https://birminghamchurch.org.uk - Lesson by Roger Frimpong. God is love and God is holy. When a loving God meets sinful humans this love becomes grace. When a holy God meets sinful humans it becomes wrath. God saves us from his holy wrath through Jesus Christ.
3. Salvation is Vital
Jeremiah 8:20 ...The harvest is past, the summer
has ended, and we are not saved.
John 3:16 ...For God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternalbelieves in him shall not perish but have eternal
life.
John 12:47 ...For I did not come to judge the
world, but to save the world.
2 Peter 3:9 ...Instead he is patient with you, not
wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to
come to repentance.
4. Therefore...
Matthew 28:19 ... Therefore go and make
disciples of all nations, baptising them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.
Mark 16:15-16 ...Go into all the world andMark 16:15-16 ...Go into all the world and
preach the gospel to all creation. Whoever
believes and is baptised will be saved, but
whoever does not believe will be condemned..
Acts 1:8 ... you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem,
and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends
of the earth. ...Example – Philip in Acts 8
5. What is to be said? What is to be heard?
GOD
(His Nature/Attributes)
GOD IS LOVE
“God is love” (1John4:8)
GOD IS HOLY
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty”
(Isa6:3;Rev 4:8)
All together, we may define God’s love as:
“His self-giving affection for His image-
bearing creatures, and His unselfish
concern for their well-being, that leads
Him to act on their behalf and for their
happiness and welfare”
(Isa6:3;Rev 4:8)
“Be holy, because I am holy.” (1Peter 1:16)
GOD’S HOLINESS is revealed through His
laws:
HEART CODE
MOSAIC CODE
NEW COVENANT CODE
6. What is to be said? What is to be heard?
HOLY GOD meets SINFUL HUMANS
How Does God’s Love Reacts To Sin?
Love becomes Grace!!!
How Does God’s Holiness Reacts To Sin?
Holiness becomes Wrath!!!
7. What is to be said? What is to be heard?
THE GOOD NEWS
How Does God’s Love Reacts To Sin?
Love becomes Grace!!!
How Does God’s Holiness Reacts To Sin?
Holiness becomes Wrath!!!
8. What is to be said? What is to be heard?
THE GOOD NEWS
Resolving the Tension between
God’s Loving nature and God’s Holy nature
The true solution is found in the unique reality that lies at the
heart of Christianity and separates it from all the religions and
philosophies of the world:philosophies of the world:
Moved by His love towards sinners, God Himself became
incarnate (in person, in the flesh) in Jesus of Nazareth for the
very purpose of becoming the object of His own wrath
deserved by sinners, in the place of sinners, so that He could
save sinners and still be true to His holy nature.
There is no deeper truth in the universe than this. (WTBSAG pg42)
9. What is to be said? What is to be heard?
THE GOOD NEWS
How Does God’s Love Reacts To Sin?
Love becomes Grace!!!
How Does God’s Holiness Reacts To Sin?
Holiness becomes Wrath!!!
10. What is to be obeyed? Which commands?
THE GOSPEL COMMANDS
Romans 10:16 But not all the Israelites accepted
the good news.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 He will punish those who do
not know God and do not obey the gospel ofnot know God and do not obey the gospel of
our Lord Jesus.
1 Peter 4:17 For it is time for judgment to begin
with God’s household; and if it begins with us,
what will the outcome be for those who do not
obey the gospel of God?
11. What is to be obeyed? Which commands?
THE GOSPEL COMMANDS (the FACTS)
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Now, brothers and sisters, I
want to remind you of the gospel I preached to
you, which you received and on which you have
taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, iftaken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if
you hold firmly to the word I preached to you.
Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I
received I passed on to you as of first importance:
that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was
raised on the third day according to the Scriptures
12. What is to be obeyed? Which commands?
THE GOSPEL COMMANDS
(the clue is in the answers to these questions)
Acts 2:36-37 ‘Therefore let all Israel be assured of
this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified,
both Lord and Messiah.’ 37 When the peopleboth Lord and Messiah.’ 37 When the people
heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to
Peter and the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall
we do?’
Acts 16:30 He then brought them out and
asked, ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’
13. What is to be obeyed? Which commands?
THE GOSPEL COMMANDS (this includes)
BELIEVING ON JESUS
John 3:16; Acts 16:31
REPENTING OF SIN
Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38
CONFESSING JESUS AS LORD
Romans 10:9-10
BAPTISM (BEING IMMERSED) INTO CHRIST
Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16
14. What is to say?; What is to obey?
SALVATION – THE GOSPEL OBEDIENCE
Romans 3:23-24 23 for all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by
his grace through the redemption that came by
Christ Jesus.Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 2:5,8 5 made us alive with Christ even
when we were dead in transgressions—it is by
grace you have been saved. 8 For it is by grace you
have been saved, through faith—and this is not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works,
so that no one can boast.
15. What is to say?; What is to obey?
SALVATION – THE GOSPEL OBEDIENCE
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