Warm greetings there, friends
near and far. The Lord Jesus Christ be magnified
forever and ever. This is Sinner Saved coming at
you with the following short evangelistic gospel message sponsored
by preacher Wayne Boyd and the Brethren in Christ at First Baptist
Church located in Almonte, Michigan, USA. And God willing, this broadcast
will reach you, Lima Charlie, loud and clear. It is my hope
and prayer unto God most high, the only Holy Father, that his
only begotten Son, Christ Jesus, the Lord our righteousness, be
greatly exalted, that his everlasting gospel be clearly proclaimed,
that the pride of mere flesh and blood men be humbled, and
that his elect saints be greatly encouraged and comforted in these
evil and perilous days. Please consider having paper
and pencil handy to jot down the scriptural references for
your own follow-up study. And so we begin with the weekend
gospel message to follow for all hands. 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. That
is to say, almighty God in his unmerited favor to save me and
you from our sins and from hell. Every declaration of God to the
sinner is on the principle of grace and gift, not an offer,
which implies there is some capability in man to make use of the benefit
offered. The so-called offer of salvation
is a denial of man's total depravity as born in Adam's fall and dead
in trespasses and sins. the gospel truth of the new birth
and puts in its place man's acceptance of the offer as the condition
of divine life. That was from preacher John Hazleton,
the year of our Lord, 1909. Have you seen the glory? I'm speaking of what Paul is
speaking of when he writes of the glory of the cross. The glory of the gospel of Christ
crucified. Almost everybody has heard of
the cross of Christ all their lives. It is a fact of history
that the Lord Jesus Christ died on a cross outside of Jerusalem
almost 2,000 years ago. But while most men are aware
of the fact of the cross, few have ever seen the glory of the
cross. Paul said, God forbid that I
should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Galatians
6.14. I wonder if you who read this
or listen to this have ever seen the glory of God that is displayed
in the crucified Christ. We have not seen the glory of
the cross until we have seen the person who was crucified.
It is the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who laid down
his life for sinners on the cross is none other than God manifested
in the flesh. He is the word that was God. It was made flesh and dwelt among
us, John 1, 14. God could never suffer the penalty
of his justice, and man could never satisfy the penalty of
God's holy justice for sin. But the God-man, the Lord Jesus
Christ, being fully God and fully man, in one glorious person,
suffered the penalty due for the sins of his people and satisfied
it. Christ as the substitute and
savior of his people, chosen in Him by the Father before the
foundation of the world, met the task head-on. By shedding
His precious blood, He satisfied every claim so that God might
be both just and the justifier of all who believe Christ's sacrificial
death on the cross. which was not an attempt to redeem
sinners or making a redemption possible. He gave himself for
our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world
according to the will of God in our father. Galatians 1.4. He gave himself for us that he
might redeem us from all iniquity. Titus 2.14. This is what he came
to do and he did it. He redeemed all for whom He died
and effectually accomplished their salvation. We have not
seen the glory of the cross if we haven't seen and believed
this. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Galatians
3 13 for by one offering he hath perfected forever them that are
sanctified Hebrews 10 14 by his own blood He entered in once
into the holy place having obtained eternal redemption for us Hebrews
9 12 Christ did not die in vain and every person for whom he
shed his blood on the cross of Calvary shall be saved if one
of them should perish then the glory of the cross is no more
than and the work of Christ would be reduced to a failure and his
cross work a miscarriage. This cannot be. All who by faith
see the glory of the cross of Christ, see it because the spirit
of God reveals it through the truth of the gospel. Is it any
wonder Paul declared, I determined to know nothing among you save
Jesus Christ and him crucified. Can you see the reason he exclaimed,
God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Believers do not glory in the
sign of the cross, but in the sacrifice of the cross. They
do not glory in the emblem of the cross, but in the expiation
of the cross. Pardon me, friends. Not in the
symbol of the cross, but in the savior and salvation of the cross. Not in the wood of the cross,
but in the work of the cross. Not in the agony of the cross,
but in the atonement and accomplishment of the cross. Not in the structure
of the cross, but in the satisfaction of the cross. Not in the form
of the cross, but in the forgiveness of the cross. The cross of the
Lord Jesus Christ is not something we put on our buildings, wear
around our necks, or use as a sign of Christianity, such is idolatry
forbidden by the God of the cross. When we are brought to see the
glory of the cross, we see everything that God requires of us and everything
necessary for our eternal salvation in the person and work of Jesus
Christ. This is the most glorious thing,
the glory of God and the glory of grace. Christ and Him crucified. Here is the glory of His love.
