Jesus Christ paid a sin debt
He did not owe because
we owe a sin debt we cannot pay.

There are NOT many paths to God –
that is a false teaching from the pit of Hell.
It is through Jesus Christ that God,
in His grace and mercy, provided us
with the ONLY way
to be made right with Him.

Many people say,
"How can I believe in a loving
God who sends people to Hell?"
Wrong question.

The right question:
How can sinful people who are on the road
to eternal destruction in the Lake of Fire (Hell)
refuse to believe in a loving God who
wants to and offers to rescue them?

What's really going on is people
are CHOOSING
to believe the lie that they are
not sinners in need of a rescue.
In their pride they think they're better
than they really are and stubbornly
refuse to believe in the only Truth
that wants to save them.
God honors their choice in the matter
because God is love and love does not
force its way – He gives them over
to their delusion and they will be
separated from Him for all eternity.

SIDE NOTE:

Rescued! is a sermon that brings clarity to the decision
to be rescued – please watch and listen if you have
not yet accepted God's gracious gift of eternal life
through Jesus Christ, our Redeemer.
Sermon Credit:  Pastor Carey of Emmanuel Church, Newington, Connecticut.
I edited the length of this video from 80 minutes to 50 minutes.
The full video which contains children singing can be viewed on YouTube.

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Your eternal destination
– Heaven or Hell –
is solely the consequence of the choice
YOU make
whether to accept or reject the
gift of salvation through
God's One and Only Son,
Jesus Christ.

Very sadly, the majority of people
will choose to remain in darkness
determined to do what they want
blinded by their pride and in
their rebellion against God.
They refuse to embrace the Light
that came into the world to save them,
which will result in the second death –
being cast into the Lake of Fire
eternally separated from God
and condemned for eternity.
There is no annihilation.

And why?
Because in their stubborn pride
they refuse to believe in the only
Truth that wants to save them.

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Jesus sacrificing His life on the cross
at Calvary clearly shows us how serious
God views sin. Sin is rebellion against God
and His commandments and separates us
from God – sin cannot be in
His Holy Presence.

It also reveals to us how much God loves us
by providing the way to become right with Him
through His One and Only Son, Jesus Christ,
while we were still sinners.

Consider that God did not have to
extend His grace and mercy to us.
He could have just let us be condemned
to an eternity in the Lake of Fire with
no choice in the matter – burning and
burning but never burning up.
But God DOES NOT want anyone to face
His judgment and perish, as
Ezekiel 33:11 (NKJV) informs us:

'As I live,' says the Lord God,
'I have no pleasure in the death
of the wicked, but that the wicked
turn from his way and live.
Turn, turn from your evil ways!'

Again, God IS love and love
always gives a choice, it does not
force getting its way, and in His love
for us – while we were yet sinners –
God provided the one and only way to
be rescued from the wages of sin (death)
through His One and Only Son,
Jesus Christ.

Note:  Jesus is God in human flesh.

But God is also a just God and
sin and wickedness must be judged,
as Hebrews 10:30-31 (NKJV) informs us:

For we know Him who said,
"Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,"
says the Lord. And again,
"The Lord will judge His people."
It is a fearful thing to fall
into the hands of the living God."

Bottom line: Your sin debt must be
paid either by sincerely believing
in Jesus Christ/His sacrifice
on the cross at Calvary,
– or –
you will pay for it yourself
in the Lake of Fire for eternity.

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God wants everyone to repent and live.

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Repent means to change your mind
and believe by faith in Jesus Christ
(not in your works)
and accept His gracious gift of salvation
and be redeemed; be made right with God
and saved from eternal condemnation.
Turn away from the world's way of doing
things – self-centeredness, evil
deeds of darkness, wickedness, etc.,
which are an abomination to God.

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Jesus rose from the grave on the third day
after the crucifixion just as He said He would
in Matthew 12:39-40 (NKJV),

But He answered and said to them,
"An evil and adulterous generation seeks
after a sign, and no sign will be given to it
except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
For as Jonah was three days and three
nights in the belly of the great fish,
so will the Son of Man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth."

Jesus Christ conquered spiritual death
and now offers you the gift of salvation
and eternal life.

This gift has to be accepted BY FAITH –
it CANNOT be earned.

The man-made religions of the world
falsely believe they can earn their way
to Heaven through their "good works"
or by keeping the law – WRONG!

Don't let anyone capture you with empty
philosophies and high-sounding nonsense
that come from human thinking and from
the spiritual powers of this world,
rather than from Christ.
Colossians 2:8 (NLT)

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"The law was not meant
to give believers a list for
every occasion but to show
unbelievers their sin
and bring them to God."

Footnote from 1 Timothy 1:7-11, New Living Translation Life Application Study Bible.
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God hates man-made religions and empty rituals.

Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the
new moon and the Sabbath and your
special days for fasting–they
are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.

I hate your new moon celebrations
and your annual festivals. They are
a burden to me. I cannot stand them!
When you lift up your hands in prayer,
I will not look. Though you offer
many prayers, I will not listen,
for your hands are covered with
the blood of innocent victims.

Wash yourselves and be clean!
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.

Isaiah 1:13-17 (NLT)

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God wants a RELATIONSHIP with you
through His One and Only Son,
Jesus Christ.

He does NOT want you to perform
empty rituals or go through the
motions of some man-made religion
and/or traditions thereby deceiving yourself
into thinking you're "good to go."
Without a sincere belief of faith
in Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross
at Calvary, you're not good to go,
you're actually heading toward
eternal damnation in the Lake of Fire.

"Not everyone who says to Me,
'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the
kingdom of heaven, but he who
does the will of My Father in heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day,
'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
Your name, cast out demons in Your name,
and done many wonders in Your name?'
And then I will declare to them,
'I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!'"
Matthew 7:21-23 (NKJV)

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BELIEVING BY FAITH
IN JESUS CHRIST
IS THE ONLY WAY
TO BE MADE RIGHT
WITH GOD.

HOPE IS FOUND
IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE.

THANK YOU, JESUS!

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