21  For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God and stand condemned.(Romans 3:23)
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For the wages of sin is death,.... By sin, is meant every sin, original sin, actual sin, every kind of sin, lesser and greater: the "death" which sin deserves, is a corporeal death; which is not owing to the original nature and constitution of men; nor merely to the divine appointment; but to sin, and the decree of God, on account of it; which is inflicted on Christ-less sinners, as a punishment for sin, though not on believers as such, because Christ has took away the sting and curse of it: a death of diseases and afflictions also follows upon sin, as its proper demerit; which are properly punishments to wicked men, and are occasioned by sin in believers: there is a death of the soul, which comes by sin, which lies in an alienation from God, in a loss of the image of God, and in a servitude to sin; and there is an eternal death, the just wages of sin, which lies in a separation of soul and body from God, and in a sense of divine wrath to all eternity; and which is here meant, as is clear from its antithesis, "eternal life", in the next clause. Now this is "the wages" of sin; sin does in its own nature produce it, and excludes from life; it is the natural issue of it; sin is committed against an infinite God, and righteously deserves such a death; it is its just wages by law. Romans 6:23
 If we believe in Jesus the Son Of God and accept what He has done, the Bible (God's Word) promises that we will have a personal relationship with God and live with Him forever.  The cross of Jesus Christ works as a bridge of Love between God and us.If we REPENT of our sin and ask God's forgiveness and accept Jesus Christ as our SAVIOR who will take away the sins of
 all if we ask him in repentance of our hearts today!
PRAY: I CONFESS TO GOD THAT I AM A SINNER. I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR MY SINS ON THE CROSS> I BELIEVE THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD>  I NOW REPENT OF MY SINS FROM MY HEART. I RECEIVE HIM NOW AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. IN JESUS NAME AMEN!  http://whowasthemanjesus.blogspot.co.uk/
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JEHOVAH IS SALVATION

(IESOUS) JESUS 
Is a transliteration of the Hebrew "Joshua" meaning,.....
 'Jehovah is Salvation' e.g., "is the Savior".
A common name among the Jews.,    e.g, (Ex 17:9) (Luke 3:29) (Col 4:11)
The Name was given to the Son of God in *Incarnation* (Begotten of God the Holy Spirit and Mary a chosen virgin) as His personal name, in obedience to the command of an angel to Joseph, the husband of His mother, Mary, shortly before He was born, (Matt 1:21).
By it He is spoken of throughout the gospel narratives generally,
but not without exception, as in (Mark 16:19,20) (Luke 7:13),
and a dozen other places in that Gospel, and a few in John.
The Gospel According to Matthew, The book of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed, the Son (descendant) of Abraham. (Psalm. 132:11) (Isa 11:1)

"'Jesus Christ' occurs only in (Matt 1:1,18,16:21 marg)(Mark 1:1)
(John 1:17; 17:3).  In Acts the name 'Jesus' is found frequently.
'Lord Jesus' is the normal usage, as in (Acts 8:16; 19:5,17 ); see also the reports of the word of (Stephen, 7:59) of  (Ananias, 9:17), and of (Paul, 16:31) though both (Peter, 10:36), and (Paul,16:18), also
used "Jesus Christ."
"In Paul's letters the order is always in harmony with the context.  
Thus 'Christ Jesus' describes the Exalted One who emptied Himself,
despised and rejected One Who was afterwards Glorified, 
(Phil 2:11) and testifies to His resurrection.
'Jesus Christ' suggests His grace, 'Jesus Christ' suggests His Glory."



*Incarnation* is from the Latin meaning "becoming flesh", that is,"becoming human." The eternal Son of God (see trinity) became human, and He did so without in any manner or degree diminishing His divine nature.(Phil.2:5-11) Christ Jesus, remaining in the "form" of God, e,g,.with all the essential attributes of God, took the "form"
of a servant and died on the Cross.
The virgin birth is necessary  for our understanding of the incarnation.  In the process of ordinary birth, a new personality begins.  Jesus Christ did not begin to be when He was born. He is the eternal Son.  The virgin birth was a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit, whereby the eternal Son of God "became flesh,"e,g,took to himself a genuine human nature in addition to His eternal divine nature.  It was a virgin birth, a miracle.  The Holy Spirit has never been thought of as the father of Jesus.  Jesus was not half man and half God like the Greek mythological heroes. He was fully God, the Second Person of the Trinity. "In Christ 'ALL' the fullness of the
Deity lives in bodily form" (Col 2:9).  At the same time He became
genuinely a man.  To deny His genuine humanity is "the spirit of the antichrist" (1 John 4:2-3).

HAPPY NEW YEAR IN JESUS

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HOW TO GRASP GOD'S WORD
To effectively grasp a book, you
need to actively engage the Five Fingers. In the same way, to grasp God's Word,
the five fingers of your right hand would be required. Hence the fingers stand for: hearing, reading, studying, memorising and meditating on God...watch video link here! 

"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. "
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Hindrances to Being Saved and Coming into the Light

Hindrances to Being Saved and Coming into the Light

There may be some sin within you which you are harbouring to your soul's peril.   When a soldier's foot has refused to heal, the surgeon has been known to examine it very minutely, and manipulate every part.   Each bone is there, and in its place; there is no apparent cause for the inflammation, but yet the wound refuses to heal.   The surgeon probes and probes again, until his lancet comes into contact with a hard foreign substance.   "Here it is,"he says, "a bullet is lodged here;  this
must come out, or the wound will never close."  So my probe may discover a secret in you and if so, it must come out, or you
must die.   You cannot expect to have peace with God, and still indulge in that drunkard's glass.  What, a drunkard reconciled
to God?  You cannot hope to enjoy peace with God, and refuse
to speak with that relative who offended you years ago.  What, look to be forgiven, when you will not yourself forgive?
There are doubtful practises in your trade behind the counter;
do you dare to hope that God will accept a thief?-  for that is what you are, a thief and a liar.  You brand your goods dishonestly, call them twenty when they are fifteen;  do you expect God to be your friend while you remain rogue?
Do you think He will smile on you in your knavery, and walk with you when you choose dirty ways?  Perhaps you indulge a haughty spirit, or it may be an idle disposition;  it does not matter which kind of devil is in you, it must come out, or else the peace of God cannot come in.  Now, are you willing to give
sin up?  If not, it is all lost time to preach Christ to you, for He is not meant to be Savior of those who persevere in sin.  He came to save His people from their sins, not in them;
and if you still cling to a darling sin, do not be deceived, for you can never enter within the gates of heaven.

