God sent His only begotten Son into this world in the form of mankind.  A

baby that would depend on His earthly mother and father to protect, feed, and

clothe Him.

     He felt pain, felt the different emothions that mankind feels.  He had to depend

on His parents to teach Him.

     I don't know when Jesus started communication with His heavenly Father but

then He was being prepared for what He would have to face years down the road.

     At the age of twelve was the first time it is mentioned that Jesus was teach-

ing in the church.  Then you don't see Him teaching again until He was in His

thirties.

     Jesus went through trials and tribulations just like any other man.  The enemy

tried to tempt Jesus when He ws tired, hungry, and thirsty.  But as we all know

Jesus did not surcome to the temtations put before Him.

     Jesus was obediant to His heavenly Father at all times.  He bore no sins in

his lfe on this earth.  He was and always will be innocent of any sin that tries to

get in His way while teaching His heavenly Fathers ways.  And of course there is

no sin in heaven.

     When they arrested Jesus, He did not try to defend Himself.  His discipels

knew that Jesus was going to die.  Jesus told them.  He told them that they

would all deny Him and they did.  Jesus was alone.

      Jesus allowed them to beat Him beyond recognition.  The stripes He bore

were for mankinds healing.

     Jesus allowed them to strip Him of His clothing and be humiliated.  With this

act of sacrifice He has taken our shame from us.

     Jesus carried His own cross to the mountain even though He was half dead

from the beatings he had received.  With this act He has taken the burdens of

Gods children from them.

      Jesus allowed them to put a crown of thorns on His head and be labeled King

of the Jews.  Because Jesus is the King of kings and the Lord of Lords they had

know idea that they had given Him honor with the crown.

      Jesus allowed them to nail Him to the cross.  You see He had all the sins of

the world upon Him.  He would have to die with all the sins from the beginning of

time to the end of the earth.  This allows us to be forgiven and justified of our sins

never to be remembered again.

      Jesus defeated death when hell could not hold Him because He bore no 

sins of His own.  Jesus came out of hell with the key.

     When  God resurrected Jesus it mad Jesus our intercessor to our heavenly

Father.  We would all be condemned to hell without the resurrection of  

Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

     When Jesus assended to heaven He left the Holy Spirit here.  That He

would enter us and help us to live a godly life while we are still on this earth.

     Gods Word tells us that Jesus is the only way we can enter Gods king-

dom.  We have all fallen short of the kingdom of God.

     We need to speak to Jesus daily.  Speaking to Jesus, as you would a

friend, builds your relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.  Also

read Gods Word and pray.

     Turn away from your old ways and live a godly life.  We all need to glori-

fy the Lord in everthing that we do.

     Jesus took our sickness, pain, shame and burdens to the cross with 

him so that we could finally and truly be set free from our sinful ways.

     Jesus is the way, the light, and the truth.  It is only by asking Jesus to 

be the Lord of your life that you will be allowed to enter Gods kingdom.

     Jesus paid the price for everyone who will seek Him and live their lives

as Jesus did while He was on this earth.

     We all mess up somethimes and must ask for forgiveness.  We don't

have to beg simply ask and give thanks for all that Jesus did for you and is

going to do for you.

     One man,(Adam), brought sin on to all mankind.  One Man, (Jesus),

paid the price for all of mankinds sins.  Do you not see the beauty and

wisdom in that statement?  Our God ia an Awesome God indeed!!!

                                              BY THE ATONEMENT

     I have struggled and prayed over this part of salvation.  So I looked up the

word atonement and this is the understanding that God gave me.

             atone: To make amends for an offense or a crime.

     When Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior died on the cross , with all the sins

on HIm, He became the atonement of sin.  It is only through the pouring out

of His blood that atonement was accomplished.

     Some will say , why doesn't God just say your forgiven?  The answer to

that qustion is this.  The atonement for sin is death, or if you will, eternity in

hell.

     Our God is a just God.  Some how we hav to make atonement for our sins

before  we can enter the kingdom of God.  There is no way anyone can accomp-

lish this on our own.  We would be in hell.

