~
Negatives Lost Through Salvation ~
Salvation is not a Reward
for the Righteous.
It is an available Gift
for those who understand their Guilt!
There are a number of negatives which we escape from through
salvation. “For if the word spoken
through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience
received a just reward, how shall we
escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken
by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him” (Hebrews 2:2-3).
The
Curse Of A Broken Law
~ “Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a
curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that
the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we
might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” (Galatians 3:13-14).
The
Consequences Of Sin
~ “If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:8-9).
The
Wrath To Come
~ “Wait for His Son from heaven,
whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus
who delivers us from the wrath to come” (1 Thessalonians 1:10).
The
Guilt Of Sin
~ “Now we know that whatever the
law says, it says to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be
stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh
will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God apart from
the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the
righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who
believe. For there is no difference; for
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to
demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over
the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His
righteousness, that He might be just and
the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus” (Rom 3:19-26).
The
Dominion Of Sin
~ “Do you not know that to whom
you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey,
whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God
be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart
that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. I speak in human terms because of the
weakness of your flesh. For just as you
presented your members as slaves of uncleanness, and of lawlessness leading to
more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves of righteousness for
holiness” (Romans 6:16-19).
The
Love Of Sin ~ Jesus said, “He who believes in Jesus is not
condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light
has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil. For everyone
practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds
should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light,
that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God” (John
3:18-21).
The
Power Of Darkness
~ “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:13-14).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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