And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2:2 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 First, what does the word propitiation mean? The act of appeasing one offended and gaining his. Second, why do I need a propitiation? You and I need a propitiation because we have offended the of heaven. God gave His law as a righteous standard and we have it. Romans 3:19-20 God hates sin and cannot fellowship with sin. A holy God must sin. Where does this leave us? Ephesians 5:3-6 makes it abundantly clear. We are left to incur the and judgment of Almighty God. Would you say we need a propitiator?
Third, who is the propitiation for my sins? 1 Timothy 2:5 declares, For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 1 Timothy 2:6 continues, Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. Jesus satisfied the demands of a holy God by keeping the law. He then willingly the penalty for our sin by dying on the cross. Christ took the full would not have to incur it. of God against sin so that we Fourth, how do I apply the propitiation of Christ to my life? The Bible is clear. You apply it to your heart by Jesus Christ. Romans 3:25, 28, 5:1 in Have you trusted Christ? Have you simply believed totally on Him to save you from the wrath of God and make you at with God?
First, what does the word redemption mean? It is to release a captive by paying a. Second, why do I need redemption? You and I need redemption because we are in the worst kind of captivity. We are captives in the family of. Ephesians 2:2-3 We desperately need redemption. Without it we are doomed. Third, who has paid for my redemption? Jesus Christ kept the law, therefore the law could not justly demand His death. But do you know what He did? He willingly gave His life and bore the of the law (death). Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galatians 3:13 Christ our ransom!
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Romans 3:24 Redemption is found in a - Jesus Christ. Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 1 Peter 1:18-19 Fourth, how do I apply redemption to my life? It is a gift of God s, and can only be received by faith. Once you are redeemed, you become a child of God and part of His. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Galatians 4:4-5
First, what does the word justification mean? If I am justified by God it means I have been proven to be just and. Second, why do I need justification? Did you know that God has established a righteous standard? It is called the. Have you kept God s righteous standard? Let s take just a few of the Ten Commandments. Have you ever lied? Have you ever taken something that didn t belong to you? Have you ever taken God s name and used it as a curse word? Have you ever committed sexual sin or had a lustful heart towards another person? According to Romans 3:19 we are all! The law shows us that we have no of being justified before God based on our actions and behavior. Romans 3:20 We desperately need justification before God, but we stand guilty before the Judge.
Third, what if I fail to receive justification before God? For the wages of sin is death Romans 6:23 The soul that sinneth, it shall die Ezekiel 18:20 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8 Fourth, how can I receive justification before God? You and I stand guilty before God Almighty and face eternal for our sin. Our only hope is for God Himself to somehow provide justification for us. Jesus kept the righteous standard and then suffered the penalty of on the cross. Why did He do this? For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 1 Peter 3:18 Righteousness is available apart from the law! Romans 3:21 How do you obtain it? By simply believing and trusting in what Christ has on your behalf. Romans 3:22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30 Justification is when I am cleared of all declared righteous before God. and For he hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2 Corinthians 5:21
First, what does the word regeneration mean? Strong s Concordance defines it as renovation. The Bible teaches that spiritually there is a river of has regenerative, life-giving, life-changing power., spiritual water that But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. John 4:14 Second, why do I need regeneration? The Bible teaches that nobody is born into the world with spiritual. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Romans 5:12 If we are to have any hope of living eternally, we desperately need regeneration. Third, who can give me regeneration? God alone can give life to the. The biggest lie Satan has going today is that you can somehow gain spiritual life by that you do.
Fourth, how can I receive the regeneration of God s Spirit? When the Holy Spirit enters into our spirit, no longer are we dead in sins, but in Christ. Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved.) Ephesians 2:5 The moment you trust Christ, you are of all sins. This clears the way for God to be able to place His Spirit in you and join His life to you. If you are saved, this means you have been regenerated and renewed by God s Spirit. Your spirit pulsates with divine life. You have something better than the Fountain of Youth. You have partaken of the Fountain of. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John 7:37-39
First, what does the word sanctification mean? for a sa- Webster s defines it as the act of setting cred purpose. The word sanctification is closely tied to the word. For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy Leviticus 11:44a Second, do I need sanctification? The very moment you trust Christ as your Savior, you are spiritually placed. The moment you call upon Jesus to save you, you are set apart or sanctified in Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:2, 30 If you have never been sanctified in Christ, this means that you are still in your sins. Third, how does sanctification impact my daily life? a sancti- God s will is for you to live out in your daily has made you in Christ. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 God s plan is for the sanctified believer to fied life. who He
If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master s use, and prepared unto every good work. 2 Timothy 2:21 Fourth, how do I live a sanctified life? Believe what God s Word says about you is true. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:11 Yield yourself to the life of Christ within. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. Romans 6:19 Your daily life now reflects your identity in Christ. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Romans 6:21-22 You have been sanctified in Christ so that you could, in turn, go out and a sanctified life.