     How would God judge whether we've made atonement for our sins?  If He

just said, okay you are forgiven, He would have to let all into heaven even if they

never once turned away from their sins.

     Once they entered Gods kingdom why would their behavior be any different

than when they were on earth?  God's kingdom would be full of sin.  God can't

look at sin.

     In the salvation plan there is only one way into God's kingdom.  That is

through the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

     The only way is to believe Jesus is the Son of God.  That He died for our

sins.  That Jesus defeated death because hell could not hold Him.  Jesus had

no sins of His own.  That Jesus came out of hell with the key.  That God resur-

rected Jesus from the dead.  To ask Jesus into your heart.  Turn away from the

ways of the world, Satans ways, and live to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ our

savior.  When you do this God will be in you, the Holy Spirit, and you will be in

God.

     Some call this dying on the cross with Jesus.  Actually that is a pretty

good way to think of it.  If you are at the cross the blood of Jesus would have

dropped on you.  All it takes is one drop of His blood to cleanse you whiter than

a new fallen snow.

     If God is not in you, you are still full of the sins you lived in while on this

earth.  God  cannot look at sin.  That is why God could not look at His beloved

Son while He was on the cross.  Sin is  intalirable in Gods eyes.

     While Jesus was on the cross was the first time in His life that  He had been

alone and unable to communicate with His heavenly Father.

     I cannot even imagine how badly that hurt Jesus.  In his obediants to His

heavenly Father, His heavenly Father had to turn away from Jesus because God

cannot look at sin.  But I also believe that it really hurt God to have to look away.

     I read in a book one day and this is how they explained how God could send

anyone to hell.  You and your family get in your car and drive around.  You find

the biggest and best mansion you ever saw.  So you go and park in the drive and

get out of your car.  You knock on the door and when they answer you inform

them that you and your family are moving in with them.  Well you can imagine

what their response would be.  Of course they would not let you move in.  They

probably called the police and had you hauled off to jail and away from their

home.

     So when we die if we are not part of God's family why would we expect God

to let us move into His kingdom?  That does not mean He is not a loving God  It

means that you did not know Him so why would you expect Him to let you into

His kingdom?

     Jesus calls each and everyone of us.  But if we choose to ignore Him and

refuse to be part of Gods family then that is of our own choice.  God will not force

you to be part of His family.

     None of us know how long we have to live on this earth.  My husband passed

away one year ago.  He made His choice to be part of God's family.  I know that

when the Lord calls me home I will see Gary again.  He is waiting for me.

     If you do not know Jesus, or you have fallen away from His ways, maybe to-

day is the day for you to get acquainted to Him and become part of God's family.

If you have fallen away and are not living for Him then maybe it is the day you

should reacquaint yourself with the Lord.  To rebuild your relationship with Him.

None of us know if there is a tomorrow for us.  Don't miss out on God's kingdom

thinking maybe later.  This may be your last chance.

                                        THE RESURRECTION

     We were God's enemy before the death of His Son Jesus Christ.  We were

full of sin.  The world was our God and lived as the world says that we should

live.

     Through the death of Christ Jesus we were reconciled to God.  But there was

more to it than that.

     For those who believed in Jesus Christ.  That He is God's beloved Son we

were saved through His death.

     But also it gave us hope.  The hope for eternal life in God's kingdom,  That

one day we would see Jesus.  That Jesus Christ is the King of kings and the

Lord of lords.

     Through His death we are truly set free from the sins in our lives.  The  plan

of salvation was finished when Jesus died on the cross.

     Those who loved Jesus when He was on this earth were devestated by His

death.  Just like we are when we loose a loved one.  When they saw He was a-

live, though He had died, their hope for better days and life after death soared.

     Christians today, even though we were not witnesses to all that happened, we

all share the same hope of eternal life in God's kingdom, through faith, and know-

ing the gospel of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior.

     Without the resurrection of Christ there would be no hope for any of us!!!

