As we continue to learn about obstacles to our salvation, let us consider the first step in the process and the main reason we must learn to rely on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, rightly understood as step one, in putting on the whole armor of God against the tricks of the devil and other deniers of God’s Gospel. Likewise, God has set His standard for all people, and it must be attained in His way, as He has stated in His Word, The Bible!
Therefore, step one is getting the understanding of Salvation from the Word of God, which He has provided for everyone who chooses to receive His Wisdom through the preaching of His Word to as many as receive Jesus Christ! So, the question for everyone, is where do you stand in “Receipt Of The Knowledge Of The Gospel Of Jesus Christ”
Old Testament Scripture Reading: Proverbs 2:1 – 8 (KJV)
Pro 2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Pro 2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
Pro 2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Pro 2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Pro 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Pro 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Pro 2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Pro 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
New Testament Scripture Reading Acts 16:25 – 33 (KJV)
Act 16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them;
Act 16:26 and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened.
Act 16:27 When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
Act 16:28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!”
Act 16:29 And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas,
Act 16:30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Act 16:31 They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Act 16:32 And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house.
Act 16:33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household.
Transforming Power Statements:
1) Solomon, son of King David, writes that searching for God’s desire for our lives is the process we must all take to come to the understanding of life from the view of God by seeking His Word above all else in life, which will give us wisdom that produces faith that God alone is the provider of Salvation which only He can give.
2) When Paul had ended his struggle with God on the road to Damascus after having been directly confronted by the risen, ascended Jesus Christ, he received God’s wisdom to stop trusting in his own works-based religion and to begin to trust only in Jesus Christ, God’s Only Begotten Son, which was his time of the receipt of the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
3) Years later after Paul’s conversion he was arrested for preaching the Gospel with Silas in Philippi where his praise of God shook the prison and brought about evidence to the Jailer, who became interested to know what must he do to be saved; and the answer was Believe in the Lord Jesus and you shall be saved, you and your household!
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