The Full Gospel Church
Vol. XII Number 12
Sunday April 13, 2008
Acts 4:12
12 Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be
saved.
Savior and Redeemer
Acts 4:7-12
7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked,
By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto
them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to
the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,
whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead,
even by him doth this man stand here before you
whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is
none other name under heaven given among men,
whereby we must be saved.
When Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross he
became our savior and our redeemer. Jesus paid
the price for all of our wicked sins and faults. Jesus
choose to be crucified! There is no power on this
earth that could have forced him to be condemned,
tortured, and executed unless he allowed it to
happen.
Jesus willingly was crucified so that we could be
saved!
Savior and Redeemer
I. Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday
II. Jesus performs many miracles and casts out the
money changers, upsetting the temple hierarchy
and priesthood.
A)This caused the Temple leadership to fear for their
position and authority.
B)They saw Jesus Christ as a threat to their
leadership.
III. The High Priest along with his legal council
conspire to execute Jesus Christ through the
Roman government.
A)This way they can say that the wicked Romans
crucified an innocent man.
B)This provided an escape if their collusion is
discovered.
C)They think that everything is covered when they
consult with Pontius Pilate.
IV. Jesus knows and tells his disciples about what is
going to happen in the near future during the Last
Supper.
V. Jesus willingly is captured, even healing a soldier's
ear that Peter cut off.
VI. Jesus even tells Pontius Pilate that the Temple
priests have the greater sin.
Behold the Man
Jesus our Lord
When Jesus willingly was crucified by a collusion
between the Jewish priesthood and the Roman
government, Jesus became our Lord and Savior.
As our savior Jesus showed his supreme love for
us by paying the price for our salvation on the
cross. By allowing the joint collusion to execute
him, he became savior of all. He became the savior
of both the Jews and the Gentiles by this wicked
collusion!
When we accept Jesus Christ as our savior, we
need to realize that we have a new life. Our old life
is passed away and everything is new. Instead of
Satan being our lord and master, Jesus Christ is
now our lord and master.
This means that our old man is crucified and we
are a changed person with new priorities and a new
purpose. We now willing follow Jesus Christ's
example by living righteously in Jesus Christ our
Lord!
Jesus our Lord
2 Corinthians 5:1-17
1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were
dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with
our house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened:
not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that
mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God,
who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are
at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from
the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may
be accepted of him.
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ;
that every one may receive the things done in his body,
according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made
manifest in your consciences.
12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give
you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have
somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and
not in heart.
13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or
whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus
judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not
henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for
them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh:
yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now
henceforth know we him no more.
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become
new.
Choosing Jesus Christ as our savior also means that we
choose to follow his divine precepts and judgments. Where
we used to live wickedly and unrighteously, now we have
chosen to live holy and righteously.
When we repent of our wicked sins, we are saying that we
have a new course and direction for our life. We have
chosen Jesus as our Lord and Master
Jesus our Lord
When you repent and ask Jesus to become a part of your life, you are
rejecting the way that you have previously lived and have chosen to
have a new life. The old self of pride, greed, lust, along with all of the
other sins is passed away for a new life.
Isn't it time to to seek the Lord and start on a new course of life?
Aren't you tired of the way that you are living? Aren't you tired of the
wicked desires that control your life? Don't you want to be free of
Satan's slavery and be your own self again?
Come to Jesus Christ today while there still is time. Repent and be
baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and
have a new life in Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ is the only way, the truth, and the life. Without Jesus
Christ, all you have is sin and degradation. You must decide whether
you want freedom or continue being a slave of Satan! Jesus is calling
you to repent today!
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