I’m sure you have heard someone say, “ Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.” Nearly everyone has heard the verse: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life” (John 3:16). But what does it mean to believe? Does God just tell us to believe in Jesus like we used to believe in Santa Claus? Well, believing that He exists is a part of it, for “He who comes to God must believe that He is” (Hebrews 11:6). However, believing in Jesus is more than just convincing yourself that He is real.
= In this lesson, we begin to study the topic of soteriology, that is, salvation. As you are surely aware, the topic of salvation is massive. In these brief lessons, we will only scratch the surface of this topic. My goal is to give us a working knowledge of the various parts of salvation.
Click Here for Audio John Owen once wrote, “He who would spend little time in temptation must spend much in prayer.” This is nowhere exampled more clearly than in this text before us. This whole chapter, so far, has detailed what happened in the Upper Room. 39 Leaving [the Upper Room] , He went to the Mount of Olives (as was His custom) . Though He knew that Judas was gathering the Jewish leaders together to arrest Him, Jesus intentionally went to His customary spot. The hour of His death had come.
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