Preacher’s Pen Sunday, June 18, 2006 God’s Solution “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”, (Acts 4:12) This morning we continue with lesson #5 in a series I have called, “Finding The Right Church”. Installment #1 had 3 lessons regarding church History, wherein we studied and determined our source of religious authority to be exclusively the Bible. We noticed the history of mankind’s thousands of churches and also observed that scripture has declared Christ built only one Church. Last week we studied “Mankind’s Problem” as expressed by scripture to be sin; the result of which is death – eternal separation from God into a place the Bible calls hell. This morning, we will study, “God’s Solution”. While most assuredly there are far more aspects about God’s solution for our problem than one 30 minute sermon can address, we will seek in this one lesson to understand the concept of salvation by God’s Grace. This lesson will be followed by looking at every example of such conversion as recorded in the Bible. There are some very clear and (perhaps for some of us) some very startling conclusions that can then be drawn. This should help us all have an even better understanding of how God established his will and covenant with humanity. This should help us all understand even better, why it is so necessary to understand and obey His commands. As Scripture has declared that Jehovah God recognizes that His Son has but one Body, we must accept that in order to enjoy the promised good things of eternity. Yes, God desires to be merciful. God also will not go back on His word. He will save those who obey – and condemn all others. So, do you accept God’s solution? In Christian Love and Service, Lyndal