The Word of Salvation: Christ's Death and Resurrection

Notice the focal point of the sermon. This is it. This is the focal point of the sermon. What Paul has been saying in the in the previous verses, he's leading up to this focal point, the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Because of the resurrection listen, because of the resurrection, there is a word of salvation. [01:04:02] (23 seconds)  #ResurrectionFocus

The gospel is opening up to all the world and we must not miss this point. We must not miss this point that this word of salvation is for every level of society everywhere. There are to be no restrictions placed upon it. And what we're going to discover in this passage, it's a word, it's a message that is absolutely dependent upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ from that garden tomb. [00:39:45] (33 seconds)  #GospelForAll

There's one more point in this message that needs to be driven home and this word of salvation demands a personal acceptance. Demands a personal acceptance. The savior offers to you and to me salvation. This is how Paul wraps up his message and he declares that, look, if you if you receive this offer of salvation that the savior gives, there are some powerful eternal blessings that are yours if you will trust Jesus. [01:11:29] (40 seconds)  #PersonalAcceptance

Here's the point. Here's the point you gotta get. This travesty of ignorance and injustice and human cruelty was absolutely indispensable to make it possible for sinful man like you and me for us to be justified in God's sight, to have our sins forgiven through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. [01:02:32] (25 seconds)  #NecessaryRedemption

God fulfilled what he had promised to secure the covenant blessings to David. Yet there's another promise in verse 35. It's a promise to preserve God's son, David's son from decay. This is the promise that he made. We read about it earlier in Psalm 16. He says in another Psalm, you will not allow your holy one to see corruption. [01:10:04] (25 seconds)  #PromiseOfNoDecay

In verse 22, after he removed Saul, he raised up David and he gave the testimony regarding David. And then in verse 23, from this man's seed, God raised up a savior. This whole this whole history of Israel is orchestrated, divinely orchestrated to bring one to this divinely ordained savior. God raised up a savior, Jesus. [00:42:17] (33 seconds)  #DivineOrchestration

The savior has come. This is a message that is to be proclaimed. A promise has been fulfilled. A savior has come. And and Paul points out that the entire history of Israel leads to this man, to this one, to this seed, to this promised one, the savior who has come. It's a divinely orchestrated history if you'll note. [00:41:08] (26 seconds)  #SaviorHasCome

This word of salvation then is that you and I, sinners undone and without hope, without remedy in this world, must come in repentance and faith to the only savior, Jesus Christ, and trust in him alone to be forgiven of our sins and to be justified in the sight of God. Let me ask you, have you believed and received the word of salvation? [01:19:20] (35 seconds)  #RepentAndBelieve