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What shall I do to inherit eternal life?

Andy — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:10:16 +0000

And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested Him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

Luke 10:25

J.C. Ryle

We should notice in this passage, the solemn question which was addressed to our Lord Jesus Christ. We are told that a certain lawyer asked Him, “What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” The motive of this man was evidently not right. He only asked this question to “tempt” our Lord, and to provoke Him to say something on which His enemies might lay hold. Yet the question he propounded was undoubtedly one of the deepest importance.

It is a question which deserves the principal attention of every man, woman, and child on earth. We are all sinners–dying sinners, and sinners going to be judged after death. “How shall our sins be pardoned? With which shall we come before God? How shall we escape the damnation of hell? Where shall we flee from the wrath to come? What must we do to be saved?”–These are inquiries which people of every rank ought to put to themselves, and never rest until they find an answer.

It is a question which unhappily few care to consider. Thousands are constantly inquiring, “What shall we eat? What shall we drink? With what shall we be clothed? How can we get money? How can we enjoy ourselves? How can we prosper in the world?” Few, very few, will ever give a moment’s thought to the salvation of their souls. They hate the subject. It makes them uncomfortable. They turn from it and put it away. Faithful and true is that saying of our Lord’s, “Wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads unto destruction, and many there be that go in thereat.” (Matt. 7:13.)

Let us not be ashamed of putting the lawyer’s question to our own souls. Let us rather ponder it, think about it, and never be content until it fills the first place in our minds. Let us seek to have the witness of the Spirit within us, that we repent us truly of sin, that we have a lively faith in God’s mercy through Christ, and that we are really walking with God. This is the character of the heirs of eternal life. These are they who shall one day receive the kingdom prepared for the children of God.

True Salvation Through Jesus Christ

Andy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:43:58 +0000

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16

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Salvation

Andy — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 07:13:08 +0000

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

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Born To Holiness

Andy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:40:24 +0000

Foundational teaching on James 1:18 from John MacArthur at Grace To You.

“Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.’” James 1:18

It’s a good reminder, also, that every once in a while we need to go back to the simple reality of what the gospel really is. And that’s what we want to do tonight. Let’s look together at verse 18 of James chapter 1. It says this, “Of His own will‑‑ speaking of the Father, God the Father mentioned in verse 17‑‑of His own will begot He us with the Word of truth that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.” A simple verse but one in which is bound up all of the richness of the new birth.

John MacArthur

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