Warm greetings, friends, near
and far. The Lord Jesus Christ be magnified
forever! This is Sinner Saved coming at
you with the following short evangelistic gospel message,
which is 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 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. The free, sovereign grace of
God. Romans 8.30. Those he predestined,
he also called. And those he called, he also
justified. And those he justified, he also
glorified. The justified sinner stands the
closest to God of any created being in the universe. Nearer
to the throne of the Eternal he cannot stand. What a marvelous
love! Who will dare assert that salvation
is not from first to last of free sovereign grace? Let your
eye pierce the veil which falls between earth and heaven. Behold
that shining, worshiping being standing so near to the throne
of glory, bathed in the overpowering effulgence of his rays. Who is he? He was once a sinner
upon earth, the vilest of his race, the dishonored of his generation,
forsaken by man and abhorred of God. But Jesus met him, and
divine love drew him, and sovereign grace rescued, pardoned, and
saved him, and now washed from all his guilt by the blood, freed
from all condemnation by the righteousness of Christ. He stands
before the throne blameless, a king and a priest unto God. Such is the great love of Jesus,
and all this grace, and all this glory, and all this bliss flows
from the free, sovereign grace of God. That was from old time
preacher Octavius Winslow. All glory, honor, praise, and
thanksgiving be unto almighty God. Jesus is the chief among
10,000 and the altogether lovely one. I could not live without
him. To enjoy his company is bliss
to me. For him to hide his face from
me is my midnight of sorrow. Oh, for the power to live, to
die, to labor, to suffer, as unto him and unto him alone. I feel that if I could live a
thousand lives, I would like to live them all for Christ,
and I should even then feel that they were all too little a return
for His great love to me. It is better to preach five words
of God's Word than five million words of man's wisdom." And I'll
tell you what, those five words, which we all love so much. Jonah
2 9 salvation is of the Lord that tells it all he who counts
the stars and calls Them by their names is in no danger of forgetting
his own children He knows your case as thoroughly as if you
were the only creature he ever made or the only saint he ever
loved and As well might a gnat seek to drink in the ocean as
a finite creature to comprehend the eternal God. A God whom we
could fully understand would be no God. If we could grasp
him, he could not be infinite. If we could fully understand
Him, He could not be divine. Christian, you have God's infallible
wisdom to direct you, His immutable love to comfort you, and His
eternal power to defend you! A reading from Revelation 5,
9, And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take
the book, and to open the seals thereof. For thou wast slain,
and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred,
and tongue, and people, and nation. A while back someone asked me
if I knew what a 100% Christian was, so I asked him to explain
to me what exactly a 100% Christian is. Curious to know his definition
and knowing that he was implying that there are 20% Christians,
40%, 60%, and all the way up to 100% Christians based, of
course, on his standard of works which he performs. I listened as he explained. He
proceeded to tell me that while Stephen is an example of a 100%
Christian, there are a lot who are not 100% Christians due to
their works or lack thereof. That poor deceived man just made
himself the measuring stick for righteousness. Here is checklist
Christianity at its worst. If you don't check all their
boxes you are either lost or not 100% Christian. After having
enough of this foolishness, I told him that all of God's saints,
his elect that is, are 100% Christians, because our salvation is not
dependent upon our works, but it is based upon the work of
Christ. It is written in Job 9.20, if I justify myself, mine
own mouth shall condemn me. If I say I am perfect, it shall
also prove me perverse. It is written in Ephesians 1,
six through seven, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein
he hath made us accepted in the beloved. God's people are redeemed,
purchased by the same Savior, the same Lord. His name is the
Lord Jesus Christ, the God-man mediator, our Savior and our
Redeemer. 1 Timothy 2.5, for there is one
God and one mediator between God and men, the man, Christ
Jesus. God's people are cleansed from
all our sins by his precious blood which was shed on Calvary's
cross to satisfy God's holy law and justice in our place. It
is finished. In John 17.4, the Master says,
I have glorified thee on the earth. I have finished the work
which thou gavest me to do. In John 19.30, when Jesus therefore
had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished. And he
bowed his head and gave up the ghost. God's people are all clothed
in his perfect righteousness, which allows us to stand before
the King in glory and worship our great God and King. He is,
as Scripture declares, Jehovah, our righteousness. It is written
in Jeremiah 23.6, in his days Judah shall be saved and Yisrael
shall dwell safely. And this is his name whereby
he shall be called the Lord our righteousness. We're all one
in Christ and Christ alone. We are saved by Jesus Christ
plus nothing. He is our all in all and we are
complete in him. Colossians 2.10, and ye are complete
in him, which is the head of all principality and power. And Colossians 3.11, where there
is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Salvation equals Christ plus
nothing. Titus 3.4-7, but after that the
kindness and love of God, our Savior toward man appeared. not
by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to
his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration of the
Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ
our Savior. So all believers in Christ are
100% Christians as our salvation is not dependent upon us, but
100% dependent upon Christ Jesus our Lord. Praise his mighty name. And that was from preacher Wayne
Boyd. A reading from Deuteronomy 32,
verses two through four. My doctrine shall drop as the
rain. My speech shall distill as the
dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers
upon the grass, because I will publish the name of the Lord.
Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is our rock. His work is perfect, for all
his ways are judgment, a God of truth and without iniquity.
Just and right is he. Sing praise to the Lord. With
earnest heart exalt the Lord and praise His precious name.
Sing of the wonders of His grace and His glories now proclaim.
Sing of the sweetness of His love unto His chosen race. The
Father sent His precious Son to take His people's place. Sing
praises to our substitute who died that we might live. Exalt
the Lord, our righteousness, and glory to Him give. Sing of
the Spirit's quickening power, for by His holy breath He gave
us faith to trust the Son, who saved us by His death. Sing to
the Holy Trinity, lift up your heart and voice. Give glory to
His holy name, ye people of His choice. That was written to the
tune of the old hymn, O for a Thousand Tongues. The words were by preacher
Jim Bird. The most humbling and challenging
thing that I face, the great concern of my heart is that my
generation experience a return to the preaching of the gospel
of God's grace. This generation is plagued with
a false gospel of works. and are strangers to the true
gospel of redemption. I want a return to the message
used of God in other days to awaken men to their need to reveal
the grace and glory of the Lord Jesus. Rolfe Bernard used to
say, The twofold message of grace is, number one, all flesh is
grass, and number two, behold your God. This is the message
that takes away all of the glory and dignity of the flesh and
proclaims the redemptive glory of Christ. The results of this
message will be a sense of the awesome holiness of God, the
inability and sinfulness of the flesh, and the total sufficiency
of the person and work of Christ. Perhaps once again we will hear
men and women cry, Depth of mercy, can there be? Mercy still reserved
for me? Can my God his wrath forbear,
And me, the chief of sinners, spare? And that outstanding message
was from preacher Henry Mahan. It is written in Isaiah 45, 22,
where our Lord Jesus Christ commands, look unto me and be ye saved,
all the ends of the earth, for I am God and there is none else. The master also 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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glorious future in Christ Jesus. I can't hardly even fully imagine
it. Come quickly, Lord. If you would
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look forward to writing you back. Again, the address is thelordbmagnifiedatgmail.com. Great is our Lord Jesus Christ,
and greatly to be praised. Take heart, friends. Our mighty
and glorious King of glory is inbound for his afflicted saints.
Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Maranatha!