Salvation: Why? Who? How? When?
Gordon Henry Hayhoe
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Salvation: Why? Who? How? When?
Why?
"Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead" (Acts 17:31).
"Because there is wrath, beware lest He take thee away with His stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee" (Job 36:18).
"All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23).
Who?
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" (1 Tim. 1:15),
"When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly" (Rom. 5:6).
"I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Matt. 9:13).
How?
"God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved" (Rom. 10:9).
"The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin" (1 John 1:7).
From What?
"Flee from the wrath to come" (Matt. 3:7). "These shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal" (Matt. 25:46).
"Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire" (Rev. 20:15).
For What?
"Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" (Rom. 5:1).
"To wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come" (1 Thess. 1:10).
"There shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him: and they shall see His face; and His name shall be in their foreheads" (Rev. 22:3-4).
When?
"Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2).
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isa. 1:18).
"Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth"
(Prov. 27:1).
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