"SHARING HOPE THROUGH SCRIPTURE ABOUT SALVATION"
Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.”
Taken from today's reading in "The One Year Bible”.
1. God is telling us what will come to pass.
Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.”
God is the God of salvation.
Even in the Old Testament He was the God of Salvation.
He is the God of salvation today.
He will be the God of salvation during the tribulation.
He will be the God of salvation during His 1000 year reign on the earth.
God is the savior.
2. God tells us that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.
Joel 2:32 “And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, As the LORD has said, Among the remnant whom the LORD calls.”
Whoever wants to be saved can be.
Whoever will ask God to save them shall be saved.
Whoever the person is, no matter what sins they have committed shall be saved if they ask God to save them.
To call upon the name of the LORD is to ask God to save you from your sins.
You can be sure He will save you because He has promised to do so.
To be saved, means to be delivered from sin and it's consequence.
You are no longer guilty of your sins, for they are forgiven you if you have asked God to save you.
You also will not perish in hell, but are now bound for heaven because of His saving You.
Some Questions:
1. Are you personally saved?
2. Are you absolutely sure you are saved?
3. Who do you know that needs to be saved?
4. Will you pray for them to be saved?
5. Will you ask God to empower you and open a door to share Christ with them?
6. Do you know that God will use you in such a way if You ask Him to do so?
A Prayer:
Father, You are the God who saves. You have promised to do so. You have delivered on Your promise innumerable times.
Most of the people reading this right now can attest to Your faithfulness to save. And we ask, Lord, that You fill us with a constraining sense of Your love and the need people have to be saved, and give us power to be bold and not hold back from telling others what You can and will do for them if they will but ask. We ask these things because we believe them to be in Your will. Amen.
Pastor Bob Grenier
Calvary Chapel Visalia
