Sermon: Salvation Through The Cross of Christ

Scripture

Isaiah 49:6–7 ESV

6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” 7 Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Illustration of Sin (bullet) and Salvation (Doctor)

There is a Marvel series that started on Netflix called The Punisher. The character’s name is Frank Castle, and Frank Castle became The Punisher after his family was gunned down and killed. On one of the episodes on season 2, Frank Castle, The Punisher, is shot by an arrow in his shoulder. A few scenes later, The Punisher’s body begin to experience shock and potentially death because of the foreign object, the arrow, that was lodged in his shoulder. A friend of The Punisher performed a little bit of surgery to save his life by removing the foreign object, the arrow, from his shoulder.

Many people are walking around today with a foreign object called sin. This sin is killing them spiritually, emotionally, intellectually, and even physically. There is a Doctor, Jesus Christ, that can give you salvation from sin. Jesus freely offers salvation to you, but it is up to us to opt-in for the procedure.

Many struggle understanding what salvation is:

What is salvation?

There are a few Hewbrew contextual translations for the word salvation:

Nastal: means to rescue.

Yeshu’ah: means to save.

Nastal - Hebrew Word For Rescue

When we look at the Nastal, God enacted a plan of rescue a fallen world after Adam ate the apple from the tree knowledge. The plan was to rescue His creation back unto Himself after the hinderer enticed lustful desire to disobey God and eat the fruit.

Many struggle with understanding if they received salvation:

How do you know when salvation has come to your house?