Wordonline.net
Welcome to Wordonline.net.
The purpose of this web site is to spread the “Gospel of God “ who is the Son of God “Jesus Christ”. He came to the world to die on the cross as the propitiation for the sin of man by the determined purpose of God the Father who has established all things before the foundation of the world.
We give glory to God because His sovereign will and purpose are above any human understanding or will. We believe all men were dead in trespasses and sin and God gives salvation to whom He predestined before the foundation of the world. No human efforts can alter the plan of God who is the creator and sustainer of all and is immutable.
Now, if God knows who will be saved by His predestined plan , then why there is need for spreading the gospel? This is a reasonable question. The scripture is very clear in this matter. The voice of God, Jesus Christ has been given to the world by the Spirit of God since the beginning of the world. In Hebrews 1:1-2 we read “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His son whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds”.
Jesus Christ after his resurrection gave command to his disciples. In Mathew 28:18-20 we read “ And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations , baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded to you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Therefore, it is our duty to spread the good news of the gospel as we are the servants of the great master and Lord Jesus Christ. We speak and compel all men, God does His work of gathering His elect by the power of the Holy Spirit as it has been the case since the world began.
”For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God”. 1st Cor. 1:18
Why would a man believe in Jesus who claimed to be God and died as a criminal on a shameful cross?
No man on earth in his wisdom would believe in someone who was rejected by all, condemned and crucified. Then, why do many believe? It is purely the work of God. It is nothing but the miracle of God by regenerating a sinner by the power of the Holy Spirit enabling a person to believe in His Son. It is the revelation of Christ given to a man by God.
By the disobedience of Adam in the garden of Eden man attained the “knowledge of good and evil”. This was man’s death of his spiritual ability and life of his new emotional feeling and guilt. By the knowldge of ‘good and evil” he wrapped himself with fig leaves to cover his shame. This insufficient work of man still continues.
But God’s plan for salvation was revealed to man the very same day of his fall. God revealed to man that sin of man must have a substitute. That was the 1st revelation of the Son of God to man. By the obedience of God’s son Jesus Christ, God poured out His grace to man and Christ become the righteousness for man.
1st Corinthians 1:26-31 “Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him. It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
When God reveals Jesus Christ to a person as the Gospel of his soul, he will realize that he is a sinner and will repent of his sins and will ask God for forgiveness. He will be a new creation and will glory in Jesus Christ and His cross.
Am I a sinner?
The journey of a Christian begins at his spiritual rebirth. The condition of his spiritual depravity is realized to him when the Holy Spirit reveals it to him. When that revelation is given, he will cry out and say “I am a sinner, I need a savior”.
Unless God gives this revelation, no one will come to Christ. So, when you hear the Gospel, as the Holy Spirit reveals to you your sinfulness, you die to your self and become alive in Christ. It is the work of GOD.
The realization of your utter depravity is the sign of your salvation because you recognize that God is sovereign and He is your savior.
All men will love what they love. What a man thinketh, he is. If a man love his own soul, he stands condemned. But if a man hates his own soul, then he has died to it, but God is faithful to place a new Spirt and new heart in that man. This is Christ in us, a soul which we may love and obey without fear of condemnation.
