EPISODE 793 – THE CLIMAX OF SALVATION 1
Apostle Benjamin Nana Amissah AnsahCHRIST COMMONWEALTH-COMMUNITY
The Love-Life Agency
THE CLIMAX OF SALVATION 1
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.”
1 Thessalonians 9-10 (KJV)
The hope of Salvation from slavery of corruption and the coming destruction is not rooted in the self-effort of the believer but in the finished work of Jesus through His death.
From the opening verse, you can see that Paul the apostle didn’t want the saints to assume that the Salvation they have and that which they shall experience is dependent on their self-efforts.
There are some who preach that, though we are saved (to become born again or new creation in Christ) through the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, at His coming, He will judge each man by their own works. And the saved shall lose their Salvation.
They base their argument on:
“Behold, I am coming quickly!
I bring my reward with me
to repay everyone according to their works.” Revelaion 22:11 (TPT)
The believer will be judged on the grounds of the works of Christ. The reward is according to the works of your faith in Christ. The Lord’s judgment for the believer will be according to the works of faith. It is not a judgment unto condemnation (Romans 8:11). It is not a judgment according to the works of the flesh.
The salvation which we have in Christ is eternal.
“I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me” John 10:28 (NLT)
The salvation which we have in Christ is eternal because the value of the sacrifice which our Lord Jesus made is eternal.
And that is why Paul the apostle has to remind the saints that the Salvation which we are appointed to obtain is not by our Lord Jesus, who DIED for us.
The basis of your salvation is Christ’s death, not your own works
Sometimes when believers talk about the death of our Lord Jesus, we water down the torture. Anyone who understands the crucifixion of Jesus will understand that His death was a cruel and severe death of agony. It was a painful death that no natural person can sustain for even an hour. But Jesus did that for many more hours. He was nailed to the cross for approximately 6 hours and was scourged hours before His crucifixion. And definitely took some hours before He got to Golgotha.
Yet the Lord endured these moments of torture.
There was no way any human strength would be enough for such torture. Though it was rare for people to go through such a high degree of torture, people who are scourged in such a manner become unconscious and sometimes die. They never even make it to the crucifixion. But Jesus, with you on His mind, remained conscious and survived it to the crucifixion.
The people in the first century understood what it meant to be scourged and crucified. They didn’t need any further explanation for such a horrific ordeal.
Through several laws of human rights, such torture has been stopped. And after many centuries, we have lost the true picture of what Jesus went through.
This was so terrible and shameful that the Romans didn’t even allow their most deadly criminals to go through such torture.
But Jesus had to go through it. He could have stopped Himself but kept the situation under control because of His love for you.
Jesus could have ordered thousands of angels to defend Him. He said to Peter:
“Don’t you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly?” Matthew 26:53 (NLT).
This touched my heart!
Why did Jesus make the choice not to defend Himself?
He was ready to suffer for the penalty of your sins. This was an eternal sacrifice that will bring those who will believe in Him into eternal salvation.
Always remember this, you are appointed to obtain eternal salvation because our Lord Jesus DIED for your offenses and was raised for your JUSTIFICATION!
Hallelujah!
2 YEARS PLAN
Exodus 35
The salvation I have received is eternal. What a glorious news. Thank you Lord Jesus
Thank you Jesus. Crucifixion is one of the bloodiest and painful death in the History of man. Thank you Jesus for my seek you looked to the cross.
Thank you Jesus
The salvation which I have received in Christ is eternal
He appears for my salvation
He has lavished His love for me
I walk in the consciousness of the victory which I have obtained through the death and resurrection of Christ
The salvation which I have in Christ is eternal.
Ooh Gloreyyyyy
I walk daily in the consciousness of the of the victory which Christ has obtained for me through his death and resurrection. Thank you Lord for your love demonstrated towards me through you death
I have now understood love. It’s so intentional. Nobody killed Jesus. He gave himself up. I can’t flex this God
I’m humbled.
[…] As I mentioned in the previous episode, the matter of the death of our Lord Jesus and the method or process by which His crucifixion was executed was horrific. […]
Jesus had to endure all these pain and tremor then some ignorant religious groups say he never died but was exchanged and taken away
but they are not to be blamed because of the message the priest and teachers of the law passed on to the people about what happened to Jesus that is why if the Holy spirit didnt come as a witness Jesus would also have been history because there will be no proof and evidence of his existence if he didn’t indwell us by the Spirit
He would have just been a memorable leader who just came to inspire men
BUT NO MY JESUS LIVES AND HE LIVES IN BELIEVERS
HE IS MORE CLOSER TO ME THAN MY SKIN
Oh glorrreyyy to Jesus
Oh glorrreyyy to Jesus.
Im humble
Oh LORD Jesus!
My LORD loves me enough to endure torture for my salvation.
Blessed be the name of Jesus!
He was scorged..bruised for my salvation.
Greater love has no man.
I walk daily in the consciousness of the victory which Christ has obtained for me through His death and ressurrection.
I praise JESUS always!
The salvation which I have in Christ is eternal.
Thank you Lord for your love demonstrated towards me through your death
The salvation which I have in Christ is eternal.
Thank you Lord for your love demonstrated towards me through your death
For God has not appointed us to wrath but to obtain salvation through Jesus Christ, who died for us that whether we should wake or sleep, we should be with Him. For God so Loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For He that sanctifies and they that are sanctified are all of one wherefore He are not shamed to call us brothers and sister. And Christ died for us, the just for the unjust. To make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Jesus suffered and no Jesus film can ever depict the true picture of how our Lord was scourged for me.
I wont water it down.
The put a crown of thorns on Him and closed His eyes
The hit his head with the crown on it and said prophet tell us who hit you.
The whipped Him with the cat of nine tails while naked and exposed exposed his internal organs
He was made to carry a heavy cross to Golgotha
The spat on Him and mocked Him
He could have stopped all of it, yet He endured.
Satan wanted to kill him and He used the Law, He didnt know He was making the captain of my salvation perfect through suffering.
Oh Glory!
I Speak the Rhema of God in heart always!
I choose to speak the Rhema of God in heart always!!
Thank you Jesus!!!