TV: The Gospel Day

Q: What does the Bible say about the Gospel day?

The Gospel day refers to the moment of revelation when the truth of Christ is made known to God's people. The term 'Gospel day' captures the essence of the moment when God's chosen individuals have their eyes opened to the truth of Christ and His salvation. In Isaiah 12, we see that 'in that day' signifies a time of divine revelation and comfort, representing both the ultimate day of salvation and the day when one recognizes Christ as Savior. Just as Zacchaeus experienced salvation and joy upon meeting Christ, and Saul of Tarsus was transformed when Christ revealed Himself on the road to Damascus, so too does each believer experience a personal Gospel day, where God’s grace shines upon them, revealing who Christ truly is, inviting them to trust and rejoice in Him.

Q: How do we know that God saves us?

God saves us entirely through Christ, not by our own efforts or decisions. Salvation is confirmed in Scripture through the work of Christ who bears the sins of His people. The Gospel message emphasizes that it is God who takes the initiative in salvation, as evidenced in Isaiah 12:2, where it states, 'Behold, God is my salvation.' This speaks to the sovereign grace of God, highlighting that before the foundation of the world, God made decisions for His people to secure their salvation. Unlike common claims of making a decision for God, the biblical narrative portrays salvation as an act of God's grace, where individuals understand their inability to save themselves, thus allowing God to manifest His glory in their lives through Christ.

Q: Why is seeing the cross important for Christians?

Seeing the cross reveals God's love and the completeness of Christ's sacrifice for our sins. The cross is central to the Christian faith, symbolizing God's judgment against sin and the immense love of Christ for His people. In Isaiah 12:1, the turning away of God's anger signifies the satisfaction of God's justice through Christ's sacrificial death. When a Christian truly sees the implications of the cross, they understand that God's wrath against their sin was completely absorbed by Christ. This revelation not only brings comfort and peace, but it also ignites a call to praise for the incredible grace and mercy shown. The cross transforms lives by illustrating that our hope is not in our own works but in what Christ accomplished on our behalf, freeing us to trust in Him alone.

Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church, located at 2709 Rock Springs Road in Kingsport, Tennessee, would like to invite you to listen to a message of sovereign grace of their pastor, Gabe Stonica. For information and service times, visit www.ksgc.church. And now, Gabe Stoniker. I will be speaking to you today from Isaiah chapter 12. Isaiah 12, if you would like to follow along. I love this chapter. This is truly a wonderful chapter in God's Word.

It begins in verse 1 by saying, And in that day, and in that day. Now, every time I read those words, those words are repeated throughout the scripture. And in that day, you will hear that quite often, in that day. Every time I read those words, I think of eternity. I think of glory. I think of heaven. I think of finally leaving this world and entering into the world to come, being with Christ. And that will take place in that day. For all of God's people, there will come a day where they leave this world and enter into glory. And it does mean that, it does represent that.

But I was reading a commentary on this chapter by a man named Robert Hawker. He was an old preacher, an old writer on the scriptures, and I like what he said about those words right there. He said, that day is the gospel day. That day is the gospel day." Just reading that sentence from him really struck something in me. It caused me to enter into the fact that, yes, that day is the great day when all of God's people will go to be with Him. That is true. But that day is also the gospel day. The day that the gospel comes.

For all of God's people, there will come a point in time when the truth of the gospel will come to them. It will come through the preaching of God's Word. They will hear a God-sent man stand up and declare the truth of God's Word. It is a day when the revelation of Jesus Christ comes to one of God's own. not just blind generic religion, but a true day where the light is turned on to see Christ, to hear Christ, to know Christ, to believe on Christ.

It's the day of quickening, as the scripture calls it, and you hath he quickened, hath he given life to. The day that the gospel of Christ is made alive to one of God's own. That day, it's the day that God's Spirit comes to reside in the heart of one of His people. The day when this right here is revealed to one of God's sheep. Verse 1 says, And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee, though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me." The day of awakening, the day of Christ, the day of Jesus Christ. It's a glorious day. Now let me show you a couple of men who knew something about that day.

If you look with me at Luke chapter 19, If you're turning, you can turn to Luke 19, and verse one says, Jesus entered and passed through Jericho, and behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus, who he was, and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must abide at thy house. And he made haste and came down and received him joyfully.

And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying that he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner." Zacchaeus was a publican. That means he was a leader of organized crime. He was a crime boss. And all the people knew him. He was notorious. And they said, that man's a sinner.

And the Lord has gone to eat lunch at his house with him. Verse 8, And Zacchaeus stood and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. The Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. He told him, Zacchaeus, you're a lost man and you have been found. Salvation has come to your house. Now who came to his house? Christ did. The Lord Jesus Christ did. He said, today salvation has come to your house. Christ, the day that Christ comes is the gospel day. That is the gospel day. If you look at Acts chapter 9, Acts chapter 9, here's another man who was a great sinner. He was a great rebel against God.

