Peace to my brothers and sisters in God’s family! Amen
Let’s open the Bible to Isaiah chapter 45 verse 22 and read together: Look to me, all the ends of the earth, and you will be saved; for I am God, and there is no other.
Today we study, fellowship, and share "Salvation and Glory" No. 5 Speak and offer a prayer: Dear Abba Heavenly Father, our Lord Jesus Christ, thank you that the Holy Spirit is always with us! Amen. Thanks to the “virtuous woman” for sending workers through them The word of truth written in the hands and spoken → gives us the wisdom of the mystery of God that was hidden in the past, the word that God predestined for us to be saved and glorified before all eternity! Revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. Amen! Ask the Lord Jesus to continue to illuminate our spiritual eyes and open our minds to understand the Bible so that we can see and hear spiritual truth → understand that God predestined us to be saved and glorified before the creation of the world! It is to look to Christ for salvation; to be united with Christ for glory ! Amen.
The above prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanks, and blessings! I ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Amen
【1】Look to Christ for salvation
Isaiah Chapter 45 Verse 22 Look to me, all the ends of the earth, and you will be saved; for I am God, and there is no other.
(1) The Israelites in the Old Testament looked to the bronze serpent for salvation
The LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and put it on a pole; whoever is bitten will look at the serpent and he will live." So Moses made a bronze serpent and put it on a pole. The bronze serpent came to life. Numbers Chapter 21 Verses 8-9
ask: What does the “brazen serpent” represent?
answer: The bronze serpent typifies Christ who was cursed for our sins and was hung on a tree by sinners → He was hung on the tree and bore our sins personally, so that since we died on sins, we could die on righteousness. live. By his stripes you were healed. Reference--1 Peter Chapter 2 Verse 24
(2) Looking to Christ for salvation in the New Testament
John 3:14-15 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life (or translated: that whoever believes in him may have eternal life) → John 12 Chapter 32: If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to me. ” → John 8:28 Therefore Jesus said: “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, you will know that I am the Christ → Therefore I say to you, you will die in your sins.” If you do not believe that I am the Christ, you will die in your sins. ” John 8:24.
ask: What does Christ mean?
answer: Christ is the Savior means → Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, and the Savior of our lives! Jesus Christ saves us: 1 free from sin, 2 Freed from the law and its curse, 3 Escaped from Satan’s dark power in Hades, 4 free from judgment and death; 5 Christ’s resurrection from the dead has reborn us, giving us the status of children of God and eternal life! Amen → We must look to Christ and believe that Jesus Christ is the Savior and the Savior of our lives. The Lord Jesus says to us → Therefore I say to you, you will die in your sins. If you do not believe that I am the Christ, you will die in your sins. So, do you understand clearly? Reference--1 Peter Chapter 1 Verses 3-5
【2】Be united with Christ and be glorified
If we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection; Romans 6:5
(1) Be baptized into Christ
ask: How to be united with Christ in the likeness of his death?
answer: “Baptized into Christ” → Do you not know that those of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Reference--Romans Chapter 6 Verse 3
ask: What is the purpose of baptism?
answer: 1 that we may walk in newness of life → Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, in order that we may walk in newness of life, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father. Reference--Romans 6:4;
2 Crucified with Christ, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may be set free from sin→ If we have been united to him in the likeness of his death... knowing that our old self is crucified with him, in order that the body of sin may be destroyed, that we may no longer Servants of sin; for he who has died is freed from sin. Note: “Being baptized” means that we have been crucified with Christ. Do you understand this clearly? Reference--Romans 6:5-7;
3 Put on the new self, put on Christ → Be renewed in your mind and put on the new self, created in the image of God in true righteousness and holiness. Ephesians 4:23-24 → Therefore you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Galatians 3:26-27
(2) Union with Christ in the form of resurrection
ask: How to be united with Him in resurrection likeness?
answer: " Eat the Lord's Supper ” → Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. Reference - John 6:53-54 → What I preached to you that day I received it from the Lord. The Lord Jesus took bread on the night when he was betrayed, and after he had given thanks, he broke it and said: "This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me." After the meal, he also took the cup and said, "This cup is for me." This is what you shall do in remembrance of me, whenever you drink of the new covenant established in His blood. "Every time you eat this bread or drink this cup, you are professing the death of the Lord until he comes. Reference--1 Corinthians 11 verses 23-26
(3) Take up your cross and follow the Lord, Preach the gospel of the kingdom be glorified
So he called the crowd and his disciples to them and said to them, "If anyone wants to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Mark 8:34
ask: What is the “purpose” of taking up one’s cross and following Jesus?
answer: pass Speak of the cross of Christ and preach the gospel of the kingdom of heaven
1 "Believe" I was crucified with Christ, and it is no longer me who lives, but Christ "lives" for me → I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer me who lives, but Christ lives in me; And the life I now live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Reference--Galatians Chapter 2 Verse 20
2 "Faith" The body of sin is destroyed, and we are set free from sin → For we know that our old man was crucified with Him, so that the body of sin might be done away with, so that we should no longer be slaves to sin; for he who has died has been set free from sin. Romans 6:6-7
3 "Faith" frees us from the law and its curse → But since we died to the law that bound us, we are now free from the law, so that we can serve the Lord according to the spirit (spirit: or translated as the Holy Spirit) A new way, not according to the old way. Romans 7:6 → Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us; for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree "Galatians 3:13
4 “Faith” puts off the old man and his behaviors – refer to Colossians 3:9
5 "Faith" escapes the devil and Satan → Since the children share in the same body of flesh and blood, he himself also took on the same flesh and blood in order that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who have feared death all their lives. A person who is a slave. Hebrews 2:14-15
6 “Faith” escapes the power of darkness and Hades → He rescues us from the power of darkness and transfers us into the kingdom of his beloved Son; Colossians 1:13
7 "Faith" has escaped the world → I have given them your word. And the world hates them; because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. …as you have sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. Refer to John 17:14,18
8 " letter " I died with Christ and I will "believe" to be resurrected, reborn, saved, and have eternal life with Him, and inherit the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven! Amen . Refer to Romans 6:8 and 1 Peter 1:3-5
This is what the Lord Jesus said → Said: "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the gospel!" "The gospel of the kingdom of heaven" → For whoever wants to save his life (or translation: soul; part 2) Whoever loses his life for my sake and the sake of the gospel will lose it. What is the benefit to a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own life? What else can a man give in exchange for his life? Reference--Mark Chapter 8 Verses 35-37 and Chapter 1 Verse 15
Hymn: You are the King of Glory
OK! That’s all for today’s communication and sharing with you. Thank you Heavenly Father for giving us the glorious way. May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit always be with you all! Amen
2021.05.05
