WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE GOSPEL?

This is a great read …

What’s Wrong With The Gospel?

THE BLOOD ATONEMENT …

The Lord said “… when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you … (Exodus 12:13)

Multitudes think they will go to heaven because they are a “good person” or a “moral person” but the bible declares that there are none who are righteous.

Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

So how is a person saved?

Ephesians 2:8,9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Romans 3:24, 25 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (mercy seat) through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Romans 5:8,9 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

ATONEMENT:

03722. kaphar, kaw-far’

a primitive root; to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel:– appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).

Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary

In the Old Testament … the Passover sacrifice was a type and shadow of Jesus Christ, the true Lamb of God. The Passover lamb was slain, and the children of Israel were told to put the blood of the lamb on the door posts of their homes. The Lord said … “when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you …”

Exodus 12:12-13 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.

ATONEMENT:

2643. katallage, kat-al-lag-ay’

from 2644; exchange (figuratively, adjustment), i.e. restoration to (the divine) favor:–atonement, reconciliation(-ing).

Strong’s Greek Dictionary

In the New Testament … Jesus Christ is declared to be “the Lamb of God” “by whom we have now received the atonement.”

John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

Romans 5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

See also . . .

Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

Ephesians 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Colossians 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,

Hebrews 13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Hebrews 13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, {covenant: or, testament}

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

ATONEMENT:

1. Satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury; amends.

2. Theology. the doctrine concerning the reconciliation of God and humankind, esp. as accomplished through the life, suffering, and death of Christ.

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THE GRAVES …

A very poignant and evangelistic poem …

THE GRAVES

(by Elizabeth Burke, 2004, printed with permission)

One cloudy restless Sabbath Day,

I went in search of where he lay.

So pensively I picked my way,

Past ancient headstones and decay.

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Celtic crosses in the mist,

Coloured gravestones, raindrop-kissed,

Crying curlew overhead,

Wooden crosses, unknown dead.

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The old, the young, the rich, the poor,

A child, a babe…. a grief to endure;

A nobleman, a pauper, a puritan, a thief:

Death knows no boundary, and nor doth grief.

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Who were these within their day,

Whose bodies now lie clothed in clay?

Were they told, or did they see

That Jesus died all souls to free?

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And then I thought on the living-dead,

For whom His precious blood was shed,

And how I wished that they could be

Joyful, saved, from sin set free.

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Oh, how I longed to talk with him,

Before the flickering light grew dim,

But hope had drowned in the Great Forever,

Where land and riches matter never.

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So, brother, sister we must go –

Tell loved-one, neighbour, friend and foe,

For how can we so silent be…

If we love the Author of Eternity?

by Elizabeth Burke (used with permission)

Matthew 10:32-33 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

 

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT …

Galatians 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, …

FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

Longsuffering in all our trials,

When they last for a long long while,

For the fruit of the Spirit is love.

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In God’s strength we go along,

Hear in the night a sweet sweet song,

For the fruit of the Spirit is love.

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Desiring to shield from harm,

We keep on sounding the alarm,

For the fruit of the Spirit is love.

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Often so misunderstood,

We keep on striving for the good,

For the fruit of the Spirit is love.

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Christ indeed is our best friend,

Love that endures until the end,

For the fruit of the Spirit is love.

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Speaking truth, the hour is late,

Time is short and the need is great,

For the fruit of the Spirit is love.

by Cathy White – 2010

Ephesians 4:15  But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: