Part 1 Salvation Series

RAPTURE READY

A THREE-PART SERIES

So, you have heard, we are living in the days of Noah, before the flood, you all know what happened, however I was to say something, Noah was a man of faith, yes, we all agree on that, he saved his family. Yet Job was a man of faith as well, yet his faith did not save his family. We hear the word Rapture, many do not believe, others joke about it, where do you stand on this?

If you bear with me, through the course of the next couple of months I will teach you about the rapture, the first part that we are going to look at is:

CHAPTER 1: SALVATION

Turn with me to Matthew 20: 1-16

“For the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning at dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard. 2 When he had agreed with the laborers for a [a]denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out about the third hour (9:00 a.m.) and saw others standing idle in the market place; 4 and he said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right (an appropriate wage).’ And they went. 5 He went out about the sixth hour (noon) and the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.), and did the same thing. 6 And about the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) he went out and found others standing around, and he said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day?’ 7 They answered him, ‘Because no one hired us.’ He told them, ‘You go into the vineyard also.’ 8 “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [to be hired] and ending with the first [to be hired].’ 9 Those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (5:00 p.m.) came and received a denarius each [a day’s wage]. 10 Now when the first [to be hired] came, they thought they would get more; but each of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they protested and grumbled at the owner of the estate, 12 saying, ‘These men who came last worked [only] one hour, and yet you have made them equal [in wages] to us who have carried [most of] the burden and [worked in] the scorching heat of the day.’ 13 But the owner of the estate replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? 14 Take what belongs to you and go, but I choose to give to this last man [hired] the same as I give to you. 15 Am I not lawfully permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? Or is your eye [b]envious because I am generous?’ 16 So those who are last [in this world] shall be first [in the world to come], and those who are first, last.”

This is speaking about God’s salvation that it is available to all, no matter when you start to believe.

Romans 8:1-4

So those who are believers in Christ Jesus can no longer be condemned. The standards of the Spirit, who gives life through Christ Jesus, have set you free from the standards of sin and death. It is impossible to do what God standards demands, because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature. Therefore, we, who do not live by our corrupt nature but by our spiritual nature, are able to meet God's standards.

The act of saving one from harm, physically, financially, emotionally, and mentally. There is only one way to Heaven and that is a personal relationship with the Lord, Jesus Christ. A matter of faith simply by looking to Jesus, real salvation is absolute and eternal deliverance from the dangers and penalties of sin. An eternal spiritual deliverance. Christ came to save everyone, but He saves only those who take Him. The Lord Jesus came to save sinners, He ministered to the needy. He rescues people from themselves, from the devil, from death. He has the power to vindicate (clear someone) of blame or suspicion, show or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.) the faithful, to judge sinners and completely save all of God’s children. He will renew all things while excluding the wicked from His everlasting salvation.

The way of salvation

It does not depend on obeying the laws and regulations of the Old Testament, it was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets. Now, the way to receive God's approval has been made plain in a way other than Moses' teachings. Moses' Teachings and the Prophets tell us this. God has always planned to save the world through Jesus and the entire Old Testament was a preparation for that climatic moment in salvation history. Jesus promises blessing and reward to those who live in accordance with God’s will.