                                    THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST

     Paul wrote most of the New Testiment.  He wrote most of it in one prison or

another.  He did it through letters.  He didn't just write to one person.  He wrote

to whole towns.  Through his letters many entered God's kingdom.

     Paul wrote, I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.  It shows the power 

of God.  Not only that but salvation to all who will hear and believe in our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ.

     Christians should not be ashamed to speak about Jesus Christ and what 

He has done for us.  Because Jesus was obediant to His heavenly Father, 

those who believe, willl have everlasting life.

     Because we believe in the gospel of Christ our last breath on earth will be

our first breath in the kingdom of God.

     If we are ashamed to speak of the gospel of Christ, ashamed to admit that

Jesus is our Lord and Savior, then He, God, will be ahamed of us.  We will not

be permitted into the kingdom of God.

     There is also another side to the gospel of Christ that most of us do not 

want to hear or  want to know.  We just want to focus on how much God loves

us.  We want to focus on salvation which was completed with the blood of 

Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

     The other side to the gospel of Christ are warnings.  Pit falls that we find 

ourselves being tempted by daily.

     If we do not heed the warnings, when we take our last breath on earth, our

first breath will not be in God's kingdom.  Instead we will find ourselves in 

Satans kingdom, hell, with his deamons.

     That is why it warns us to turn away from the ways of the world.  Turn away

from sin.  From the wickedness that came from Adams sin.

     The ways of the world are Satans ways.  Therefore you cannot say Jesus is

your Lord and Savior and continue to live in the ways of the world.  You cannot

be of God's family and live in the ways of the world.  We are either God's family

or not.  There is no middle ground.  With the Holy Spirit residing  in us we 

must put away our fleshly desires.

     We must seek God's ways.  Live them the best we can.  When we mess 

up and give into our human desires we must ask for forgiveness.  Then try a-

gain.

     Don't fall into the trap the world teaches us.  How many times have you

heard someone say, but everyone is doing it?  Everyone cheats on their tax-

es.  Well guess what it is not okay.  Jesus taught us give unto Ceasar what is

Ceasar's and give unto God what is God's.

     The gospel of Christ is all that Jesus taught when He walked this earth.  

The letters Paul wrote with all the love and all the warnings that Jesus gave

us while He was on this earth, were meant to make people sit up and learn

all things Jesus taught.  To heed the warnings of Jesus Christ, so they would

not be deceived by the teachings of the world.

     I pray you will all heed the warnings of the gospel of Christ.  It will save you

from eternity spent in hell with Satan and his demons.

                                     THE GRACE OF GOD

     I thought I would start this part with a definition of grace so that I could get

a better idea of where God wanted me to go with this.

                    GRACE;    The freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.

                    STATE OF GRACE:  the condition of being on God's favor or one of

                                  the elect, or chosen.

     All of mankind has sin in them.  We hae all fallen short of entering God's king-

dom.

     But by God's grace through faith we are forgiven.  We have done nothing to

merit that favor of God.  It is only because He loves us so much.

     In order to receive God's grace we must understand salvation.  That is why

God has me writing and teaching exactly what salvation is and how we receive

the free gift of salvation.

     We could give food to every hngry person that crossed our path.  Give clothes

to all who needed them.   Visited the sick in nursing homes and hospitals.  All

these  things are good works and what we should be doing.  But they will not earn

God's grace and free gift of salvation.  No man wil enter the kingdom of God with-

out asking Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior into their life.

     Without Jesus you cannot be in the state of grace.

     There wil be no one in the kingdom who can say, I am here because of all the

good works I did  while I was on earth. I am a good person that  is why I am in

God's kingdom.

     It is not something that we earn.  The only eception is babies and those who

have not reached the age of accountability.  But even they are there by the grace

of God.

     If you know wrong from right, know there is such thing as sin, you must have

a personal relationship with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, you will not be

given God's grace if you don't.

     The suffering that Jesus went through is salvation.  Without Jesus in your life

you will miss out on the state of grace.

