Jesus saved my life
Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God
9 not of works lest anyone should boast.
Romans 3:24-26 Good News Translation
24 But by the free gift of God’s grace all are put right with him through Christ Jesus who sets them free.
25-26 God offered him so that by his blood he should become the means by which people’s sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous.
In the past he was patient and overlooked people’s sins but in the present time he deals with their sins in order to demonstrate his righteousness.
In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.
Life of Jesus
Jesus was born towards the end of the reign of Herod the Great (died 4 BCE) and brought up in Nazareth Galilee.
He was named Jesus (Yeshu’a in Aramaic Yehoshua or Joshua in Hebrew Iesous in Greek Iesus in Roman) and was conceived between the engagement and marriage of his parents whose names were Mary (Miriam in Hebrew and Mariam in Aramaic) and Joseph (Yossef in Hebrew Yosep in Aramaic).
This man Jesus Christ saved my life. My Jesus over two thousand years ago went to the whipping post so I would be healed.
They nailed him to the cross through his hands and feet and stuck a spear in his side.
They buried him in a tomb and on the third day of his death he came back to life and now he has triumphed over death. Death hath no more dominion over him.
This man I tell you about is the Son of God.
2 Corinthians 4:14 We know that God who raised the Lord Jesus to life will also raise us through Jesus and take us together with you into his presence.
Death is a thief.
It steals those among us whom we love and care for. It takes our children. It takes our mommas. It takes our daddies.
It reaches into the wealthy and the famous. It waits on no one.
When it’s your turn death comes with a license for your soul if you don’t know Jesus.
Matthew 19:16-22 The Rich Young Man
16 Once a man came to Jesus. “Teacher” he asked “what good thing must I do to receive eternal life?”
17 “Why do you ask me concerning what is good?” answered Jesus. “There is only One who is good. Keep the commandments if you want to enter life.”
18 “What commandments?” he asked. Jesus answered “Do not commit murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not accuse anyone falsely;
19 respect your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as you love yourself.”
20 “I have obeyed all these commandments” the young man replied. “What else do I need to do?”
21 Jesus said to him “If you want to be perfect go and sell all you have and give the money to the poor and you will have riches in heaven; then come and follow me.”
22 When the young man heard this he went away sad because he was very rich.
This man’s sin wasn’t the riches he possessed but rather he rejected Jesus.
Money can be your god but this man rejected Jesus.
You never hear of this man again. When death came for him he had to go. He left every penny. Death doesn’t care who gets your money.
If you’re famous he makes no deal with you. Your soul is the single most important possession you have.
In October November 1982 Jesus saved my life. I was just like this rich man. I was lost. I once knew Jesus. Now about to be 18 years old I was lost. I had nothing I could give. I was sick. I was sin-sick. On a Saturday night I ran to an old church on the corner. I promise the words I tell you are true.
I felt that if I didn’t give my life to Jesus that night I was going to die that night. I ran to the church. I believed death was following me.
I fell into an altar. I cried. I wept. I begged God. The Holy Spirit came into me.
I was born again. My sins were no longer. I was forgiven. I was free of the contract death had on me.
Jesus saved my life. I ask you who is going to save you when death presents his contract for your soul? Who is going to save you?
Last week Jimmy Merritt had open heart surgery and I was there for him. That afternoon Brother David Dorris was in the ER.
I went and saw him and prayed with him. Then my wife picked me up at the ER so I didn’t have to walk back around. My memories came back to me.
In 2020 my wife dropped me off at that same place. I was rolled into St. Bernards.
Death was trying to take my life. COVID tried to kill me and they put me on the vent almost immediately.
Death presented the contract for my life. I too had sinned against God. But Jesus, the one who had forgiven me of my sins was with me.
Death’s contract was not allowed to take me. One day I will die but Jesus is coming to get me.
Romans 8:9 But you do not live as your human nature tells you to; instead you live as the Spirit tells you to—if in fact God’s Spirit lives in you. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
10 But if Christ lives in you the Spirit is life for you because you have been put right with God even though your bodies are going to die because of sin.
11 If the Spirit of God who raised Jesus from death lives in you then he who raised Christ from death will also give life to your mortal bodies by the presence of his Spirit in you.
Jesus saved my life. I don’t fear death anymore. I don’t want to die. I want to live.
The devil doesn’t hold anything over my head. What is he holding over your head?
Who is that unseen figure following you?
July 1st my dearest mother died in the presence of Jesus.
They wouldn’t allow us to come and be with her so the male nurse called me and told me my mother had passed.
I was very sick with COVID myself and my wife tells me I raised up in the bed and told her if she didn’t get me to the hospital I was going to die. She drove me to St. Bernards.
While they had me on the vent death sure wanted my soul but Jesus had canceled the contract many years ago.
I dreamed many dreams. I saw visions while in a coma. In my heart I was grieving over my mother’s death.
Even while in a coma God was healing me on several different fronts.
Can I tell you the dream I had? I call it Abraham’s Bosom.
Why did Jesus send me back to y’all?
The only thing I know is I had unfinished business. I have a message from Jesus to you.
Jesus said he would save you too. I tell you there is no hope for you if you reject Jesus.
Jesus said in Matthew 10:33 Amplified Bible But the one who denies and rejects Me before men that one I will also deny and reject before My Father who is in heaven.
Today I want to help you.
Will you come and take my hand?
If you will receive Jesus will you come and take my hand?
It is symbolic of you taking the hand of Jesus. I want to pray with you to receive Jesus as your Savior