Who ever believes in Jesus the Christ will be saved!!! Out of God’s love Jesus came to us that through Him the world could be saved. God wants all of His creation to call on His name.
BELIEVE
How shall we escape so great a salvation if we reject that which was first spoken by the Lord Jesus. God showing both signs and wonders and gifts of the Holy Spirit revealed Himself to us in Christ Jesus.
Romans 10:13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
Acts 16:31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Signs were given to teach. Wonders were given to have an effect. Miracles and works were given to show the power of God and the deity of Christ Jesus.
Romans 10:13 For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
Jesus has now laid down His life for us to declare for all time, "It is finished" (John 19:30)! What a comfort to know that because of what Christ accomplished on the cross, when we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and eternally cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9).
Because of Jesus, believers today have no need to fear either the wrath or the anger of the Father. How reassuring to have the words of Romans 5:8-9 as our reality: "But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God." First5
In the words of Henri Nouwen, “It means a gradual process of coming home to where we belong and listening there to the voice, which desires our attention. Home is the place where that first love dwells and speaks gently to us.”
Life is very short, and we are no sooner here than it is time to depart again, and we should use to the full the time that we still have. We don't realize all the good we can do. A kind, encouraging word or helping hand can bring many a person through dark valleys in their lives. We weren't put here to make money or to acquire status or reputation. We were sent here to search for the light of Easter in our hearts, and when we find it we are meant to give it away generously. Sabbath Moments
Jesus said that peacemakers
would be known as the children of God.
Not the fear mongers.
Not the authoritarians.
Not the gatekeepers.
Not those who see their religion
as a war against the world.
He said, “blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God.”
Wherever there is peace being made
there are the children of God at work.
Rev. Benjamin Cremer
No one had more reason to feel the burden of guilt than did the apostle Paul. He was an ancient version of a terrorist, taking believers into custody and then spilling their blood. In addition, he was a legalist to the core. Before he knew Christ, Paul had spent a lifetime trying to save himself. But then came the Damascus road moment – Jesus appeared! Once Paul saw Jesus, he couldn’t see value in his résumé anymore. And he couldn’t see any option except to spend the rest of his life talking less about himself and more about Jesus.
He became the great poet of grace. “But all these things that I once thought very worthwhile—now I’ve thrown them all away so that I can put my trust and hope in Christ alone” (Philippians 3:7 TLB). Max Lucado
Acts 2:19-21
19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.’ The New King James Version
Though these descriptions originally referred to the exodus plagues, this language was also used by the prophets to describe signs of God’s coming judgment. Faithlife Study Bible
Peter began his sermon by quoting Joel 2:28–32 from the Greek translation of the OT. In that passage, God had promised that there would be a time when all those who followed Him would receive His Spirit, and not just prophets, kings, and priests. Peter pointed out that that time had come to pass.
God would speak to and through all those who would come to Him, whether in visions, dreams, or prophecy. This was the beginning of the last days. God’s final act of salvation began with the pouring out of His Spirit. This final act of deliverance will continue to the end of this age. The NKJV Study Bible
Though Peter was filled with the Holy Ghost, and spake with tongues as the Spirit gave him utterance, yet he did not think to set aside the Scriptures. Christ’s scholars never learn above their Bible; and the Spirit is given, not to do away the Scriptures, but to enable us to understand, approve, and obey them. Assuredly none will escape the condemnation of the great day, except those who call upon the name of the Lord, in and through his Son Jesus Christ, as the Saviour of sinners, and the Judge of all mankind. Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Joel 2:28–32
“And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days…
1 Thessalonians 5:2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
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