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"Christ Alone!"
Contributed by Mike Hays on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Salvation has been secured for all who will believe by God’s finished work through Jesus. There is no work that we can ever add to God’s work to bring about our salvation.
What we need today are not more rules, more religion, or more regulations. What we need, what we desperately need is Christ alone. Lorenzo taught us a few weeks ago from Colossians and he quoted Paul -- "Christ in you is the hope of glory!" We can’t add anything to that glorious message!
Today, there are still plenty of folks who want to add something to God’s completed work of salvation. It may be Jesus and baptism, Jesus and communion, Jesus and the Book of Mormon, Jesus and giving your goods to the poor, or Jesus and acapella music. Regardless of what is added, the message of salvation is mangled! In Romans 10 Paul wrote,
9That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (Romans 10:9-10 NIV)
Paul did not write, "That if you confess with your mouth and attend church you will be saved." He didn’t say, "If you confess with your mouth and are baptized, then you will be saved." Salvation is to be received as a free gift from God. We can’t work for it, we can’t earn it -- we can only receive what God has already accomplished on our behalf through His Son Jesus.
We glory in Christ alone! We cling to Christ alone! We appeal to Christ alone! Christ alone is the hope of glory! Christ alone is our sufficiency! Christ alone can transform a broken human life and make something beautiful of the mess we have created. Christ alone can comfort a shattered heart and restore hope where hopeless once ruled the day! Christ alone can make a sinner a son or daughter! Christ alone can turn an addict into an advocate of the Gospel! Christ alone can set the prisoners free! Christ alone! Christ alone!
Have you surrendered your heart to Jesus Christ? Will you lay down all that you have tried to add to what Jesus has already accomplished and cling to Christ…alone? Won’t you receive Him this very morning?
Mike Hays
Britton Christian Church
922 NW 91st
Oklahoma City, OK. 73114
June 22, 2003
bccpreacherman@aol.com
