From

Death to
Life, Part
2 (Just
Jesus

Evangelis
tic
Campaig
n, Day
55)

TEXT:
John
5:24-27

24 Verily,
verily, I
say unto
you, He
that

heareth
my word,
and
believeth
on him

that sent
me, hath
everlasti
ng life,
and shall

not come
into
condemn
ation; but
is passed

from
death
unto life.

25 Verily,
verily, I
say unto
you, The
hour is

coming,
and now
is, when
the dead
shall

hear the
voice of
the Son
of God:
and they

that hear
shall live.
26 For as
the

Father
hath life
in
himself;
so hath

he given
to the
Son to
have life

in
himself;
27 And
hath

given
him
authority
to
execute

judgment
also,
because
he is the

Son of
man.
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Today, I
am
continuin
g the
daily Just

Jesus
Evangelis
tic
Campaig
n sermon

series,
which is
aimed at
sharing
the

Gospel of
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
with

unbelieve
rs and
remindin
g
Christian

s, in this
important
election
year, to
keep the

main
thing the
main
thing -and that

is
reaching
unbelieve
rs with
the

Gospel of
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
and

praying
for their
salvation,
for the
problem

in
America
is not
only
disobedie

nt
president
s
politician
s, and

people,
but
disobedie
nt
pastors,

preacher
s, and
parishion
ers who
have

refused
to obey
the
Lords
Great

Commiss
ion which
is to, Go
ye
therefore,

and teach
all
nations
and who
have

refused
to obey
God's
repeated
comman

ds to
"pray
without
ceasing"
for

unbelieve
rs,
believers,
and
political

leaders.
Yes, you
should
pray for
the right

candidate
to win;
yes, you
should
vote for

the
candidate
that the
Lord
gives you

peace
about
voting
for. But,
don't get

caught
up in it
like the
world
does.

Nothing
much is
going to
change
until

people
get saved
and get
their
hearts

right with
the Lord.
This
campaign

is
inspired
by the
following
three

verses: 1
Corinthia
ns 2:2
which
says,

"For I
determin
ed not to
know
anything

among
you, save
Jesus
Christ,
and him

crucified.
" Acts
5:42
which
says,

"And
daily in
the
temple,
and in

every
house,
they
ceased
not to

teach and
preach
Jesus
Christ."
And 2

Timothy
2:4 which
says, "No
man that
warreth

entanglet
h himself
with the
affairs of
this life;

that he
may
please
him who
hath

chosen
him to be
a
soldier."

This
series is
not for
Christian
s

necessari
ly.
However,
I do hope
you are

one of
those
saints
who still
loves to

hear the
"Old, old
story of
Jesus
and His

love" -As
another
hymn
says,

"For
those
who
know it
best

Seem
hungerin
g and
thirsting
to hear it

like the
rest."
This
series is
primarily

for
unbelieve
rs, so
they can
hear and

understa
nd the
Gospel
and be
saved

from sin
and the
punishm
ent of sin
which is

hell. This
is
message
number
55.

John
Wycliffe
said, "It
is not

good for
us to
trust in
our
merits, in

our
virtues or
our
righteous
ness; but

only in
God's
free
pardon,
as given

us
through
faith in
Jesus
Christ."

As we
saw from
this
passage

on
yesterday
, those
who hear
Jesus'

words
and
believe
on Him
immediat

ely pass
from
spiritual
death to
spiritual

life. That
is the
effect a
relations
hip with

God
through
Jesus
Christ
has on a

person's
life. For
thousand
s of
years,

people
were
comman
ded to
sacrifice

animals
and to
faithfully
keep
rituals

and
religious
observan
ces, yet
they

remained
dead in
their
sins.

