The Gospel

Quotations

By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life; and others foreordained to everlasting death.
The Westminster Confession of Faith, Ch. III:3

Those of mankind who are predestined unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love, without any other thing in the creature as a condition or cause moving Him thereunto.
The Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689, III:5

Jonathan Edwards

The enjoyment of [God] is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God, is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husband, wives, or children, or the company of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun. These are but streams. But God is the ocean.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Thr Romans Road To Glory

Evangelism! A command from Jesus: Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

For many Christians evangelism is not even a remote priority and for some they face the problem of how to witness to a nonbeliever. Sharing the Gospel is always difficult because it is offensive to spiritually death people because they supress the truth (Romans 1:18). So to awaken the dead we need to penetrate their hearts with the Word of God so the Holy Spirit can regenerate his or her heart to repentance. We need to understand we do not possess the power to save anyone, only God alone has the power to save and He has already chosen those to be saved before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:3-4) but God uses evangelism as a means to use us as an instrument in His redemptive plan. Here are a few verses we can use to start witnessing to the lost. It is called the Romans Road because all the passages you use to witness is in the Book of Romans.

Romans 3:23
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 6:23
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:8
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 10:13
13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

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