Thus far we have noticed:

1. Salvation, What does it Mean?
(some people make fun of it, etc.)

2. Salvation, Who Needs it?
(Good people, bad people, etc.)

3. Salvation, Do we Appreciate it?

4. Salvation, Where do you get it?

5. Salvation, How do you take it?
(What must one do to be saved.)

6. Salvation, When do you get it how do you keep it?

7. Parables relating to salvation.

Todays final lesson: SALVATION: Do You Have It?

Jeremiah wrote: (Jer 8:20 KJV) "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."

(1 John 5:13 KJV) "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

We need to be able to say with the apostle Paul, (2 Cor 5:1 KJV) "For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

It matters not how freely available salvation is, how much it cost the Saviour to make it available, what it means or how precious it is, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT, IT IS WORTH NOTHING TO YOU!

(Gal 2:21 KJV) "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain." If YOU ARE NOT SAVED, then as far as you are concerned, CHRIST DIED IN VAIN.

(2 Cor 6:1 KJV) "We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain." If you do not take advantage of this Salvation, then God's grace has been extended to you IN VAIN.

(1 Cor 15:2 KJV) "By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain." If you are not ramaining faithful to the Lord, then you did BELIEVE IN VAIN!


Are you a child of God, or just one of the neighbor kids playing in the Lord's back yard?

You may call Him Father, but does He call you His child?

Will He say, Come, ye blessed of my Father, or, Depart, I know you not?

The Judgment Scene: (Mat 25:31-46 KJV)
"When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: {32} And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: {33} And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. {34} Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: {35} For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: {36} Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. {37} Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? {38} When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? {39} Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? {40} And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. {41} Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: {42} For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: {43} I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. {44} Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? {45} Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. {46} And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

You will be there. You will be placed on the right hand or the left. You will hear the Lord say either, "Come, ye blessed..." or "Depart from me, ye cursed...!" You will go away into life eternal or everlasting punishment. The question is, Which? And that depents on YOU... WHETHER YOU ARE LOST OR SAVED!

LOOK AT JOHN'S VISION OF THE JUDGMENT: (Rev 20:12-15 KJV)
"And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. {13} And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. {14} And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. {15} And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Every person who has ever lived from Adam and Eve on down will be there. You will be there. You will stand before God, your Creator. Imagine, standing before God to be judged. We picture God as mercy and salvation. He is now... but not then. He will be JUDGE then. And you will be standing before Him with your life exposed as an open book.

The books will be opened. One book to be opened is the Bible. Jesus said, (John 12:48 KJV) "He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." Another book to be opened is God's book of remembrance. In it will be recorded your life, with everything you ever did or did not do. A third book to be opened is God's Book of Life. The book of life is Heaven's roll book containing the names of every soul who is saved, who belongs to the Lord. Jesus once said (Luke 10:20 KJV), "Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." If Judgment Day should be tomorrow, Are you saved? --Would your name be found written there?

There is a song:

SEARCH THE BOOK AGAIN

I THOUGHT THAT I HAD DIED AND GONE TO HEAVEN,
I WAS STANDING JUST OUTSIDE THE GATE.
THE MAN FROM WITHIN SAID HAVE YOU BEEN BORN AGAIN,
IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

I TOLD HIM OF THE DEEDS I HAD DONE,
I TOLD HIM OF THE TROPHIES I HAD WON .
THEN THE MAN SAID TO ME,
SON HAVE YOU BEEN SET FREE.
IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

AND THEN HE TURNED AND LEFT ME,
STANDING THERE I KNEW IT WAS TOO LATE NOW FOR PRAYER
SO MY SINNER FRIEND IF YOU WILL ENTER IN
YOUR NAME MUST BE IN THE BOOK OF LIFE.

CHORUS

PLEASE SEARCH THE BOOK AGAIN,
I THOUGHT MY NAME WAS THERE.
I WENT TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY,
THOUGH I NEVER KNELT IN PRAYER,
PLEASE SEARCH THE BOOK AGAIN.
BEFORE YOU MAKE ME GO.

(And there is more to it than prayer: you must obey the gospel: "repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins..." Acts 2:38, and the Lord will enroll your name in Heaven's roll-book, add you to His church--Acts 2:41 and 47.)

Jesus says, (Luke 13:24-28 KJV)
"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. {25} When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: {26} Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. {27} But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. {28} There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."

Try to invision this picture of the Judgment. This earth has passed away. People are standing before God, knocking at the gate of Heaven, desiring to enter in. But the Lord won't open the door to them. The Lord proclaims to them, I do not know you.

But these are people who are familiar with the Lord. Some of them lived during his time on earth and actually DINED WITH HIM while He was here. But His answer remains the same: I know you not whence ye are... Depart from me ye workers of iniquity.

Imagine standing there with entrance to Heaven refused. There is only one other place to go, and you know you don't want to go there, for the smoke ascends along with screams of anguish. But you are standing there knocking, with entrance denied. Then here comes Abraham. He walks past you and enters in. Here come Isaac and Jacob and the prophets. They walk past you and enter in. But despite all your pleading, your entrance is denied.

Jesus says, "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."

What a horrible picture. But that's what it's going to be like to be LOST. That's why Jesus SUFFERED and DIED for us, so we would not have to experience this agony. And that's why this lesson is so important: SALVATION: DO YOU HAVE IT?

Judgment is surely coming,
Coming to you and me,
We will be judged that morning
For all eternity;
Some will go into Heaven,
Others will be denied;
Will you be in that number...
Standing outside?

Standing outside the portals,
Standing outside denied,
Knowing that with the demons
Ever you shall abide;
Never to share the beauties,
Waiting the sanctified,
O what an awful picture...
Standing outside.

John wrote: (3 John 1:2 KJV) "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."

Could he say that of you and me? It is my desire that your soul may prosper and "be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." (1 Cor 5:5 KJV)

SALVATION: DO YOU HAVE IT? I would not want to go one minute being not right with God. (Mat 24:44 KJV) "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh."

In the words of the song:

Mid the toil and strife of this busy life,
Is it well... with your soul?

Are you living right, should you die tonight?
Is it well... with your soul?

Have you lost your sin, are you pure within?
Is it well...with your soul?

Are you at the side of the Crucified?
Is it well... with your soul?

Do you praise the love of the One above?
Is it well... with your soul?

Will the crown be won, and the Lord's "Well Done?"
Is it well... with your soul?

Is it well with your soul?
Are you free, glad and whole?
Are you living right, should you die tonight?
Is it well... With your soul?


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