You see at the cross we have God
dealing with sin.
He's not dealing with a man who is
a sinner at the cross He's dealing with
one who is altogether lovely in his sight
One who is altogether pleasing to the Father
But yet there the Savior is and there
God is dealing with sin And what's taking
place at the cross is according to the
prophet Isaiah this that he would but he
was wounded for our transgressions He was crushed
for our iniquities the chastisement for our peace
was upon him and with his stripe we
are healed All we like sheep have gone
astray.
We've all sinned We have turned everyone to
his own way.
We were born in sin.
We've gone our own way But the Lord
hath laid on him the iniquity of us
all and There at the cross of Calvary
friend God dealt with the sin of mankind
He dealt with my sin there, you know,
I didn't always know that I Always wondered
what it would be like to be saved.
I always wondered what it what would take
place if I ever got saved But the
night that God saved me I saw this
for the first time that when Christ died
upon the cross He died for my sin
I Was sitting there in the in the
bedroom on the old farmhouse.
I was laying there and I was reading
a track Not by works of righteousness, which
we have done But according to his mercy
he saved us and I could understand the
first part not by works of righteousness It's
not by living a good life.
It's not by doing right things But it's
according to God's mercy and I could understand
that But the last part said he saved
us and that word saved was in past
tense But I wasn't saved so how could
he have saved me The question coming to
my mind what could God have ever done
to save my soul And it was plain
as day that night for the first time
in my life.
That's that's what's took place at Calvary Christ
died for my sin Christ bore my sin
in his own body on the tree and
that work has been finished for nearly 2
,000 years It's all been done in the
past My friend what could God ever do
with your sin?
You see God knows how to deal with
sin and God knows how to save a
soul Salvation by the way is of the
Lord It's not by the will of man.
It's not by flesh.
It is not by blood.
It is salvation is of the Lord and
what took place at Calvary is what Christ
has satisfied God's righteous claims concerning man's sin
and The death penalty penalty that was required
for our sin was was meted out upon
the Lord Jesus And he not only suffered
for our sin, but he died for our
sin and God knows how to save a
soul My friend Murray Taught me some time
ago.
He said sometimes when we preach the gospel
we put the spotlight on the sinner, and
that's good but sometimes we leave it there
and Sometimes we need to put it on
the the life ring the the self the
device that you need to throw them to
be saved from drowning a Drowning sinner in
the ocean doesn't need the spotlight on him
he needs a spotlight on the life ring
that's been thrown right beside him and God
knows how to save a soul and what
God has accomplished in the Lord Jesus has
accomplished through the death of the cross is
enough my friend for you to be saved
tonight It's enough The blood has been shed
The debt and the price tag has been
paid and for what you need today is
a substitute Someone who can take your place
someone who has taken your place someone who
could die for your sin Because God knows
how to save a soul Are you saved
tonight?
When were you saved How were you saved
where were you saved When did you come
to know for the first time That what
took place at the cross was just for
you just for you God knows how to
deal with sin friend and sin is the
problem and God has dealt with the problem
of sin at the place called Calvary so
that you can be freely and fully forgiven
and have everlasting life and Know the Lord
Jesus Christ is your own Savior The one
not who not only loved you But he
gave himself that you could know forgiveness and
be saved even this very night