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Grace Place Atlanta COGBF
4700 Mitchell Street
Forest Park, GA 30297
Website: atlantacogbf.org
Email: info@atlantacogbf.org
Phone: (404) 241-6781
Wayne D. Mack, Pastor
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Pastor Wayne D. Mack Sermon Notes
September 25, 2022
The Gospel: God’s Only Path to Salvation
Part 1
Luke 16: 19-31 NKJV
19 “There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen
and fared sumptuously every day.
20 But there was a certain beggar named
Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, 21 desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table.
Moreover, the dogs came and
licked his sores.
22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the
angels to Abraham’s bosom.
The rich man also died and was buried.
23 And
being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off,
and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 “Then he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for
I am tormented in this flame.’
25 But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in
your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things;
but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
26 And besides all this,
between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass
from here to you cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’
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27 “Then he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my
father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest
they also come to this place of torment.’
29 Abraham said to him, ‘They have
Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’
30 And he said, ‘No, father
Abraham; but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
31 But he
said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be
persuaded though one rise from the dead.’
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Romans 1: 16 & 17
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to
salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is
written, “The just shall live by faith.”
Read Luke 16: 19-31 NKJV
The Rich Man and Lazarus
This story is not about being rich or poor, but rather about God illustrating, yet
again, His one and only method by which He draws mankind to Himself and
saves them.
The Bible is replete with parables, object lessons, life stories, and real life
experiences where God uses His one method to draw men unto Him!
Titus 2:11&12 . .
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11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12
teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,
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Why is this message so critical?
Because, for many generations, and among a
multitude of cultures and religions, people have gone about to concoct and carve
out their own path to God and salvation.
But sovereign God has chosen to employ/enact just one method to reach man and
draw them to Himself.
He will not compromise it.
It’s non-negotiable.
That
method is the Gospel.
What is the Gospel?
It is the power of God to salvation!
That is, it tells how God by His power saves
everyone who believes on His Son.
This power is extended equally to Jews and
Gentiles.
The Apostle Paul said in Romans 1: 16 & 17 . . .
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to
salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is
written, “The just shall live by faith.”
The Gospel is not my personal rendition or version of salvation.
It’s not any
preacher’s private viewpoint, or any denomination’s exclusive interpretation.
It is God’s prescribed way of divinely speaking to the heart of man regarding his
lostness and Christ’s deliverance through His death, burial and resurrection.
It is the power of God that brings salvation (which means deliverance) The Gospel
power delivers sinners from the penalty and power of sin.
If a man or woman are
to be saved, it must be through faith in Jesus Christ as proclaimed in the Gospel.
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The Gospel is the only remedy, the only medicine, the only fix God has rendered
that breaks the curse.
It breaks the fever.
Look at this “figure of speech” FEVER in Romans 1:18 & 19, 24-32 that only the
extra-strength power of the Gospel can break.
Anyone ever had a fever and sweats
that just would not GO?
But when it finally broke, it was undeniable.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and
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