warm greetings friends near and
far this is sir saved coming at you with a short evangelistic
uh... gospel message sponsored by preacher
wayne boyd and the brethren in christ at first baptist church
located in almont michigan u s a and god-willing this broadcast will
reach you lima charlie loud and clear It is my hope and prayer
unto God, the only holy father, that his only begotten son, Christ
Jesus, the Lord our righteousness, be greatly exalted, that his
everlasting gospel be proclaimed, that the pride of mere flesh
and blood men be humbled, and that his elect saints be greatly
encouraged, cheered, 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 us from our sins and from hell. A reading from Isaiah, chapter
55. Ho, everyone that thirsteth,
come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye,
buy, and eat, yea, come, buy wine and milk, without money
and without price. Seek ye the Lord, while he may
be found. Call ye upon him, while he is
near. Let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord.
And he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly
pardon. Master Christ Jesus also says
in Matthew chapter 11 Come unto me all ye that labor in our 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 you shall find rest
unto your souls for my yoke is easy and my burden is light one
preacher of old wrote Salvation is wholly of grace, not only
undeserved but undesired by us, until God is pleased to awaken
us to a sense of our need of it, and then we find everything
prepared that our wants require or our wishes conceive, yea,
that He has done exceedingly beyond what we could either ask
or think. Salvation is holy of the Lord,
and bears those signatures of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness
which distinguish all His works from the puny imitations of men. It is every way worthy of Himself,
a great, a free, a full, a sure salvation. It is great whether
we consider the objects, measurable hell-deserving sinners, The end,
the restoration of such alienated creatures to his image and favor,
to immortal life and happiness, or the means, the incarnation,
humiliation, sufferings, and death of his beloved son. It
is free, without exception of persons or cases, without any
conditions or qualifications, but such as he himself performs
in them and bestows upon them. That was preacher John Newton. Let us remember that almighty
God is a jealous God, and that he will not share his glory with
another. Let us take heed unto this precious
everlasting gospel of his sovereign free grace, and that we quote,
prove all things, hold fast that which is good, end quote. The
master himself said in Mark 4 24, take heed what ye hear, and also
the master says in Luke 8 18, Take heed, therefore, how ye
hear." God's people rejoice to discover that God's gospel is
all about substitution and satisfaction. That is, Christ Jesus is our
substitute and sin-bearer. Christ Jesus is satisfied, God's
inflexible and holy justice and our stead, and He alone is our
surety. Another gospel preacher of old
wrote, Salvation is of the Lord, entirely so, from beginning to
end. It is God's great salvation in
its origination, in its effectuation, in its application, in its consummation. Man contributes nothing to it
whatsoever. All the Trinity are engaged and
concerned in it. The Father is the author of salvation
from sin, Christ the purchaser, the Spirit the conveyor. It is
the Father who begets the elect, James 1, 17 and 18. Yet they are declared to be the
seed of Christ, Isaiah 53, 10, while they are born of the Spirit,
John 3, 6. It is written in Titus 3.5, Not
by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to
his mercy he hath saved us by the washing of regeneration and
the renewing of the Holy Spirit. Another man of God long ago wrote,
The gospel is no other than a pure promise, a free declaration of
peace and pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation to poor sinners
by Jesus Christ. The sum and substance of it is
that this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom
I am chief. 1 Timothy 1 15 another God-fearing
fellow wrote saying Christ died for the ungodly Romans 5 6 God's
righteous grace comes to us to the law honoring justice satisfying
sin atoning work of the Lord Jesus Here, then, is the very
essence of the gospel, the proclamation of Almighty God's amazing grace,
the declaration of divine bounty, altogether irrespective of human
worth or merit. In the great satisfaction of
His Son, God has brought near His righteousness. Isaiah 46,
13. Another great statement to encourage
you is that the miracle announced by the gospel is that God comes
to the ungodly with a mercy that is righteous, and in spite of
all their depravity and rebellion, enables them through faith on
the ground of Christ's righteousness to enter into a new and blessed
relation with himself. Listen very closely, people.
It is written in the book of the prophet Jeremiah in chapter
23, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto
David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper,
and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his
days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And
this is his name, whereby he shall be called the Lord our
righteousness." Friends, I tell you that this righteous branch,
this reigning king, the Lord our righteousness, Yehovah Sidkenu,
is none other than Christ Jesus, HaKadosh Yisrael, the Holy One
of Israel. It is imperative that you flee
today to this conquering and soon-to-return King of Glory. None of us are promised another
day on this planet. Today is the day of salvation. It is written in John 3, 17-21,
and hear carefully what the Master Himself says therein. For God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him
might be saved. He that believeth on him is not
condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned already, because
he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,
and men loved darkness rather than light. Because their deeds
were evil, for every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh
to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they
are wrought in God. Declare to you friends that Jesus
is the light of the world. Yeshua ha olam Having said this
you might be surprised at what the middle verse of the Old King
James Bible states in Psalm 118 verse 8 It is better to trust in the
Lord than to put confidence in man. Do not trust in your mere
profession of faith. Do not think you'll earn, attain,
or work your way into heaven, but it is imperative that you
do a 180 degree turn and repent. Toss aside the filthy rags of
our so-called self-righteousness and flee today to Christ Jesus. Psalm 39 verse 5 it is written
Verily man at his best state is altogether vanity Sala think
about that the Apostle warned about will worship in Colossians
2 verse 23 we must fully trust delight commit rest and wait
upon the Lord Jesus not trusting in ourselves and those key words
were from the 37th Psalm and Believe that the Holy Bible from
Genesis to Revelation may be summed up in only five precious
words Which I spoke to you earlier and this is from the second chapter
of the book of the Prophet Jonah It is written salvation is of
the Lord in Psalm 37 verse 39 Warrior King David said, but
the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord. He is their strength
in the time of trouble. That word trouble in Hebrew literally
means anguish, adversity, distress, and tribulation. That's where
we're at today, listeners. You might be asking yourself,
well, who are the righteous? Consider Almighty God's great
provision to poor sinners in this scripture in the book of
the prophet Isaiah 61 and verse 10. I will greatly rejoice in
the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God, for he hath clothed
me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe
of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. And this word
of promise came to mind from our Master Himself, saying in
Matthew 6, 33, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. He also says in John 5, 24, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but
is passed from death unto life. In 1 Corinthians 1 verses 26-31
it is written, For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
are called, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world,
to confound the wise. And God hath chosen the weak
things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty,
and base things of the world, and things which are despised
hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not. to bring to naught
things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence. But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification,
and redemption, that, according as it is written, he that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord." Well, friends, I reckon this about
wraps up this evening's broadcast. Trust almighty God's Word has
gone forth in his power and might and it is certain that he Will
awaken his sleeping elect all around the world and draw multitudes
of men women and children to Christ Jesus For he makes his
people willing in the day of his power psalm 110 3 if you
would like to communicate then please feel free to write to
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Thank you kindly for tuning in friends Great is our Lord Jesus
Christ and greatly to be praised the Lord Jesus Christ be magnified
forever and ever Come quickly Lord Jesus Maranatha