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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 551
die.” (Ezekiel 18:20) Without a redeemer, this sin brings upon us the everlasting judgment of
God: “unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness,
indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the Gentile;...(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the
doers of the law shall be justified.” (Romans 2:8-9, 13)
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Jesus Christ Our Saviour
We receive the grace of Jesus Christ through faith and this faith includes believing who
He was and what He did. Jesus was the Son of God.
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Jesus is God.
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Jesus, the Father and the
Holy Spirit are one (1 John 5:7). Jesus Christ is the creator (John 1:1-3, 14)
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and as our loving
creator he humbled himself and became man. He was born of a virgin (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke
1:27-35). He lived a sinless life (Hebrews 4:15; 9:28; 2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus remained
perfectly within the Father's will.
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He is the only righteous person to have lived on the earth (1
John 2:1-2; Revelation 16:4-5; and Romans 3:10-18); all others can only obtain righteousness
through Him (Romans 5:16-21; 1 John 1:6-10). He was crucified and died as an atoning sacrifice
for the sins of the world
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and then raised from the dead
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that we might receive his
righteousness through grace and live an everlasting life in a joy filled and sinless heavenly
kingdom.
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Jesus Christ is perfect in wisdom and knowledge and knows all things before they
even come to pass.
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We read in Hebrews:
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God
should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things,
and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the
captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he that sanctifieth
and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to
call them brethren, Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst
of the church will I sing praise unto thee. And again, I will put my trust in him.
And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is, the devil; And deliver them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. For verily he took not
on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore
in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a
merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being
tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. (Hebrews 2:9-18)
Jesus died for us that through the grace of God we should experience His righteousness
and eternal life. It is a mystery of how through His death and resurrection, His righteousness
could be imputed to us. When we accept Jesus Christ as our savior, His perfect sinless character
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