Letter to a Friend (cont.)

So, dear brother, Christ is in you, and you are in Christ. You have an eternal union with Him just as if He was right in the same room with you, which He is. Knowing this, and knowing that He is your Lord and Savior, and all that that means, you can now begin to have a personal relationship with Him. This relationship will now express itself in a very natural desire to get to know more about Him and will manifest itself in a desire to talk things over with Him throughout the day. You will look forward to meeting other believers and having fellowship with them. But the first step is to get to know your Lord and Saviour, and to know the great work He accomplished on the cross and through His resurrection.

I want now to give to you as simply as possible some of the wonders of your salvation. While these will be the basic truths regarding your salvation, they will be enough for God the Holy Spirit to begin His life-changing work. Please take your time and read all the scriptures and meditate on them. It you really want to know the truth, the Lord will make the truth clear to you. Remember, you are reading these verses and meditating on these passages to get to know Christ, not as an exercise to become "spiritual." Christ will make you spiritual as you get to know Him.

TRUTHS ABOUT OUR SALVATION

I. The Purpose Of Man

Man was created to glorify God. It is only reasonable to expect that the God Who created all things should receive honor and praise and glory from the highest of His creation. Isaiah. 43:7; Ephesians. 1:12; l Peter 1:15-16.

II. The Failure Of Man

Because God is holy and righteous, man was created to be holy and righteous too. That is the only way a holy God can be glorified. Since sin is an affront to a holy God and we are sinners, we cannot glorify God; we have missed the mark. Romans. 3:9-18,23; II Chronicles. 6:36; 14:2-3; 39:6

III. The Condition Of Man

Every person born into Adam's race is altogether spiritually dead. Try as he might, his good works are unacceptable to a holy God Who cannot look upon sin. Man's condition therefore is one who is without God and hopeless. Ephesians. 2:1,12; Isaiah.64:6; Habakkuk.I:13; John 3:17-18

"...the first step is to get to know your Lord and Saviour, and to know the great work He accomplished on the cross and through His resurrection."

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