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#505: Boasting in the Cross of Jesus

• Loren Hicks

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The Big Idea: 

Let our words be full of boasting about Jesus and his death on the cross. It is only because of Jesus and his sacrifice for our sins that we have received this salvation. Our testimony is found in the cross of Jesus.


Main Points:

1. If the Bible is clear about anything, it is clear about this one thing: Faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is essential for our salvation. Our good works, no matter how many they may be, will never be sufficient to pay for our sins.
2. God is not against righteous acts, just not righteous acts done in an effort to earn salvation. We don’t work for God to deserve salvation. We work for God because we have been saved. We do so out of gratitude for all God has done for us.
3. Boasting is the prideful expression of our accomplishments. Boasting says, “Look what I have done.”  Since salvation is a gift from God, and we could never boast in our own accomplishments to earn it, what are we to say? Let’s say along with the Apostle Paul…

Galatians 6:14 - “May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”


Today’s Scripture Verse:

Ephesians 2:8-9 - “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Isaiah 64:6 says, “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags.”


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