What to do
This is our privilege. People will never know what to do to be saved until they know what Jesus did to get them saved. I have said this over and over, we must get across that the Lord Jesus suffered and died for our sins, paid the debt in full. I say suffered for 1 Peter
3:18 brings more conviction "For Christ has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but quickened (raised) by the Spirit."
This was a great miracle
Over 40 years ago when I was on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute, Celeste and I went on visitation for our church one night. It was 5 degrees below zero, and I was a Florida sunshine boy. Through very unusual circumstances, to long to tell, we went to our service station owners house, he was at work. His wife invited us in out of the terrible cold.
We talked for a few minutes and I found she was not saved. I shared the gospel and quoted, "Christ has once suffered for sins". Barbara burst into tears. I finished telling her how the Lord Jesus died for our sins, paid our debt in full, rose again and was seen by hundreds of people. Gladly she prayed to receive the Lord Jesus as her savior.
Then she said, "I knew you were coming tonight." I said "What do you mean". "I have prayed all day God would send someone to night to tell me how to be saved" and she got a double dose of salvation. She later told my wife she had been so miserable that she threw a plate against the wall and it broke into pieces. Later her husband, his brother and wife got saved and have gone on with the Lord all these years. GOD DID THAT FROM BEGINNING TO END.
He suffered for our sins
We are all so used to seeing death on TV and in movies we are almost immuned to death. Every Christian ought to think every day how the Lord Jesus suffered for our sins. He took all the physical suffering and "opened not His mouth", but when God "laid on him the iniquity of us all" He cried out, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me" and at that moment He was separated from God and paid the full price for our sins. WHAT A SAVIOR. Soak all of this in and share it with every person you can and see God do the same convicting. It is absolutely eternal ecstasy. You will become captivated by it and can't help but share the gospel. You are loved by God and me, ABC Sumner
"I have learned SO MUCH from the Holy Spirit through you. I am so very grateful. You are doing such a terrific job." YOU KNOW, "To God be the glory" He does it all.
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