SALVATION is MORE THAN a feeling!
SALVATION is the ASSURANCE found in JESUS!
“and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
This is the way any person is to regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.”
(1 Corinthians 3: 23 to 4: 2 NASB 2020)
SALVATION is MORE THAN a feeling!
SALVATION is the ASSURANCE found in JESUS!
I love holding hands! Yes, you may agree; you may too, enjoy holding hands with another one who you dearly love.
Holding Hands.
Revealing to the world watching—GOD!
One person & his hand latched together with another person & her hand, fingers intertwined, both holding—on—both not letting go, but both secure in their love for one another.
SALVATION—
- GOD HOLDING ONTO US.
- GOD NOT EVER LETTING GO OF US.
- FOREVER HIS.
- NEVER-ENDING BUT FOREVERMORE LASTING.
Some wonder at the mystery of our salvation, not understanding this relationship we have with our Lord. We cannot keep quiet, for if we do not share the mystery of salvation with the lost, what consequence will they face?!!!
How can we ever live with ourselves, knowing we could have shared but chose instead to remain quiet, to not speak Jesus—aloud.
- We MUST be bold!
- We MUST be courageous!
- We MUST not waver in our faith!
- We MUST testify of the Salvation of God!
For as we do, others perish, but someone may ask, “How can we know for sure that God saved our soul, that what Jesus Christ did upon the cross was enough, once and for all? And how can we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are not just entertaining a thought, a good feeling?”
I may “feel” like a million dollars, but that feeling does not make me a millionaire!
I may “feel” as if I can do anything, but that feeling does not make me a heart surgeon!
I may “feel” as if I can leap tall buildings, but that feeling does not make me any kind of super—man!
I may “feel” unsaved at times because of the unrepented sin that resides in my heart, but that feeling of lostness does not make it so!
We do not “feel” saved; we are either SAVED or lost because salvation is far more than a “feeling.”
- Salvation is the work of Jesus Christ upon the cross of Calvary. We either believe—or we do not!
- Salvation is the work of Almighty God sending His only son to earth as the redemption of mankind’s sins. We either believe—or we do not!
- Salvation is the forgiveness of sins by a Holy God. We either believe it or we do not!
- Salvation is our repentance of sins by our Father God. We either believe—or we do not!
- Salvation is forevermore with God saving us every single day from our sins. We either believe—or we do not!
- Salvation is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (three days after His crucifixion upon the cross). We either believe Jesus or we do not!
- Salvation is the ascension of Jesus Christ, returning back to heaven (after He spent forty days upon earth after His resurrection). We either believe in the work of Jesus—or we do not!
- Salvation is the witnesses (more than 500 people) seeing Jesus with their eyes & the assurance of Jesus’ nail-scarred hands and feet. We either believe Jesus died once to provide the only way to peace with God—or we do not!
SALVATION IS NOT A FEELING!
SALVATION is an ASSURANCE that the WORK of CHRIST JESUS upon the cross ONCE & FOR ALL—ENOUGH!
The Word of God records the work of Jesus upon the cross & His resurrection from the dead within His tomb. SEE with me the Scripture found in Hebrews that reveals this TRUTH!
“By this will, [by God’s Salvation] we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all time. . . .”
“but He having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.
waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES ARE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET.
For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. . . .”
“Now where there is forgiveness of these things, an offering for sin is no longer required.”
(Hebrews 10: 10 & 12-14 & 18 NASB 2020)
The MERCY & GRACE offered is SUFFICIENT—OR IT IS NOT!
MAY WE INDIVIDUALLY SEE the SALVATION of GOD! &
MAY WE INDIVIDUALLY ACCEPT the SALVATION of GOD! &
MAY WE INDIVIDUALLY LIVE for GOD! &
MAY WE INDIVIDUALLY LIVE SO the world of PEOPLE surrounding us KNOW—SALVATION is MORE THAN just a feeling!
“and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
This is the way any person is to regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy.”
(1 Corinthians 3: 23 to 4: 2 NASB 2020)
SALVATION is MORE THAN a feeling!
SALVATION is the ASSURANCE found in JESUS!
“The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, skillful in teaching, patient when wronged,
with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth,
and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will.”
(2 Timothy 2: 24-26 NASB 2020)