In His
remarks
to the
Jewish
religious

leaders,
Jesus
informs
them that
a change

is taking
place
right
before
their

eyes. He
says,
"Verily,
verily, I
say unto

you, The
hour is
coming,
and now
is, when

the dead
shall hear
the voice
of the
Son of

God: and
they that
hear shall
live." The
sacrifices

and
religious
rituals of
the Old
Testamen

t were
always
meant to
be
temporar

y.
Galatians
3:24
says,
the law

was our
schoolma
ster to
bring us
unto

Christ.
When
Jesus
came on
the

scene,
God was
announci
ng that
everythin

g would
be
different.
"The
hour is

coming
and now
is..."
Sacrifice
s and

rituals
would no
longer be
necessar
y to be in

right
standing
with God.
Jesus,
the living

Savior,
walked
with us
on this
earth and

spoke to
us. He is
Immanuel
, God
with us,

in the
flesh. He
is the
lamb of
God who

took
away the
sins of
the
world. To

know
Jesus is
to know
God. We
do not

need
animal
sacrifices
or rituals
when we

have the
living
God.

Imagine
that you
have a
wellknown

family
member
you have
never
met. You

might
look at
old
photos of
that

person.
You
might
watch
home

videos of
that
person.
You
might

hear a
recording
of their
voice.
Other

people
might tell
you
stories of
that

person's
life. But
nothing
measures
up to

when that
person
arrives
and you
meet

them for
yourself,
when you
touch
them and

hear their
voice for
the first
time with
your own

ears.
That is
what it
was like
when

Jesus
came to
earth.
Previousl
y, we

only had
the
stories,
photos,
and voice

recording
s; but,
now, we
have the
living

God
himself -Immanuel
, God
with us.

Because
Jesus
came,
poor

sinners
like us
have an
opportuni
ty to hear

His
words
and pass
from
death to

life.
Jesus
said, "the
dead
shall hear

the voice
of the
Son of
God: and
they that

hear shall
live."
Jesus'
words
are

powerful;
they are
the
words of
God

Himself.
If God
could
create
the world

with just
His
words,
surely He
can save

human
souls
with just
His
words.

Warren
Wiersbe
said,
"How are
dead

sinners
raised
from the
dead? By
hearing

God's
Word and
believing
on God's
Son.

Jesus
healed
the
paralyzed
man at

the pool
by His
word.
Each
time He

raised
somebod
y from
the dead,
He spoke

the word.
His Word
is 'living
and
powerful'

and can
raise
sinners
from
spiritual

death...
To hear
His word
and
believe

means
salvation;
to reject
His Word
means

condemn
ation."
In the
Bible,

hearing
does not
simply
mean the
reception

of sound
by our
ears; it
also
entails

acting on
what is
heard.
Have you
ever

heard the
phrase,
"to hear
is to
obey"?

You
might
think it
comes
from the

Arabian
Nights or
the
Chronicle
s of

Narnia;
but it
goes
much
further

back than
those
popular
stories. It
comes

from the
Jewish
word,
"shema."
In our

English
Bibles,
the word
"shema"
is

typically
translate
d "hear."
But,
when the

Jews
used this
word,
they
meant

both
hearing
and
acting on
what was

heard.
Jesus,
being a
Jewish
rabbi

speaking
to Jewish
religious
leaders,
would

have
communi
cated the
same
thing. He

said, "the
dead
shall hear
the voice
of the

Son of
God: and
they that
hear shall
live." Not

only
must
those
who are
spirituall

y dead
"hear"
Jesus'
words,
but they

must
obey
them.

We will
not be
born
again by
simply

hearing
Jesus'
words;
we must
act on

them, we
must
obey
them.
Will you

hear AND
obey
Jesus
today so
that you

can pass
from
death to
life?

If you
have not
yet
believed
on Jesus

Christ as
your
Saviour,
here is
how.

1. Accept
the fact
that you
are a

sinner,
and that
you have
broken
God's

law. The
Bible
says in
Ecclesias
tes 7:20:

"For
there is
not a just
man
upon

earth that
doeth
good,
and
sinneth

not."
Romans
3:23
reads:
"For all

have
sinned
and come
short of
the glory

of God."
In fact, I
am the
chief of
sinners,

so don't
think that
you're
alone.

