So, does the preacher ever get around to discussing Redemption and Salvation?
“So, does the preacher ever get around to discussing Redemption and Salvation?”
From the sermon a week ago at church I attend (was sick yesterday):
“The most difficult of God’s plans is one that put His love to an excruciating test: approving the sacrificial mutilation of the Son of God as the only remedy that could save any of the human race from everlasting destruction!
How long did God wait to approve this plan after our first ancestors, Adam and Eve, rebelled against God’s perfect love toward them and His magnificent plans for them? Our Creator knew His Son’s perfect sacrifice would be necessary to save us from everlasting ruin, even before He created our world, as I Peter 1:18-20 (NCV) discloses:
“You know that in the past you were living in a worthless way, a way passed down from the people who lived before you. But you were saved from that useless life. You were bought, not with something that ruins like gold or silver, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, who was like a pure and perfect lamb. 20 Christ was chosen before the world was made, but He was shown to the world in these last times for your sake.”
The Apostles preached about sin, salvation, and the cost it took to redeem and save us. Changing that to, “We want to help you become a better you” - which seems to be the message in this article - may draw the people in, but does it SAVE them? Can the Gospel be preached without discussing repenting, or even without pointing out what one needs to turn away FROM?