A Gospel Message

By Dr. Richard D. Ledet, November 27, 2013

 I want you to know that God loves you. And I want you to know that Jesus loves you too.  And that God the Father sent His only begotten Son, Jesus to the Earth. And there is a reason why He came.

 Adam sinned. Adam and Eve sinned. And because of their sin we have a sin nature.  We desire to sin and want to sin where the flesh just loves to sin.  Okay!  But God requires perfection in order to get into Heaven. And none of us can be perfect, so therefore in order to satisfy our sin nature. What God wanted to do was remove our sins as far as the East is from the West and into the Sea of Forgetfulness to be remembered no more. [Psalm 103:12; Micah 7:19].

 It required someone who never did sin to pay the price for the sin of mankind. Jesus did not sin, not even one time. And as a result, it took a man who never did sin to pay the price of death on the Cross of Calvary.

 God looked the whole world over and could not find one that was without sin. Not one person. Even in the days when Mary, His mother lived on the Earth. There was not that had not sinned. So therefore, it required someone who never did sin to pay the ultimate price.  It required a man. So, God sent His only Begotten Son, Jesus to pay the price.  He was the only one that could. He was the only one worthy of opening the scroll.

 So, as a result. He went to the Cross and He paid the price. We ourselves deserve crucifixion, but Jesus took our place.  He was our Barabbas so to speak. They gave the Jews a choice, either release Jesus or Barabbas. And they chose Barabbas. And Barabbas knew that Jesus never did sin.  And he was amazed that they chose to let him, go.  Barabbas rather than Jesus and therefore it is the same thing with us

 We deserve crucifixion. We deserve a horrible death, but Jesus took our place. And if you recognize that and if you can believe that it is not through your works of righteousness. Because your works, our works of righteousness are as filthy rags! [Isaiah 64:6].  And therefore, you can’t work to get to Heaven.  All the works you did to get to Heaven don’t count!  To get to Heaven all you have to do is receive the free gift of Eternal Life, to be Spiritually Born-again by asking God the Father in the name of Jesus to forgive you of your sin. He took your place on the Cross of Calvary. If should have been you!  And if you ask Him to and you mean it in your heart. That you are a sincere about wanting to get forgiven.  And you are repenting of your sins, then God will forgive you!  He will put your sins as far as the East is from the West.  And the Holy Spirit, when you get Spiritually Born-again will come in to live inside of you.  You have to be Spiritually Born-again to get into Heaven.  Jesus told a Pharisee named Nicodemus that in the Gospel of John chapter three. [John 3:1-8].

 So, to be Spiritually Born-again, you got to be Born of water and the spirit.  To be Born of water that means you were born physically out of your mother’s womb.  But that is not enough to get into Heaven, just because you were born physically on Earth.  If Adam wouldn’t have sinned that would have been possible because of their sin you have a sin nature.  And that sin nature was not taken away. You still have it.

 And therefore, because God said you have to be born of water.  You came out.  You came out.  Your were physically in your mother’s womb in water.  Now you have to be born of the Spirit.  You got to be born of the Spirit.

 You see you are made up of three parts, the spirit, the soul and the body. You have a spirit man or a spirit woman, who lives inside of you.  For you to get into Heaven, you have to be Spiritually Born-again.  Old things have passed away, all things have become new. [2nd Corinthians 5:17].  Your spirit man or spirit woman is brand new.

 Now, you can still sin, but before you got Spiritually Born-again you practiced your sin [1st John 3:9].  You do it over and over again.  If you a Roman Catholic, you go tell your sins to a Catholic priest in confession.  The same old routine.  You could bring a IC Recorder and play that device telling the same sins over and over again.  But when you get Spiritually Born-again you aren’t convicted. You say, I’ll go tell the priest that particular sin when I go to confession. That is not Repentance.

 You are enriched with the Holy Spirit to help you.  Before you get Spiritually Born-again, all you have to fight sin is your will power and your conscience.  Now, you have the Holy Spirit to help  you.  And there is no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man.  But God is faithful, He will not allow you to be tempted above  what you are able to.  But with the temptation also make a way to escape that you may be able to bear it. [1st Corinthians 10:13].

 Therefore now, if you want to, it is up to you,  You can ask Him to forgive you for your sins.  Turn away from those sins which you have in your life is called Repentance. The Holy Spirit will help you turn away, but you have to mean it in your Heart. God the Father knows if you mean to do Business or not.  And He will forgive you and you can get Spiritually Born-again.

