Beside Me There Is “No Savior”!

Is 43: 8-13

⁸Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. ⁹Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. ¹⁰Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. ¹¹I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. ¹²I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. ¹³Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

Mt 1:21-22

²⁰But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

I Tim 3:14

¹⁶And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

“Charles Spurgeon”

“It is well for us that as sin lives, and the flesh lives, and the devil lives, so Jesus lives; and it is also well that whatever might these may have to ruin us, Jesus has still greater power to save us.”

Acts 5:41

for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

Why did the savior of the world come?

·        First of all to give repentance.

·        Secondly to give forgiveness.

You cannot have one without the other.

·        Understand today the marvelous gift that God has given us is the ability to repent of our sins.

·        The ability to stand before a Holy God and ask for forgiveness.

·        Who could dare stand before this Holy God?

·        Who would risk the death the proceeds death to go before Him?

·        You and I.

·        Because of the Death of Jesus Christ, You and I can

⁵For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

“Touched with the feeling of our infirmities” –

·        Did you hear that He is “touched”

·        In His heart He is feeling what we feel.

·        He is touched by the pain.

·        He is touched by the weakness

·        He is touched by the feeling of inadequacy.

·        The feeling of sorrow

·        The feeling of pain

·        The feeling of suffering.

·        The feeling of dispair

·        The feeling of disappointment.

·        The feeling of discouragement.

·        The feeling of failure

·        The feeling of sin.

·        He is touched…..or moved to compassion by our

“infirmities” = “WEEKNESS”

Tempted in “ALL POINTS”

·        He knows what it is to be tempted!

·        He knows what it is to have the Devil flash some temptation in front of your eyes.

·        He knows what it is to have him offer you the world on a silver platter if you would only bow down and worship Lucifer.

·        He knows what if is to look the devil in the eye and be tempted by every evil known to man.

·        He Knows

·        He Knows.

·        We think that we are the only ones tempted the way we are.

·        We think that God has no idea what it’s like to be harassed by temptation.

·        He knows folks!

·        He knows!

“Yet without sin”

Here is the difference between Me and Jesus Christ.

·        I was tempted to sin and I did.

·        He was tempted to sin and He didn’t.

·        I was tempted to lie and cheat and steal and hurt other people and I did

·        I did

·        I sinned

·        I failed

·        I lost out with God

·        I sold my soul to the devil the very first time I told a lie!

·        I became a sinner.

·        It wasn’t just a one time thing either.

·        I have sinned over and over in my life.

·        I have failed God over and over and over.

·        Time and time again, I have fallen to Satan’s devices………AND SO HAVE YOU!!!

·        We only deceive ourselves  if we try to convince ourselves that we are perfect.

Here is the problem with many Christians today….

they fail to realize that they are NOT PERFECT!!!

We have Holy Ghost filled “so called” saints walking around with so much pride and arrogance that the only thing in their life that points to God is their nose.

The Bible tells us that “ALL have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God.”

·        EVERYBODY

·        We all have …..every one of us…

·        From the preacher to the back door.

·        From N.A. Urshan to the bum on the sidewalk.

·        From G.A. Mangan to the derelict on skid row.

 

Not a one of us deserves to sit in this Holy Place today.

But thanks be to God for the savior!

·        I’m so glad for the last part of that scripture…

“come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”

I don’t know about you today….

·        But I needed His help last week.

·        I need His help Yesterday.

·        I needed His help this morning.

·        And I Need His Help Right Now.

Is 53:5

⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. ⁶All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. ⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ⁸He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

·        Those were my transgressions

·        Those were my iniquities

·        That was the chastisement of my peace.

·        Those were my stripes

·        That was my oppression

·        That was my affliction

·        But it was place upon HIM

·        AND he opened not His mouth ….to bring accusation against me!!!

·        He could have said “Hey stop beating me…..Jim Smith is the one that is the sinner here.

·        Hey…don’t crucify me…..Jim Smith is the one that deserves to die for His sins.

But then that would mean that He did not forgive me.

·        That would mean that I was not forgiven.

·        That would mean that I had no hope!!!

·        But I have a hope today.

·        I have forgiveness today!!!

·        I have a savior today.

·        I have a Jesus….who can save His people from their sins.

·        Aren’t you glad for Jesus today

·        Aren’t you glad for forgiveness?

·        Aren’t you glad there is repentance!?

·        Aren’t you glad for the alter?!

·        Aren’t you clad for the cross of Calvary!?

Is 53:10 ¹⁰Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. ¹¹He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. ¹²Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.