1. Saved From Sin
Matthew 1:18-25; 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
INTRODUCTION:
- HOW he came: Came as a baby (Thank God He did! Baby, child, young adult, adult)
- Why He came? It’s in his name. → The lord saves ... emmanuel God with us
- He did not come for himself, but for us. Sin has passed from Adam
- REMOVED (Forgave to Remove = distance) Saved from Penalty, Power and Presence of sin “I cant live that Christian life”
-
Remove from the Penalty of Sin
Ezek 18:24 – But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
- SIN IS A PROBLEM/a cancer: It is just there is a penalty. NO FEAR, NO SHAME, are symptoms of spiritual death – Stigma “ WW2 Museum: From GI Joe to GI Jane: Christine Jorgensen’s Story Denmark”
-
Remove from the Power of Sin
Rom 5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
- David Wilkerson received a letter with no return address ... stolen from church for many years …”I CANNOT HELP IT”.
-
Removed from the Presence of Sin
John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. — I John 3:6,9 “Cannot Sin” – hath this hope purifieth himself v.3]
CONCLUSION (TESTIMONIES):
- You cant beat sin out.: Flagellants in .. holy week self whipping .. atoning for sin ... joining in suffering of Jesus
- Ignatius of Antioch (AD 110; ultimately martyred under Emperor Trajan) (The Ultimate healer not just of physical sickness but sin sickness.) For some are in the habit of carrying about the name [of Jesus Christ] in wicked guile, while yet they practise things unworthy of God, whom you must flee as you would wild beasts. For they are ravening dogs, who bite secretly, against whom you must be on your guard, inasmuch as they are men who can scarcely be cured. There is one Physician who is possessed both of flesh and spirit; both made and not made; God existing in flesh; true life in death; both of Mary and of God; first passible and then impassible (first capable of experiencing human emotion and then immune to change) — even Jesus Christ our Lord.