I was blessed to come across Adrian Rogers' podcast the other day and have started receiving them on a regular basis. I would recommend subscribing if you have itunes.
I thought the passage he preached through was excellent and was very helpful in being able to explain salvation. Romans 10: 1-13
The title to his sermon was "The Simplicity of Salvation."
Dr. Rogers says, "Jesus came not as a great philosopher, educator, economist or social worker; Jesus came as Savior. Man's greatest need is to have our sins covered, forgiven, and to be reconciled to God."
So many times we, as preachers and communicators of the gospel, try to portray Christ as one of these aforementioned characters. Christ is Lord and Savior. It is quite simple so simple it is confusing to the intellectual. That is part of the mystery of salvation. While trying to put some form of science to Christ we must remember that Christ is the One who formed science. He is the creator and sustainer of all things visible and invisible.
Dr. Rogers points out that God desired for the religious to be saved. Religious being the Jews and Pharisees. Many people are religious. Religious wears with it many masks. Dr. Rogers put it somewhat this way in that if we were as righteous as the Pharisees our sanctuaries would be full on Sundays, tithing would be 100% and everyone would outwardly be very religious but inwardly very lost. Works do not bring salvation, works reveal salvation.
In conclusion, I must encourage you to listen to this sermon. Very good and easy to understand. Have a blessed day.
