MAY 16

OUR PERSONAL PROMISES

Romans 8:1-2

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.”

Hebrews 2:3

“how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,”

Romans 1:16

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”

Romans 10:10

“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

Romans 13:11

“And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.”

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We will be reading from a book by Erwin Lutzer, President of Moody Bible Institute.  It’s a short book about Christ’s sacrifice for us.  It’s called simply, “For Us.”

Mark 14:41-46

“Then He came the third time and said to them, ‘Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough! The hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.  Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.’    And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, with a great multitude with swords and clubs, came from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.  Now His betrayer had given them a signal, saying, ‘Whomever I kiss, He is the One; seize Him and lead Him away safely.’   As soon as he had come, immediately he went up to Him and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi!’ and kissed Him.   Then they laid their hands on Him and took Him.”

It was the most spectacular sin in history, betraying the Messiah to a cruel death.  As we saw yesterday.  Judas responded with worldly sorrow that led to death, both physical and everlasting.  But could he have been forgiven if he’d taken his guilt to Jesus instead of to men?   The answer is a resounding., “Yes!”

Maybe there’s a sin in your own past you think is “too big to forgive.” Or maybe you’ve given up on someone you know as “too bad to save.”  But there’s no such thing, my friend. You can’t out-sin God’s grace.  Judas could have been saved through repentance.  That renegade you’re thinking of could someday meet you in heaven, and that sin on your own conscience – hand it over to Christ and He will take care of it.

There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  If you are in Christ today, that means you.  No condemnation.  None.    If you’re not saved, you can be free by making that decision now.

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