After failing in his first try as Israel’s deliverer from Egypt, Moses spent the following forty years residing the routine lifetime of a shepherd—but throughout these “silent” years, God was making ready him to shepherd His individuals. In his final Sunday morning message from the Parkside Church pulpit, Alistair Begg turns our gaze to Jesus, the final word Deliverer for God’s individuals, and invitations us to contemplate what it really means to observe Him:
The congregation that I’ve had the privilege of preaching to just isn’t largely made up of women and men that come to me on the finish of a service to say, “You understand, I’m such a wretched sinner that I can’t imagine there’s a risk of forgiveness”—possibly one in a thousand. No, the form of people who speak to me afterwards, they don’t say, “I can’t imagine that God would forgive me.” They are saying, “I can’t imagine that I should be forgiven. I come to church. I’ve ‘religion.’ I try to do my greatest. I imagine in God.”
… However you and I can do all of that and nonetheless not be a Christian. Nonetheless not be a Christian! Being a Christian just isn’t about what I do. It’s about what Jesus has executed.
When an individual turns into a Christian, they’re accepting the truth that when Jesus died upon the cross, He wasn’t merely coping with sin. He was coping with my sin, my messed-up life, my super-religious life, the place I’m making an attempt to depend on all the great issues I’ve executed, or my sorry life, the place I’ve been making an attempt to repair every thing below my very own agenda. Jesus does that.
And when an individual turns into a Christian, they settle for that “Jesus has executed that on my behalf.” “On my behalf.” It signifies that we flip away from our sin. We flip away from going our personal course in an effort to stroll on the slim manner with Jesus. And once we do, He forgives our sin; He grants us everlasting life, starting now; and He offers us the Holy Spirit to dwell in our lives, to repeatedly vogue us, knock the unhealthy components out, put the great components in, repair us up over the lengthy haul.
And that is what I wished to say to you. Let me ask you this: Are you a Christian?
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