     I have learned so much from these lessons.  I pray that all who read these

pages will go to their Bibles and read more than just the scriptures that I have

used.  I pray that you have a better understanding of just how awesome God's

salvation plan is.  That the knowledge I received from the Lord has given you a

deeper love for Him and all He has done for you.  He is not done yet either.  Seek

His knowledge and you will receive it.  Ask for wisdom before reading scriptures,

that you will understand what they mean.

PRAISE GOD THE FATHER, JESUS THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT

                                 LIVES IN ALL CHRISTIANS

                      THROUGH CHRIST SCRIPTURES (NKJV)

Isaiah 16:10;   Gladness is taken away, And joy from the plentiful fields; In the

                vineyards there will be no singing, Nor will there be shouting; No

                treaders will tread out wine in the presses;  I have made their shout-

                ing cease.

Matthew 1:21;   "And she will bring forth a Sonm and you shall call  His name

                Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."

Luke 19:10;        "for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which

                was lost."

Luke 24:46-47;   46) Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was

                necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third

                day

                        47)"and that repentance and remission of sins should be preach-

               ed in HIs name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

John 3:14-17;    14) "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even

               so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

                        15) "That whoever believes in Him should not parish but have

               eternal life.

                        16) For  God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten

                Son, that whoever believes in Him should not parish but have ever-

                lasting life.

                        17) "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the

                world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

John 11:51-52;   51) Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high

               priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

                        52) and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather

               together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

Acts 4:12;         "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name

              under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

Acts 13:26;        "Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those

              among you who fear God, to you the word of salvation has been sent."

Acts 13:38-39;    38)"Therefore let it be known to your brethren, that through this

               Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins;"

                         39) "and by Him everyone who believes is justified from all

               things from which you could not be  justified by the law of Moses."

Acts 13:47;         "For so the Lord has commanded us;  I have set you as a light

               to the Gentiles,  That you should be for salvation to the ends of the

               earth."

Acts 16:30-31;   30) And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to

               be saved?"

                        31) So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will

              be saved, you and your household."

Romans 5:15-21;  15) But the free gift is not like the offense.  For is by one man's

              offense many died,much more the grace of God and the gift by the

              grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ abounded to many.

                          16)And the gift is not like which came through the one who

              sinned.  For the judgement which came from one offense resulted in

              condemnation, but the free gift which came from many offenses resul-

              ted in justification.

                          17) For if by one mans offense death reigned through the one

              much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of

              righteousness will reign in life through the one Jesus Christ.

                          18) Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to

              all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's right-

              eous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.

                          19) For as by one mans's disobedience many were made sin-

              ners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

                          20) Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound,

              But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,

                          21) so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign

             through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 7:24-25; 24) O wretched man that I am!  Who will deliver me from this

             body of death?

                         25) I thank God----Through Jesus Christ our Lord!  So then, with

             the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

Romans 9:30-33; 30) What shall we say then?  That Gentiles, who did not pursue

             righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of

             faith;

                         31) But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not at-

             tained to the law of rihteousness.

                         32) Why?  Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it were,

             by the works of the law.  For  "they stumbled at that stumbling stone.

                         33) As it is written:  "Behold I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and

             rock of offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."

1 Corinthians 6:11;  And such were some of you.  But you were washed, but you

             were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and

             by the Spirit of God.

Galatians 1:4;         "who gave Himself for our sins, that  He might deliver us from

             this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

Galatians 3:13-14;   13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, hav-

             ing become a curse for us ( for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who

             hangs on a tree")

                             14) "that the blessings of Abraham might come upon the

             Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit

             through faith

Ephesians 1:9-10,13; 9) Having made known to us the mystery of His will, ac-

             cording to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself,

                               10) that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He

             might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in hea-

             ven and which are on earth----in Him.

