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SINNERS SECURED AS SAINTS

W. Lamont

God’s thought for men is that sinners should become saints,

and that in itself is a moral miracle that could not be produced

by any institution or organization of men. It is God’s work and

God’s work alone, and the cost has been great that it should

be so. God would tell us in the glad tidings that the cost to

Himself is beyond human calculation that men should be

brought into blessing. It cost God the life of His Son. I trust that

affects everyone here because the glad tidings are preached

in order that we should be affected, not superficially, but to the

depths of our beings. Think of the love of God; “God so loved

the world, that he gave his only begotten Son”, John 3: 16.

That includes you and includes me, includes the whole of

mankind—“that whosoever believes on him ... “. Have you

believed on Jesus? I raise that challenge with everyone here.

Have you put your trust in Him? “That whosoever believes in

him may not perish”. Oh the awful thought of perishing! If you

do not believe on Jesus you will perish; that is the truth. God’s

glad tidings bring the truth home to men. “May not perish, but

have life eternal” God has great thoughts in His mind for you in

the glad tidings. He wants to change persons from being

sinners to being saints. We will see that as we proceed.

Paul writes to Timothy, “Faithful is the word, and worthy of all

acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save

sinners”. He adds, “of whom I am the first”. Think of the

momentous occasion that was when, “Christ Jesus came into

the

world”, a world of sin, a world where God’s name had been

dishonoured, where sin was rife, evil covering the face of the

earth. Into that very condition Christ Jesus came, and His

object was to save sinners, sinners who could not save

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