Why have some not found the light?
It maybe that you have sought peace with God only occasionally; after an earnest sermon you have been awakened;
but when the sermon has been concluded, you have gone back to your slumber like the sluggard who turns again upon his bed.
After a sickness, or when there has been a death in the family, you have then zealously be-stirred yourself;  but before long you have declined into the same carelessness as before.  Remember he who wins the race is not the one who runs in spurts, but the one who continues running to the end.
No man gets Christ by thinking of Him only now and then, and in the mean time regards vanity, falsehood,pride,self life, in his 
heart.  He only shall have Christ who must have Him now, and
who gives His whole heart to Him completely, and cries, "I will seek Him till I find Him, and when I find Him I will never let Him go."
Let me remind you that the great reason why earnest souls do not get speedy rest lies in this:  they are disobedient to the one
plain Gospel precept, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
You shall be saved," (Acts 16:31).
God says by believing in Jesus you shall live:  you will not believe in Christ, and yet hope to live!  God reveals to you His Dear Son and says, "Trust Him," and moreover, "He that believes not of God
have made Him a liar" (1 Jo 5:10), and yet you dare to make God a
liar;  every minute that you live in a state of unbelief, you, as far as you can, make God to be a liar!  What an atrocity for any one of us to fall into!  What an amazing presumption for a sinner to live in who professes to be seeking peace with God!  You have been seeking rest, but you have not found it;  what an unhappy state you are in!  You are now unreconciled to God;  your sin clamours for punishment;  you are among those with whom God is angry every day.  Can you bear to be in such a condition?  Does something not
bid you arise and flee out of this city of destruction in case you are
consumed?  What happiness you are missing every day!
If you lay hold on Christ by faith, you would possess a joy and peace passing all understanding.  You are fretting in this low and miserable dungeon;  you have been in the dark year after year, when the sun is shining, the sweet flowers are blooming, and everything is waiting to lead you forth with gladness.  Oh, what
joys you lose by being an unbeliever!  Why do you stay so long in this evil state?  Meanwhile, what good you might have done!
Oh, if you had been led to look to Jesus Christ months ago, instead
of sitting in darkness yourself, you would have been leading others
to Christ, and pointing other eyes to that dear Cross that brought
peace to you.
What sin you are daily committing!  For you are daily an unbeliever, daily denying the ability of Christ, and so doing injury to His Honour.  Does the Spirit of God within you say, "I will arise,
and go to my Father?"  Oh, if there is such a thought trembling in
your soul, do not quench it, obey it, arise and go, and may your Father's arms be wrapped around your neck before today's sun goes down.  Meanwhile, permit me to say, what a hardening process is insensibly going on within!  If not better, you are certainly worse than twelve months ago. You have said, "I will come at a more convenient time or season," and every season is more inconvenient than the one which came before it.
 
You doubted then - you are the victim of deeper and more dastardly doubts today.  Oh, that you could believe in Him Who
must be true!  Oh, that you could trust in Him Who ought to be trusted, for He can never deceive!  I pray the day may come, even this very moment, when you will shake yourself from the dust, arise and put on your beautiful garments, for every hour you sit on the dunghill of your soul-destroying doubts you are 
being fastened by strong bands of iron to the seat of despair.
Your eye is growing dimmer, your hand more palsied;  and the poison in your veins is raging more furiously.  Yonder is the Savior's Cross, and there is efficacy in His Blood for YOU!
Trust Jesus now, and this moment you will enter into peace.  The gate of mercy swings readily on its hinge and opens wide to every soul which casts itself upon the bosom of the Savior.
Oh, why are you waiting?  Mischief will befall you.  The sun is
going down;  hurry, traveller, in case you are overtaken with everlasting night. 
There are many people around you, some of whom you may know, who have trusted Jesus and they have found light.
They once suffered your disappointments, but they have now found rest to their souls.  They came to Jesus just as they were,
and at this moment they can tell you that they are satisfied in HIM.  If others have found such peace, why not you?  Jesus is
still the same.  It is not to Christ's advantage to reject a sinner,
it is not for God's Glory to destroy a seeker;  rather, it is for His Honour and Glory to receive those who humbly rest in the sacrifice of His dear SON.
What is holding you back?  You are called, come.  You are pressed to come, come.  In the courts of law I have sometimes heard a man called as a witness, and no sooner is he called, though he may be at the end of the court, than he begins to press his way up to the witness-box.  Nobody says, "Who is
this man pushing here!" or, if they should say, "Who are you?"
it would be a sufficient answer to say, "My name was called."  "But you are not rich,you have no gold ring upon your finger!"
"No, but that is not it, I was called."  "But you are not a man of repute, or rank, or character!"  "It does not matter, I was called.  Make way."  So make way, doubts and fears; make way
devils of the infernal lake;  Christ calls the sinner. Sinner, come.
Though you have nothing to recommend you, because it is written, "Him that comes to me I will no wise cast out" (John6:37) Come, and the Lord will bless you, for Christ's sake.

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