Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (11-13JAN19)

Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in "SO GREAT SALVATION" by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace -God's unmerited favor- from their sins and from Hell:

“But this man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; from henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool. For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” -Hebrews 10:12-14 [KJV]

The Son of God came into the world to accomplish the salvation of those the Father gave Him in electing grace before the world began. “Thou shalt call His name Jesus: for He shall save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). In order to carry out this great task, Messiah said, “A body Thou hast prepared Me” (Hebrews 10:5). In that body, ordained by the Father and formed by the Holy Spirit, the God-Man showed His qualification to save His people by completely obeying the law of the Lord. Having lived a life of perfection, He offered Himself, body and soul, as the sacrifice to offended justice so that God might be “a just God and a Savior” (Isaiah 45:21). Since the iniquities of His elect were “laid upon Him” (Isaiah 53:6), the law of God found Christ Jesus guilty and executed Him because “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). By His sufferings and death, divine justice was satisfied making it just for them to be forgiven of their sins and declared righteous by God.

Because of the cross of Christ, all those for whom He was the Substitute are freed from the law and it’s condemning power. Our Lord’s dying declaration stands as a lasting memorial of His victorious work: “It is finished” (John 19:30). Reconciliation to God and redemption from the curse of the law were accomplished by the triumphant Savior. Those who were set apart and entrusted to Him in covenant love were “justified by His blood” (Romans 5:9) for He was “delivered for our offenses and raised again for (because of) our justification” (Romans 4:25). When it pleases God, Christ will be revealed in these vessels of mercy (Galatians 1:15-16). They will be brought by the Holy Spirit to turn from every false way... and believe the gospel of grace. Their only plea before God for salvation, forgiveness, righteousness and everlasting life will be the person and work of “the only Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).


-Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd

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