The Only Thing That Will Save You

Not Ashamed

Bayless Conley

I have a question to ask you today.  Has there ever been a time when you were afraid to confess the name of Jesus?  In John 9:20-23, we have the example of the parents whose son had been born blind but was healed by Jesus.


Look at their response when asked who healed their son,


His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; but by what means he now sees we do not know, or who opened his eyes we do not know.  He is of age; ask him.  He will speak for himself."  His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.  Therefore his parents said, "He is of age; ask him."


How many Christians have held their tongue when they should have been giving praise to the name of Jesus?  Praise for answered prayer, for the miracles He has done, but they were intimidated by unbelievers?
I was coming back from Africa when a Muslim man on the plane put a blanket on the floor, got down on his face and began to pray.  This man was not ashamed at all about kneeling down on the plane in front of everyone.


I thought, "Oh, Jesus!  How many times have Your people kept silent because they were afraid of what someone might think of them?"


Throw off the shackles of fear and timidity, and boldly take your stand for Christ!


Proverbs 28:1 says, The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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The Only Thing That Will Save You

Pastor Adrian Rogers

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost.” Titus 3:5


Paul said, “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ” (Philippians 3:7-8).


What does Paul mean by loss? He means that even good things are bad things if they become a substitute for the best thing. Suppose you are on a plane trip. The plane is going down and you grab your knapsack instead of your parachute and jump out. Is the knapsack bad? No, it’s just not the best choice to save your life!


The worst form of badness may be human goodness when that human goodness becomes a substitute for the new birth.


No knapsack full of “works of righteousness” will save you. Cast yourself completely upon the work of redemption—the work of the cross. You cannot add to what Jesus did.
 

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