                               13) In Him you also trust after you heard the Word of truth,

             the gospel of your salvation, in whom also, having believed, you were

             sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

2 Timothy 1:9-10;      9) who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, "not

             according to our works but according to His own purpose and grace

              which was given to us in Christ Jesus, before time began,

                              10) but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Sav-

              ior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immor-

              tality to light through the gospel,

2 Timothy 2:10;        10) Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect,

              that they also, may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with

              eternal glory.

Titus 3:5-7;                5) not by works of righteousness; which we have done, but

               according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regener-

               ation and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

                                6) whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus

               Christ our Savior,

                                7) that having been justified by His grace we should be-

               come heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Hebrews 2:3,10;        3) How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation,

                which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord and was confirmed

                 to us by those who heard Him,

Hebrews 5:9;             9) And having been perfected, He became the author of

                 eternal salvation to all who obey Him,

Hebrews 7:25;           25) Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those

                 who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make inter-

                 cession for them.

1 John 49-10;             9) In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that

                 that God has sent His only begoten Son into the world, that we might

                 live through Him.

                               10) In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved

                 loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 5:11;              11) And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal

                 life, and this life is in His Son.

Jude 1:5;                    5) Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you con-

                 cerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to writer to you

                 exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for

                 all delivered to the saints.

Revelation 3:20;        20) "Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears

                 My voice and opens the door, I will come in  to him and dine with him,

                 and he with Me.

Revelation 5:9;          9) And they sang a new song saying:  You are worthy to

                 take the scroll, And to open its seals;  For You were slain,  And have

                 redeedmed us to God by Your blood  Out of every tribe and tongues

                 and people and nations

                                 BY THE ATONEMENT SCRIPTURES (NKJV)

1 Corinthians 1,18,24-25; 18) For the messege of the cross is foolishness to

                 those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the

                 power of God,

                                      21) For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through

                 wisdom did not know God , it pleased God through the foolishness of

                 the message preached to save those who believe.

                                      24) but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks,

                 Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God,

                                      25) Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men,

                 and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Galatians 1:4;                  4) who gave Himself for our sins, that He might de-

                 liver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and

                 Father,

Galatians 3:8, 13-14, 21, 26-28;

                                      8) And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justi-

                 fy the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham before-

                 hand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed."

                                     13) Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law

                 having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone

                 who hangs on a tree"),

                                     14) that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the

                 Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the

                 Spirit through faith.

                                     21) Is the law then against the promises of God?  Cer-

                 tainly not!  For if there had been a law given which could have given

                 life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

                                     26) For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ

                 Jesus.

                                     27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ

                 have put on Christ.

                                     28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither

                 slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in

                 Christ Jesus.

Colossians 1:20-23, 26-27;

                                    20) and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him

                  whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace

                  through the blood of His cross.

                                   21) And you, who once were allenated and enemies in

                  your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled.

                                  22) "In the body of His flesh through death, to present you

                  holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight-----

                                  23) If indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and

                  steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel

                  which you heard, which was preached to every creature under hea-

                  ven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

                                  26) "the mystery which has been hidden from ages and

                  and generations, but now has been revealed to His saints,

                                  27) "To them God willed to make know what are the rich-

                  es of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles:  which is Christ in

                   you, the hope of glory.

1 Timothy 2:16;           16) Who gave Himeself a ransom for all, to be testified in

                   due time,

                                THE RESURRECTION SCRIPTURES  (NKJV)

Romans 5:10;              10) For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to

                  God through the death of His Son, much more, having been recon-

                  ciled, we shall be saved by His life.

                                 THE GOSPEL SCRIPTURES  (NKJV)

Romans 1:16;            16) For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is

                  the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew

                  first and also for the Greek

James 1:21;               21) Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wick-

                  edness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is

                  able to save your souls.

                               THE GRACE OF GOD SCRIPTURES  (NKJV)

Ephesians 2:8-9;        8) For by grace you have been saved through faith, and

                  that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God,

                                9) not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Titus 2:11;               11) For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared

                  to all men,

2 Peter 3:15;            15) and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salva-

                  tion-----as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom

                  given to him has written to you,