His name originally was Saul of Tarsus. He became known as the Apostle Paul. But Acts chapter 9 verse 1 says, And Saul, Saul of Tarsus, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, Whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus, and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven.

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. And Saul arose from the earth, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man, but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus." Now, here's what's happened. Saul of Tarsus was going to threaten and kill and imprison God's people. And God stopped him. He revealed himself to Saul. A great light shined round about him, knocked him off of his horse. And the Lord said, "'Saul, why persecutest thou me?' And Saul, in fear, said, Lord, who are you? And he said, I'm the very one who you're persecuting. And this revelation blinded him. He literally was blinded. Verse 9 says, he was three days without sight and neither did eat nor drink. It stopped him in his tracks.

Verse 10 says, And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias, and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias? And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he prayeth. and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem." He said, I've heard of Saul of Tarsus. He's an evil man. And he has harmed your people. He is the enemy of Christ, of you.

Verse 14, And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call upon thy name. But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way, for he is a chosen vessel unto me. And that's all of God's people. They're all chosen vessels to Him. He said, He's a chosen vessel unto me to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my namesake.'

And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house, and putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way, as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost." Verse 18 says, there fell from his eyes as it had been scales and he received sight forthwith and arose and was baptized." Paul said, on the day that it pleased God, he revealed Christ to me. He revealed Christ to me. The apostle Paul, Saul of Tarsus, That's what he said. When it pleased God, he revealed Christ to me, and I was glad. So glad. Now, it's very important for us to know that usually it is difficult. It's, I would venture to say, impossible for a child of God to know when that day was. It's very difficult, and here's the reason why.

It's every day. It's every single day. Really and truly, a child of God has Christ revealed to him or her every single day. Some people, you know, make the claim that they know exactly the moment that Christ was revealed to them. I cannot make that claim. The only thing I can claim is that he has revealed himself again to me today. And for a child of God, every day is the gospel day. And that's how the child wants it to be.

I don't want to rely on a moment in time 20 years ago, 30 years ago, when I can say that I had Christ revealed to me. I need for him to reveal himself today. Lord, speak to me today. Well, back in Isaiah 12, Isaiah chapter 12, verse 1 says, And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee. Though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortest me." That is what happens when we see the cross. That is what takes place in the heart of a child of God when we see the cross. When we see God's anger on the sin of His people poured out on Christ, His Son, completely consumed.

Do you know that you are a sinner? Do you know that? Let me just tell you, I'm a sinner. I'm a sinner against God. Zacchaeus was a sinner against God. Saul of Tarsus was a sinner against God. I'm a sinner against God and you're a sinner against God. And God is holy and God is just and he had to pour out his anger and his wrath in punishment on our sin.

And that's what he did the moment Christ hung on the cross of Calvary. Christ hung there because He took the sin of His people into Himself and bore that sin and the judgment of that sin before the Holy God for His people. And when a child of God sees that, men and women go through this life trying to right their wrongs and undo their sins and correct all these things. And there comes a point in the Gospel day When God reveals to them, you cannot do that.

Only Christ can do that. That's the moment a child of God sees Christ and sees and understands why Christ went to the cross. It wasn't to be an example. It wasn't to start a work for salvation, to leave us to finish it. He went there to save His people. He went there because He bore the sins of His people, and God poured out His judgment on His people.

And when God's people see that, they see that all the wrath of God against them was consumed in Christ, Christ the substitute, Christ the provided sacrifice, Christ the Lamb. That's what God told Moses. You tell the people they need a lamb for their sins. And John the Baptist cried, behold the lamb, Christ.

When we see the anger of God's judgment poured out on Christ on that cross, appeased on Christ on that cross, completely satisfied. on Christ, on that cross. When we see that, we're comforted. God's people are comforted. They are comforted by the cross. There's so much comfort in the cross. And they say this, God's people say this, they are known by saying this, verse two, behold, God is my salvation. God is my salvation. The Lord God is my salvation.

You know, you ask people and think about this, okay? Really think about this. If you talk to people about religion, you talk to people about salvation, you ask people, what is your salvation? What is your salvation? What is your hope of being saved? Oftentimes, men and women will say things like this.

They'll say, well, a long time ago, I made a decision for God. What's my hope of being saved? It's it's way back in the past. I made that decision. I decided, you know, that I wanted to be saved. I made a decision to give my heart to Jesus. That's what that's a term a lot of people like to use. I made the decision to give my heart to Jesus or men and women will say. A long time ago, I was baptized.

You know, somewhere, by somebody, I was baptized. Or men and women will say, my confidence of being saved is that I try to be the best person I can be. I just try to always be fair with people. I try to conduct business very fairly, and I always try to do the right thing, try to be good to my neighbor, try to be good to my friends.

Do you know what God's people say? God's true people. Those who have been truly comforted by the gospel day of the cross. This is what they say. Verse two. Behold, God is my salvation. The Lord God is my salvation. It is that simple. It is that simple. It's that plain and simple. Who is God? Who is God? You know, when the angel came to Joseph and Mary, he told them, both of them, call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sin. Emmanuel, call his name Emmanuel.

