For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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… but the very next verse says, but you brother are not in darkness that that day should overtake you as a thief. Hallelujah. And then in verse nine, he says, for God has not appointed us to wrath. I tell you, this ought to make us shout right here in this little church. God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. My, oh my, I'm telling you, we cannot imagine what God has prepared for us. Eyes have not seen, ears have not heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man what God has prepared. I want to throw up Romans 13 and 11. I close with this. Romans 13 and 11. And that knowing the time. Now it's high time to awake out of sleep. Turn to somebody and say, wake up. Tell them again. Shake them a little bit. Say, wake up. It's high time. Do you believe we're in that time prophetically? Do you believe we're in that time spiritually? …
… the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath. One of the key verses in his whole teaching. God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. Okay, you see the word salvation appears in both of those verses. he's talking about the future and our future salvation do you remember Sunday I said that we're saved in three different senses past present future we're saved in the past from the penalty of sin moment you gave your life to Christ hell had no grip on you you were transformed and transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light You have been saved, past tense, from the penalty of sin. You are being saved right now in the present tense from the power of sin. Its grip on your life should be loosening a little bit more as time goes on. That's sanctification. Salvation happens when you give your life to Christ and you're saved from the penalty of sin. …
For if you are with us, then nothing else matters. And if you are not with us, then nothing else matters. Be with us, we pray in the name of your beloved. Amen. Please be seated. If you came here this morning in any doubt about what season it is, this morning's gospel lesson was your clue. As any longtime churchgoer can attest, when the parable of the talents shows up in church, it's stewardship season. It's time to consider how much God has given you so you can decide how much to give back. Not only so places like this will be here next time you want to come, but also because it is good for you to let go of some of what you have on a regular basis. Now that's the kind of thing you're likely to hear at Duke Chapel, but visit a church in my part of the world and you may hear something more persuasive, persuasive, like, don't give until it hurts, give until it feels good, aim to double God's investment in you so you don't wind up like servant number three, not just wicked and lazy, but worthless, unworthy of any response from the master, save the effort it takes to order him thrown into the dark, while servants number one and two enter into the joy of their master. Dig deep. …