2. Accept
the fact
that there
is a
penalty

for sin.
The Bible
states in
Romans
6:23:

"For the
wages of
sin is
death"

3. Accept
the fact
that you
are on
the road

to hell.
Jesus
Christ
said in
Matthew

10:28:
"And fear
not them
which kill
the body,

but are
not able
to kill the
soul: but
rather

fear him
which is
able to
destroy
both soul

and body
in hell."
The Bible
says in
Revelatio

n 21:8:
"But the
fearful,
and
unbelievi

ng, and
the
abomina
ble, and
murderer

s, and
whoremo
ngers
and
sorcerers

, and
idolaters,
and all
liars,
shall

have
their part
in the
lake
which

burneth
with fire
and
brimston
e: which

is the
second
death."

4. Accept
the fact
that you
cannot
do

anything
to save
yourself!
The Bible
states in

Ephesian
s 2: 8, 9:
"For by
grace are
ye saved

through
faith: and
that not
of
yourselve

s: it is a
gift of
God. Not
of works,
lest any

man
should
boast."

5. Accept
the fact
that God
loves you
more

than you
love
yourself,
and that
He wants

to save
you from
hell.
Jesus
Christ

said in
John
3:16, "For
God so
loved the

world,
that He
gave His
only
begotten

Son, that
whosoev
er
believeth
in Him

should
not
perish,
but have

everlastin
g life."
6. With
these

facts in
mind,
please
repent of
your

sins,
believe
on the
Lord
Jesus

Christ
and pray
and ask
Him to
come

into your
heart and
save you
this very
moment.

The Bible
states in
the book
of
Romans

10:9, 13:
"That if
thou
shalt
confess

with thy
mouth
the Lord
Jesus,
and shalt

believe in
thine
heart that
God hath
raised

Him from
the dead,
thou
shalt be
saved."

"For
whosoev
er shall
call upon
the name

of the
Lord
shall be
saved."

If you
believe
that
Jesus
Christ

died on
the cross
for your
sins, was
buried,

and rose
from the
dead, and
you want
to trust

Him for
your
salvation
today,
please

pray with
me this
simple
prayer:
Holy

Father
God, I
realize
that I am
a sinner

and that I
have
done
some bad
things in

my life. I
am sorry
for my
sins, and
I want to

turn from
my sins.
For
Jesus
Christ

sake,
please
forgive
me of my
sins. I

now
believe
with all of
my heart
that

Jesus
Christ
died for
me, was
buried,

and rose
again. I
trust Him
as my
Savior

and
follow
Him as
Lord
from this

day
forward.
Lord
Jesus,
please

come
into my
heart and
save my
soul and

change
my life
today.
Amen.

If you
believed
in your
heart that
Jesus

Christ
died on
the
cross,
was

buried,
and rose
again,
allow me
to say,

congratul
ations on
doing the
most
important

thing in
life and
that is
accepting
Jesus

Christ as
your Lord
and
Saviour!
For more

informati
on to
help you
grow in
your

newfoun
d faith in
Christ, go
to Gospel
Light

Society.c
om and
read
"What To
Do After

You Enter
Through
the
Door".
Jesus

Christ
said in
John
10:9, "I
am the

door: by
me if any
man
enter in,
he shall

be saved,
and shall
go in and
out, and

find
pasture."
If you
accepted

Jesus
Christ as
your
Savior
today,

please email me
at
dw3@go
spellights

ociety.co
m and let
us know.
There is
some

free
material
that we
want to
send you.

If you
have a
prayer
request,
please e-

mail that
to us as
well, and
we will
pray for

you until
you tell
us to
stop.

God
loves
you. We
love you.
And may

God
bless
you.