Ramesh C. Reddy
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Hi everyone J
Grace to you and blessings from the Lord Jesus Christ who for your sake went to the cross. It is the law that shows us our sin and it is Christ that shows us grace! Amen!
If you are reading this message, I want you to know this message is from the archives of Wednesday, Nov 11, 1998 sent on 2:24 pm to different people. It was a message the Lord Jesus put upon my heart that day after having my Quiet Times.
I was reminded of this message once again 5 years later when Pastor Thinagar Sitther gave a sermon on the Great Commission on Sun, June 01, 2003 at the Asian Indian Christian Church of Pittsburgh.
Before I present that message, I believe the Great Commission is given to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For people to want the Gospel they need to believe they are in need of it and it is not an option. When they want the Gospel then they will be ready for discipleship, baptism, and obedience for the glory of Christ. Our job is to obey the Great Commission and let the Lord handle the results.
The Great Commission:
He told His disciples, "I have been given all authority in
heaven and earth. Therefore go and make disciples in all the nations, baptizing
them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and then
teach these news disciples to obey all the commands I have given you; and be
sure of this-that I am with you always, even to the end of the world." (Matthew
28:18-20)
The law is there to expose our sins and bring them to surface by stripping us of our self-righteousness.
Our self-righteousness is there to make us proud of our own good works.
Our own good works are there to make us think we will be accepted by God just because our good works are accepted by others.
Others are there who cannot be compared to God.
God is there to make us know He does not go by others standards.
Standards are there to show that our good works will never be able to keep the Ten Commandments.
The Ten Commandments are there to show us we do violate them and we will face judgment.
Judgment is there to show us that the holiness of God will not allow sin to enter His presence.
His presence is there that will not tolerate the slightest sin.
Sin is there because man disobeyed God which resulted in the fall of man.
Man is there, who without God in his life gives allegiance to Satan.
Satan is there to separate us from God, so when we die Satan can have us in Hell.
Hell is there to imprison us eternally, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth, when we rebel against God and his ways.
His ways are there that show us that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God because we have taken the wrong path.
The wrong path is there pointing to methods that make people think they can reach God by their own self-reliance.
Self-reliance is there that points to self.
Self is there working things its own way giving sin the opportunity to give its wages.
Wages are there to give spiritual death that can only be prevented with an antidote.
Antidote is there because God so loved us so much, even in our sins, that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Everlasting life is there because the antidote was given for each of us to wash away our sinful disease.
Sinful disease is there until we accept the cure.
The cure is there because of the cross.
The cross is there because that was the only way for the antidote to be made.
Antidote to be made was there because Jesus loved us so much that, while we were yet sinners, He shed His blood to cleanse us from sin and make us have good spiritual health.
Good spiritual health is there only when we freely accept the antidote, Christ's cleansing blood.
Christ's cleansing blood is there to cure us only when we come to grips that we have this sinister disease and confess all the symptoms of this disease called sin and ask for the cure by believing in Jesus, our Lord and Personal Savior.
Jesus, our Lord and Personal Savior is there for us to accept Him because after shedding His blood and dying for us, God brought Him back to life on the third day and He sits at the right Hand of God, the Father interceding on our behalf in a wonderful place called Heaven.
Heaven is there so that God can receive us when we leave this earth because through what Jesus did for us, God sees in us the righteousness of Christ.
The righteousness of Christ is there to cover our sins with his precious blood crucifying our sin to the cross and making us live a life worthy of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Gospel of Jesus Christ is there to show us that we are not saved by works so let no man boast, but by Jesus Christ who has given us the free gift of grace.
Free gift of grace is there to show us that we cannot reach God by our own works but God reaches out to us through the perfect work accomplished by Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Son of God is there to tell us that no man cometh to the Father except through Him because He alone is the Life, the Way, and the Truth.
The Truth is out there pointing the only one way to Heaven, with no other way.
No other way is there to Heaven because Jesus is the only one who can give us access to God.
Access to God is there only when we have Jesus in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is there because when Jesus died and ascended to Heaven, He sent His Spirit.
His Spirit is there to live in us and work in us helping us follow His Word.
His Word is there to make us wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus who diligently Himself, followed all Scripture.
All Scripture is there which is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Every good work is there now because of our faith in Christ that produce the good deeds.
Good deeds are there because when we believe in Jesus we will do what He asks us to do not by might, nor by power but by the Spirit of the Lord.
Spirit of the Lord is there to instruct us and guide us along the best pathway of life advising us and watching our progress.
I hope this message has touched each of your lives as it has mine when God put it in my heart. I hope this message will help you give the Gospel in a non-threathening way to your pre-Christian friends.
God desires that none should perish but that all come to repentance. I know God can save our loved ones in according to His way and His will.
This is important to realize because these days the message of the Gospel has been watered down in many places.
I do not know about you but I have heard tons of times when the Gospel of Jesus Christ is sugar-coated to make it sound like what people want to hear than what they should hear.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not about 'Come to Jesus and everything will be ok in your life no matter what suffering you are going through' but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is about the reality of Heaven and Hell.
We should make people realize they cannot ever keep the law how much they try, they are diseased with sin that only Christ can cure them to have entrance to be in the presence of God Almighty and escape the fires of Hell, that Satan desires for them.
Unfortunately, many have tried to get converts to Jesus by addressing life's issues that they struggle with. They come to Christ hoping to overcome their struggles and many do, but many have never understood that there is a cost to follow Jesus. It won't be a peachy road. When things fall apart, about 80% of converts fall away. Why is that? Because most of them did not come to Jesus so that one day they can live with Him in Heaven as Jesus helps them overcome their sin disease. They have come to escape their problems and when that does not happen, they give up on the Lord. The Lord never promises that when we come to Him our life will be peachy without any turmoil. If anything suffering, trials, and tribulations are emphasized and also what Christ will give us when we meet Him face to face is promised as encouragement.
Now that itself is reason for joy. I am not saying that Jesus does not send healing, peace, love,and joy into people's lives. Many people have experienced that including myself but I have also experienced the dark side of suffering. Through all this Christ can give us the endurance and strength to bear it and He will walk by our side.
We should come to Jesus because we realize we are with sin and only He can deliver us rather than coming to Jesus because of what we can get in this life.
This life passes away with everything in it but those in Christ who endure to the end shall be saved.
God's Omnipotent Salvation Provides Eternal Life! (G.O.S.P.E.L)
Prayer:
Dear God you have revealed to us your law and we have not been able to keep your
law. We have broken your commandments everyday and because of that sin has
engulfed us. Since sin has engulfed us we cannot come into your presence because
you are a Holy God. We have done so many good works and yet you have rejected
us. We have missed the mark because 99.9% good works and 00.1% sin can keep us
from your presence. We are diseased with sin and have no escape on our own. We
ask you God for help. Help us Oh God of our Salvation for the glory of your Name
and deliver us and provide atonement for our sins for your Name's sake, for your
Name's sake. Thank you God that you have provided us atonement through the
sacrificial death of Jesus who paid the penalty for our sins that we may not
have to face hell when we confess our sins to you and accept the antidote you
provide for us. We take this antidote and acknowledge Jesus as our Lord and
Personal Savior who died for us and was brought back to life to give us
Salvation and Eternal life. We thank you that we can be with you in Heaven when
we die and you will work in us through the power of the Holy Spirit hear on
earth. Thank you so much. We give our lives to thee as we are and ask thee to
give us strength and endurance to bear through the tough times that come our
way. Thank you so much Father God! Thank you for hearing us and answering us.
Thank you we belong to you. In the Name of your Son, Jesus Christ we pray! Amen!
Love in Christ,
Ramesh
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