Because God is with us. God is with us. John, John the Baptist said, In the beginning was the Word. The Word was made flesh. The Word dwelt among us. The Word was with God. The Word was God. The Word dwelt among us. God dwelt among us. The Apostle Paul said, Great is the mystery of godliness. God was manifest in the flesh.

That's Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ, Christ is my salvation. You ask someone who has seen the gospel day, what is your salvation? What is your hope of salvation? It's this simple. Christ is my salvation. The Lord, my God saved me. Listen to this. This is so true.

All right. Now, I just told you what men and women would say who have not seen the gospel day. Let me use some of that terminology. Let me use some of that wording to apply it to men and women who have seen the gospel day. All right. This is what they'll say. A long time ago.

God made a decision for me. When men and women have not seen the gospel day, they say a long time ago, I made a decision for God. But those who have seen the gospel day of Christ, the truth of salvation, they say, you know, a long time ago, a long time ago, before the foundation of the world, God made a decision for me. Before the foundation of the world, he gave his heart to me. People say, well, I gave my heart to him.

Scripture says that we have a dead heart. It says we have a stony heart, a hard heart. It says a rebellious heart, a wicked heart. Our Lord doesn't want that. What's the only hope that a sinful heart can have before God? It's that before the foundation of the world, Christ gave his heart to me.

He joined himself to me. He lived for me. People say, well, I try to live for God. No, no, no. He lived for me. He did the right thing for me. He conducted righteousness for me. He died for me. What's my hope? He died for me. He rose again for me to give eternal life to me.

God is my salvation. God, the Lord God. He said He came to save sinners and that's what I am. Therefore, that's where my confidence lies. That's where my confidence lies in being saved. What is my hope of salvation? It's in the fact that the Lord Jesus Christ, my God, saved me. There it is. I did not save myself. Men and women like to say, well, he helps those who help themselves. No, He helps those who can't help themselves. I didn't help myself. He helped me. I didn't save myself. He saved me.

Verse 2 says, Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song. He is my strength. I'm not my strength. He's my strength. I'm not trusting in me, I'm trusting in Him. I don't have the strength to trust in me, I trust in Him. What gives me so much confidence that I'm going to be with Him in the end? It's because I'm not trusting in me, I'm trusting in Him.

That's what gives me so much confidence. I'm not trusting in me to get me there. This is what God's people will say who have seen the gospel day. They'll say, I'm trusting in him to get me there. And if he's in charge of getting me there, then I have all the confidence in the world that I'm going to get there. If he's in charge of it, I'm going to be there. Verse two, behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song.

He also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. What are the wells of salvation? Christ is the wells of salvation. For whatever it is that we need, we go to Him. We draw from Him. Our Lord told that woman at the well. He said, if you knew who was talking to you right now, you would ask of me for living water and you would never thirst again because that living water would be a well springing up inside of you with everlasting life. And she answered him saying, Lord, give me this water. Would you give me this water?

You know what she was doing in that moment? Drawing from the wells of salvation. She didn't know it yet. He was working in her, even though she did not know it yet, but he was causing her to draw from the wells of salvation. Verse 3 says, Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation, and in that day. Shall you say, Praise the Lord, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted." Praise Him. Praise Him. Tell of His excellent greatness.

That's what a man or woman will do who has seen the Gospel day. He or she will declare Him, His righteousness, His power, His sacrifice, His help, His deliverance, His mercy, His forgiveness, His truth. That man or woman will declare that He is great and greatly to be praised. He is full of compassion and slow to anger. He upholds all who fall.

He, He, Verse 4 says, In that day shall you say, Praise the Lord, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted. And it is exalted above everything and everyone. Verse 5 says, Sing unto the Lord, for He hath done excellent things. This is known in all the earth.

Cry out and shout thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee." That is so comforting. It's so reassuring. It's so strengthening. It's so true. Great is He. Great is He. Holy and true are all His ways. Let every creature shout His praise. The song says, Through earth and heaven, one song shall ring. From grateful hearts, this anthem spring. Arise ye saints, salute thy king. All thy days, sing his praise. That's what a man or woman will do when the gospel day comes. That's what a man or a woman will do when the gospel day comes. It says, And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will praise thee.

Though thou wast angry with me, thine angers turned away, and thou comfortest me. Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song. He also is become my salvation. Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. And in that day shall you say, Praise the Lord, call upon His name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His name is exalted. Sing unto the Lord, for He hath done excellent things. This is known in all the earth. Cry out and shout, Thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Amen. You have been listening to a message by Gabe Stoniker, pastor of Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church in Kingsport, Tennessee. If you would like a copy of this message or to hear other messages of sovereign grace, you can call or write to the number and address on your screen or visit www.ksgc.church. Tune in at this same time next week for another message of God's free and sovereign grace.

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