2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory… I. THE NATURE OF SALVATION. 1. Salvation is the great and constant theme of the whole Bible, 2. Salvation is a word of pleasing import. 3. Salvation is a full and complete deliverance from all past guilt and condemnation. 4. Salvation is a glorious deliverance from all the miseries of sin and the bondage of Satan. 5. Salvation is a deliverance from the envenomed sting of death. 6. This salvation is a deliverance from the resurrection of damnation, the horrors of the judgment, and the miseries of the lost in hell. Now for the peculiar characteristics of this salvation. (1) It is free. (2) Suitable. (3) Present. (4) Gracious. (5) Eternal. II. THE AUTHOR AND SOURCE OF SALVATION. It is "Christ Jesus." III. LET US POINT OUT ITS METHOD. Some persons try to mystify the plan. But it is simple. The way is easy. Some want to purchase the gift of salvation, but it is not to be bought. It is here — "Look unto Me, and be ye saved, all ye ends of the earth." Turn your eyes from the world and sin, and, by faith, LOOK TO CHRIST! (R. Key.) Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. |
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