 Salvation is not a matter of a simple prayer that someone says, and then returns to living just the way they did before saying the prayer. This prayer must contain a Heart-felt regret for having lived a prideful, self-centered life of disbelief, rebellion and sin. It requires Repentance, or turning away from those things that are displeasing to God.  It should also include a commitment to be a whole Hearted follower of Jesus Christ. [2nd Corinthians 7:10].

 2nd Corinthians 7:10 (KJV)

 “For godly sorrow (sorrow instigated by the Holy Spirit over wrongdoing) works Repentance to Salvation not to be repented of (means that such action will never be regretted); but the sorrow of the world works death.” (This presents a sorrow that is merely remorse often despair.)

 If  you desire to be fully forgiven by God the Father — if you want to move from Spiritual death to Spiritual life — you can tell Him in a simple prayer like this:

 “Lord Jesus, I need You.  I admit that I have sinned.  I understand that the punishment for my sins is death, to be spiritually separated from You.  Yet, because of Your Great Love, You made a plan to save me.  I believe that what You said in Your Word is true, that You sent Jesus Christ to pay the penalty I should have to pay. Jesus thank You for dying on the cross for my sins and taking the punishment in my place. Right now, I ask You to come into my life to be my Lord and Savior. Take control of my life and make me the person you created me to be. Thank you for Your unconditional love that will last forever!  And thank you for Your mercy.  In Your holy name.  Amen.”

  If you sincerely prayed this prayer, listen to what God says!

 “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!  And that is what we are!” (1st John 3:1).

1.) There are Fatal Consequences for anyone who teaches or believes a Different or Another Man Centered Gospel and not according to God’s Word or in the Scriptures!

Galatians 1:6 (KJV)

 “I marvel that you are so soon removed from Him (the Holy Spirit) Who called you into the Grace of Christ (made possible by the Cross) unto another gospel” (anything which doesn’t have the Cross as its Object of Faith):

Galatians 1:7 (KJV)

 “Which is not another (presents the fact that Satan’s aim is not so much to deny the Gospel, which he can little do, as to corrupt it); but there be some who trouble you, and would pervert the Gospel of Christ” (once again, to make the object of Faith something other than the Cross).

Galatians 1:8 (KJV)

 “But though we (Paul and his associates), or an Angel from Heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you (Jesus Christ and Him Crucified), let him be accursed” (eternally condemned; the Holy Spirit speaks this through Paul, making this very serious).

Galatians 1:9 (KJV)

  “As we said before, so say I now again (at some time past, be had said the same thing to them, making their defection even more serious), If any man preach any other gospel unto you ( anything other than the Cross) than that you have received (which Saved your souls), let him be accursed” (“eternally condemned,” which means the loss of the soul).

 Then start reading the Bible in the book of Saint John, the fourth gospel.  And you will see that the Bible you haven’t read it that very much because it didn’t make much sense.  But now that you are Spiritually Born-again with the Holy Spirit inside of you. He is the author of the Bible.  And you will be amazed at what you are going to get understanding of.  And you are going to get a desire to read the Word of God.  Amen.  God Bless you.

 Suppose one claims to believe that Christ died for man’s sins, but that one must add to their beliefs of good deeds or good works, trust in Mary, the mother of Jesus to intercede, suffer in Purgatory, belong to the Roman Catholic church or keep certain rules or Sacraments in order to be Saved, or that Christ must be sacrificed again and again and again in the Catholic Mass.  Is that man or woman Saved?  The Bible says, “No!”  To believe that anything else is necessary for Salvation is to deny that Christ paid the penalty in full, thus rejecting the Gospel.  How can those who trust in a church for Salvation be trusting only in Christ and His finished work?

John 19:30 (KJV)

 “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar (pertained to the moistening of the lips and tongue, which had dried out because of the loss of body fluid; mos probably He asked for this in order that He might speak the last words), He said, It is finished (proclaims the greatest Word, albeit at great price, that any sinner could ever hear; in effect, the world’s debt was paid, every iota of the Law had been fulfilled): and He bowed His Head and gave up the ghost” (Jesus did not die from His Wounds: He freely gave up His Life, in fact, dying when the Holy Spirit told Him to die [Hebrews 9:14]).

The Correct Meaning of “Repent”

 When God tells an unsaved man or woman to “Repent,” He means for that man or woman to change his or her mind about how to reach God and accept God’s Way of Salvation.  This person must CHANGE HIS OR HER MIND from any idea of Religion he or she may have to save himself or herself, and trust Christ’s substitutionary payment for everything he or she has done wrong.