25. The love with which God loves is fit for the most
extreme case. It is the power of Christ
and the Spirit’s power. Sin is no
barrier because God forgives all kinds of men their sins who come to Him with
their whole hearts and ask for forgiveness through the blood of Jesus which
cleanses from all defilement. The blood
of Christ can take away every possible sin in anyway whatsoever. We shall be made as wool and washed whiter than
snow. Does man’s hard-heartedness stand
in the way of God’s grace? We ought not
to limit God’s favor among men. There is
nothing too hard for the Holy One of Israel.
Unbelief is not a bar because God the Spirit can make the unbelieving
believe! We must believe because this is
the answer Paul gives to the jailor who asked, “What must I do to be
saved?” Man is not that master over God
but God is the master over man. There is
nothing stopping God to make the blackest and foulest of people saints. No one can stay His hand. If necessary He can work against man and
above man to save souls. In Arab lands
people have reported Jesus in their dreams.
He summons them to believe. There is omnipotent love which no human
hand or demonic foe can stop. The means
is the blood of Christ for cleansing and it has the power to take away sin as
far as the east is from the west. The
Spirit has the power to renew the inner man.
Again, there is nothing in man that can conquer divine and sacred love.
26. The practical understanding of this is that the mercy
gate is wide open for sinners. God can forgive if he comes to Him on His terms. I
mean to say that God saves the worst of sinners and he can save that man as
well. He is able to save any who come to Him with a contrite heart. There is no bar for God’s love to man. God does not love us because of something
good in us. If God wills it He cannot
stop loving you. Come just as you are
and rid your soul of the darkness, because His blood can cleanse the foulest
rebel. The Lamb of God is able to forgive
and cleanse the evilest of sinners.
27. If you can trust the love of God in Christ Jesus, there
is no doubt that you are saved. All your
past is blotted out and forgotten and forgiven if you trust Christ. He casts our sin in the depths of the sea and
forgives us as far as the east is from the west. If we hear this sermon this morning, we would
dance for joy because Jesus forgives people.
It is my joy to preach this sermon because it is the opening for the
prisoner to be set free. Jesus did not
die so righteous people can be born again but He died for sinners. He gives us
His unified righteousness and gives us a new heart. Born
again righteous! The doctrine of
righteousness shook Rome to her
knees. It is in this doctrine that
sinner’s prosper unto holiness under Christ.
None but the sick see the value in the medicine. The Spirit of God convicts sin and makes us
willing to believe. He will convince us
of our deadness in sin. I believe when I
first was under construction by the Spirit of God, He showed me my deadness in
sin. I could sense it and feel it. I had no ability to believe because I was
totally unable. But God gives us the
medicine of His grace to make us whole.
28. There are people in this world that are lost and have no
hope, but Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost. If you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, you
are saved. We ought to come as we
are. God will accept you as you
are. God loves us freely without
anything we can do. There is no
preparation worthy enough to come. There
is no ability of man that can make us come.
We can’t prepare to come to Christ because we are dead in sins and
transgressions and iniquities. You ought
to receive this grace that God willingly and freely gives. May our great and good Lord love you freely
unto abundant graciousness and mercy and love!
Amen.
This is the completion of my sermon “Free Abounding
Grace.” I hope you enjoyed the study and
now I hope to write on the dogma of the Trinity. Grace and peace.