1 John 3.16, Hereby perceive we the love of God because he
laid down his life for us. God commended his love toward
us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5.8, I know nothing of the glory of God's love if I
do not see by faith through the gospel the glory of the cross
of Christ. Do you see the glory of the cross? May God be pleased to reveal
it to you. That's from preacher Gary Shepherd,
Sovereign Grace Baptist Church, located in Jacksonville, North
Carolina, USA. To Jesus's throne I now would
come and there be ever blessed. He as my King shall ever reign,
the Lord my righteousness. The mighty king of kings, he
sits, who suffered in my place, and through his sacrifice his
throne becomes a throne of grace." Thy throne, O God, forever is. Thy scepter, righteousness. Thy
day of power brings our souls to willingly confess. His loyal
subject I would be, though oft a rebel found. His chastening
love the rod applies, but marks of grace abound, are one and
only potentate. All glory His alone, and by His
kingdom gospel preached, the Spirit makes Him known. All who
believe do lowly bow within the holy place, and there as sons
and subjects find abounding help and grace. On high, on high we
seated are in Jesus Christ alone, and look to reign forevermore
with Jesus in His throne. That was a beautiful hymn written
by preacher Gary Shepherd. Psalm 9711. Light is sown for
the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. My soul,
mark how blessedly the Holy Ghost speaks of the stores in Jesus
laid up for his people. Light, in which is included all
blessings in Christ Jesus, is sown, not reaped. This is not
the harvest, but the seed time of a believer. It is a life of
faith, a life of trust, a life of dependence. Hence the apostle
saith, Let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season
we shall reap if we faint not. Galatians 6. Now this light is
sown for the righteous, for the true believer in the righteousness
of Jesus. And there shall be gladness in
thee, and for truly regenerated in heart. My soul, if it were
exceedingly to be desired, that thou wouldest seek grace from
the Holy Ghost to have a right apprehension of the promises.
It is to the want of this very frequently that thy comforts
are broken, and thou walkest in darkness. Thy Lord Jesus doth
indeed give thee many sweet love-tokens by the way, and handeth to thee
many a blessed morsel of his bread in secret to comfort thee
on thy pilgrimage. But it never was his design,
neither would it suit thy present state nor his glory, to make
the wilderness any other than a wilderness. The Lord forbid
that ought should arise to prompt thee to set up thy rest, like
the Reubenites on this side, the land of promise. Now light
is sown, mark that, and the harvest is sure. Here rest in full assurance
of hope. Thy Jesus is thine. Thy interest
in him is not now to be called in question. Let him then guide
the way. And though clouds and darkness
may rest upon it, yet he is bringing thee by a right way to a city
of habitation. This is the minority of thine
existence. And by and by thou wilt come
of age. Thou and thy companions are all
going home to thy father's house, to thy Jesus and his kingdom.
And what will it signify when thou getest there? What accommodation
thou hast had by the way? Nay, the poorer it hath been,
the sweeter will be the refreshment that follow. And if thou art
but little acquainted with the luxuries on which the carnal
rejoice, the good things of the earth brought forth by the sun,
and the precious things put forth by the moon, Yet having the goodwill
of him that dwelt in the bush, thou hast a Benjamin's portion,
and art most blessed indeed. Say then, as the psalmist, from
men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which
have their portion in this life, and whose bellies are filled
with thy hid treasure, but light is sown for the righteous, and
gladness for the upright in heart. As for me, I will behold thy
face in righteousness, I shall be satisfied when I awake with
thy likeness. That was from preacher Robert
Hawker. It is written in Isaiah 45, 22,
where our Lord Jesus commands, look unto me and be ye saved,
all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none else. Also the master says in Matthew
11, 28 through 30, come unto me, all you that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall
find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden
is light. Friends, it is imperative that
you flee to Christ Jesus today, not tomorrow, for none of us
are promised another day on this planet. Today is the day of salvation. Call upon the name of the Lord
while he may be found, and seek him while he is near. Only by
being in Christ, the ark of our salvation, may we be delivered
from the fierce wrath of Almighty God, which is coming soon upon
the wicked. This about wraps up this evening's
broadcast. I trust almighty God will awaken
his sleeping elect and draw multitudes of men, women, and children around
the world to his only begotten son, Christ Jesus, the Lord our
righteousness, Yehovah Sidkenu, Baruch Hashem, bless the name.
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and glorious. King of glory is inbound for
his afflicted saints. Even so. Come quickly, Lord Jesus. Maranatha!